Despite a traumatic child- and young adulthood, despite tremendous struggles with mental health and debilitating chronic illness, I found joy in a deep, abiding faith.
I've learned that this kind of faith is nearly impossible to explain. I can tell you that I first encountered God in my dorm room closet, where I had hidden with a piece of broken glass, intending to kill myself. I can tell you that I experienced an overnight healing from raging psycho to level-headed human. I can tell you that...