My Story

I grew up in a conservative Catholic family, thinking that going to church and knowing biblical stories would allow me to go to heaven. I remember sitting in the front when I went to church with my parents on Sundays, asking the sisters why the moon was following me and watching people receive communion. At [...]

I sometimes feel that my testimony is rather unexciting compared with others’ stories of visions, miracles, and powerful conversions. Both of my parents’ families have believed for four generations, so my brother and I grew up immersed in Christianity. I have been a regular at CFC since the day I was born, and there was [...]

I’ve often been asked how I became a Christian, and here in Berkeley of all places–a college town known less for its spiritual community than for its spirited competition, radicalism, and liberalism. Growing up in this environment celebrated for its progressiveness and freethinking, the sort of Christianity portrayed in the media represented all that I [...]

When I was asked by Pastor Ken to write about my testimony, I didn’t even know where to begin. There’s so much to say, but so little to say it in. So I suppose I’ll start with the most significant event that has brought me closer to God.

About two weeks ago, when Pastor Ken asked me if it would be okay to share my baptism testimony from last year, I told him that I would have to dig it up and do some “editing”. In my mind, I was going to revamp the whole thing to better “represent” where I am today. [...]

During my junior year in High School, I began to ponder the meaning of life. It had always meant being happy, successful, and living my life to the fullest through doing activities. I wasn’t facing reality. When I heard about people who died young, or when I almost died crossing a street, life begins to [...]