What a great conversation! At a young age Christine's family moved from New York to Oklahoma, so her mom could train to be an evangelist at Oral Roberts University. Her childhood memories include, nearly memorizing the movie Jesus of Nazareth and road trips to see evangelists Benny Hinn and R.W. Schambach! Despite being saturated in charismatic Christianity, Christine struggled with guilt from, as she put it "not feeling it, like other Christians felt it". Nevertheless, Christine sought God with all her heart. She is now an atheist and started the brand new podcast, Forsaking Faith with her friend Heather Bailey (hear Heather's story in episode 041) http://voicesofdeconversion.com/home/2018/5/26/041-heather-bailey-forsaking-faith-podcast-co-host-from-dancing-charismatic-to-agnostic).  The theme of friendship, specifically genuine friendship with Christians, is an important part of Christine's story. This kindness expressed by both Christine and Heather carries over into their podcast.  Forsaking Faith is a much needed podcast, so check it out and tell a friend :)   https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/forsaking-faith   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forsakingfaith/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecularHangouts @SecularHangouts https://twitter.com/ForsakingFaith @forsakingfaith   The Happiness Hypothesis: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-Ancient/dp/0465028020