Found By Faith
People find faith or change faiths for many reasons: marriage, raising a family, dealing with grief or crisis. But sometimes it happens the other way around… faith finds you.
April 20, 2025
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<p>People find faith or change faiths for many reasons: marriage, raising a family, dealing with grief or crisis. But sometimes it happens the other way around… faith finds you. A believing takes hold, a sense that something divine is there. And maybe not in the way or role that you might have expected. </p><p>It’s not uncommon. Data show that these types of experiences happen to about 30% of people. On this episode we’ll talk to one of these people –<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/david-brooks">New York Times columnist</a> and best selling author David Brooks– about his unexpected encounter with faith and what came after.</p><p><br />Find out more about <a href="https://weavers.org/">Weave: The Social Fabric Project</a>, the non-profit David founded at the Aspen Institute.</p>
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