“Your Journey Has Reached Its Beginning”: How I Found and Embraced the Orthodox Church

Today I share about my spiritual life within the confines of the Christian religion. I’ve been a churchgoer as long as I can remember; however, the journey has been, shall I say, interesting.

It was really a search for truth – a search that ended when I was introduced to the Orthodox Church interestingly enough through my own work as a narrator and producer of audiobooks. I was serendipitously hired to narrate/produce two separate audiobooks in 2018 and 2023 respectively, which convinced me that the Orthodox Church is where I was being led spiritually.

So this is my story.

Episode highlights:

01:30 Early Spiritual Experiences

06:53 The Bapticostals

10:15 Do we truly have free will when compelled to act by threat of eternal damnation?

15:10 The Calvinist Presbyterians

18:03 Messianic Judaism

20:48 Spiritual Purgatory in Korea

23:07 The non-Calvinist Presbyterians

27:53 Discovering the Orthodox Church

34:21 Conclusion: An Open Invitation

If you wish to ask me anything about what I’ve discussed in this podcast, or simply want to discuss any matter related to spirituality, please send me an email james@jamesdnewcomb.com.

I would love to speak with you and answer any questions you might have!