Actress Danica McKellar is sharing how she found her way to Christianity. In an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” she spoke about her experience with faith, sharing how a trip to church with fellow actress and friend Candace Cameron Bure changed her perspective on the preconceived notions she had about Christianity.
She began in a conversation with Carley Shimkus, “I’ve been around Christianity my whole life in some way, shape or form, but it never really clicked. And my good friend Candace Cameron Bure, she brought me to church. And all I can say is that something happened.” She said her father found his own “relationship with God” while in his 40s, and he told her that he believes the Holy Spirit came to her. McKellar explained, “All I know is I was flooded with this love and understanding.”
She continued, “I’d always been so biased against Christianity for various reasons, mostly because of the bad reputation it’s gotten with causing wars, and you think, ‘Oh, Christians are these really judgmental people,’ and all this religious stuff. The truth is Jesus was anti-religion. He was anti-religion, and I didn’t even realize that.” But in going to church with Bure and seeing a “passion play,” she said she “suddenly understood.”
McKellar explained, “Everything I always thought about there being some higher power and wanting to do the right thing, just because it’s the right thing, when no one’s watching, why that matters, and it all just came into focus. And I feel so blessed.” She added, “I do have this very recent memory of being a nonbeliever, and I have no judgment whatsoever; I just want people to feel the love and peace that I feel now.” One of the best things about her newfound faith, she described, is that “You don’t feel alone anymore in your moments where you are by yourself; you’re not alone. And the fact that that’s available to everybody at any time. I thought religion was this restrictive thing; it’s actually the most freeing thing in the world.”
In October 2023, McKellar told Fox News Digital more about her faith. Then, she said, “I would not say I’ve embraced religion so much as relationship. I’ve found my faith, and it’s been an amazing life-changer. I have this sense that everything’s going to be fine in a way that I never really had before.” She mentioned Bure and her father then, too, saying, “I am so grateful to Candace Cameron Bure for bringing me into this era of my life. She really had a lot to do with it. Also, my dad. He’s been a believer for a long time.”
2023 saw another significant change in the “Wonder Years” star’s life – not only did she grow to have a new understanding of her faith, but she also moved her family from Hollywood to Tennessee. She and her husband, Scott Sveslosky, moved to a rural area outside Nashville with her son, Draco, from a previous relationship. About the big move, she said, “Tennessee is a total quality of life improvement. It’s gorgeous; I love the seasons.”