Turning Points
Faith Journeys of
Twenty-Five People
Cliff Williams
A book in progress. If you have been or were on a faith journey, I am interested in hearing from you. Contact me at cliffwilliams150 at gmail dot com.
Completed stories:
“I lied all the time. I lied to my church and my parents that I was a Christian. I led Bible studies at school, I led youth group, I sang in church, I even became baptized in my church. I had to give a testimony in order to become baptized. So I made up one.”
“There was a definite oppression I was stuck under and was feeling suffocated by. It was manifested physically in headaches and emotionally in depression. Once that oppression was broken, they were replaced with a new perspective and a new life.”
"Becoming Real" by Sue Ann
“I wasn’t deliberately trying to deceive people. I think mostly I was trying to convince myself. I was wanting so much to believe Christianity, because I saw that it made people happy.”
"Longing" by Dean
“Somehow the most fundamental traditions of the church have become desperately important to me—little things in the liturgy: speaking the Lord’s Prayer, reciting the creeds, receiving pastoral benediction, and, supremely, communion. I find myself longing for the experience of communion.”
Procedure:
You and I will do a thirty to fifty-minute video call. I will edit the transcription of the call into a readable story and send it to you for approval or editing. You will be identified with a pseudonym.
I am interested in interviewing people who continue to embrace faith as well as people who have given it up.
About Cliff Williams: I am a former college professor and have done three other interview books: One More Train to Ride, Choosing to Live, and Death Row Saved My Life and Other Stories.