The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith

by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, christianaudio.com (publisher)

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make a difference in the world.

In the community, Rosaria was involved in volunteer work. At the university, she was a respected advisor of students and her department's curriculum. Then, in her late 30's, Rosaria encountered something that turned her world upside down—the idea that Christianity, a religion she had regarded as problematic and sometimes downright damaging, might be right about who God was.

That idea seemed to fly in the face of the people and causes that she most loved. What follows is a story of what she describes as a train wreck at the hand of the supernatural. These are her secret thoughts about those events, written as only a reflective English professor could.

Audible Audio

Published December 24, 2013

About the author

Rosaria is a former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University. After her conversion to Christianity in 1999, she developed a ministry to college students. She has taught and ministered at Geneva College and is a full-time mother and pastor's wife, part-time author, and occasional speaker.

Reviews

[Jenna Hetmansperger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I expected this book to be mostly about her wrestle and her conversion, but a good chunk of it is about her marriage, foster and adoptive care, and homeschooling, which actually met me where I was at and really encouraged me. I would love to sit down and chat with her. She also read the audiobook, which I enjoyed.

[Matt Lorenzen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brutally honest and heartfelt, Rosario shares her powerful, transformative testimony.

All focus is on Jesus 🙏