The two most important things to know about religious liberty are that we can easily take it for granted and that it is currently under assault by our government.

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The word pivotal always strikes me literally. I picture myself standing on a spot – and turning to face a new direction without really moving.  In the Christian faith, this turning to face a new direction is called conversion.

“Anybody got forty cents?”

It was crowded in the downtown D.C. metro station. Men in suits and women in boots bumped and rushed and squeezed onto the platform.

I entered college as a lukewarm Catholic in 2010 at North Dakota State University (NDSU). My first year there was tough, like most freshmen experience. While trying to complete pre-Pharmacy prerequisites and competing for NDSU in cross country and track, being Catholic took a backseat.

When I began college at North Dakota State University in the fall of 2009, my faith was lukewarm at best. But God used that grace of His and soon I was at Newman Center events in a desperate attempt to not be the lonely freshman sitting in her dorm room.

My resume is pretty kick-butt.

Here’s just a taste: As a senior in college, I have 6 years of work experience, including 3 internships and a job offer waiting for me in Chicago with one of the most prestigious accounting firms in the country.

I was 17 when I stopped believing in God.

Raised a cradled Catholic, I was known as the “good girl”. So as a high school senior with no rumors under my belt, I felt boring, but then I started dating the captain of the football team.