Hi friends,

I recently realised I believe in and feel the presence of God, after being a staunch atheist for my whole life. I was raised atheist, I was that smug kid on the university campus reading Richard Dawkins with the cover held proudly out. So realising I feel faith for the first time ever has been an unbelievably destabilising event. I have a great support network but nobody close to me can really seem to understand how huge this is for me... That I'm having to rebuild my entire metaphysical worldview from the ground up.

Prayer has been helpful, and I've found UU sermons to be extremely meaningful to listen to. I'm confident that UU is a church I'd like to explore more, and I've emailed my local chapter, but UU doesn't have a huge presence here in Australia.

I guess I'm looking for advice, comfort and stories, especially from any siblings who have also found faith after atheism. I'm feeling very lonely as I go through this process of figuring out what I believe.

Thank you all, and blessings 💜