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Where we come from
For many of us, the New Age wasn’t a hobby.
It was years of rituals, spirit guides, energy work, plant medicine and psychedelic ceremonies. We believed what we were doing was beautiful and good. When the Lord opened our eyes, we were shocked to see how deeply we’d been deceived, and what we had opened ourselves to.
It’s a frightening, humbling experience, and it leaves wounds few people understand.
Caught between two worlds.
Old friends still see mysticism as something true and beautiful. Most Christians have never been near that world, so even caring believers often don’t know where to begin. There are plenty of New Age to Jesus testimonies online. Hardly anyone is doing the slow work of spiritual rehabilitation: helping new believers make sense of what they went through, and offering focused discipleship and community.
At first, many new believers aren’t ready to open up in a typical church setting. They need to hear the gospel from people who’ve walked where they’ve walked. And they’re curious: after all that “enlightenment,” why did we end up following Jesus?
We used to lead people into this. Now we lead them out.
Our team were spiritual teachers, coaches, course creators and zealous advocates of all kinds of personal development and mysticism. When Christ saved us, we shut it all down. Now we use our gifts and our story to show New Agers why those teachings couldn’t deliver what they promised, and to share the gospel in a way they can actually hear.
For over three years, Wild Branches has been a safe place to ask hard questions, see the past through a biblical lens, and build a life that stands firm in Christ. Going full-time would let us reach far more people, online and in person, and walk with each of them more deeply.
