Speaking in an interview ahead of Easter Sunday, actress Danica McKellar, known for her role in “Wonder Years,” spoke about having found her faith and what Easter is like now that she’s a believer. In the interview, conducted by Fox News Digital, McKellar explained how she hopes the world will become “open to God’s grace,” as it currently, in her opinion, largely isn’t.
As background, McKellar converted to Christianity two years ago with the help of fellow actress Candace Cameron Bure. Bure is a committed Christian known for leaving the Hallmark Channel over what she saw as content that conflicted with her Christian faith.faith and joining the pro-Christian network called Great American Family.
Speaking to Fox News Digital about Easter this year, the 49-year-old actress explained the background to her faith, saying, “Easter week for me, this year marks two years of becoming a believer. That’s when Candace Cameron Bure brought me into her church on Palm Sunday, and we saw the passion play there at Shepherd Church.”
Continuing, she commented on how that visit to the church on Easter Sunday completely changed her life by bringing her to God. “It changed my life,” McKellar said. She continued, “I don’t know what happened. Some people say the Holy Spirit came to me. All I know is that I knew I became a believer, and it was the most wonderful, transformative moment.
Then, building on what was so different about her life after she converted to Christianity, McKellar explained, “I was flooded with this knowingness, and I have such peace from that still after two years, and I’m so grateful for it.”
Then, speaking about the Easter season, which she said is full of “redemption and rebirth,” she said that she hopes the world will open up to God and his love and grace. She said, commenting on that, “My wish for the world is that they would feel that as well and be open to God’s love because it’s transformative, and it’s there for everyone.”
Building on her comments on Easter, she explained how, growing up in a non-Christian household, they only celebrated the secular side of Easter. She said, “It was the Easter bunny and egg hunts and coloring eggs,” she explained. “I used to believe in the Easter bunny, so it was a lot of fun. It was a big family celebration, like a lot of holidays. And I’m really grateful to have a family who always made that effort for everyone to come together.”
She has changed that for her family now that she is a Christian. While they still do all the secular things, they also went to Easter church: “We will go to Easter church services, and we will do an egg hunt,” she said. She added, “We’ll do all the things. We celebrate it all.”
And, explaining how she shares her still somewhat newfound faith with her son Draco, she said, “I share with Draco everything I can. Again, this is new for me. It’s new for him. So, the rest of my family are fascinated by my journey, and I think I’m rubbing off on them slowly but surely,”
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