Former vice presidential contender Nicole Shanahan is moving forward with her newfound faith in Jesus Christ, seeking answers to questions of faith on her podcast and talking about her own near-death experience that was part of her journey toward God.
In her “Back to the People” podcast, Shanahan traditionally explores complex topics like public health, food systems and socio-political issues.
However, in a recent episode, she spoke with Canadian Christian apologist and theologian Wesley Huff to discuss the tenets of the faith, the history of the Bible, and early Christianity.
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As CBN News reported, Shanahan converted to Judaism in 2014 because she had come to enjoy “that it brings families together” and if she was going to give her future kids something she didn’t have growing up, “Judaism provides a wonderful blueprint.”
“The process was long and immersive: over a year spent at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, attending study sessions and group conversion classes several times a week. I wrote a ten-page conversion statement—one of the best pieces of writing from that chapter of my life, in hindsight. It was a deep dive into the Torah, guided by the wisdom of several teachers,” she previously shared.
Over the last decade, she identified as a Jew, but recent tragic events in her life led her to discover Jesus as the Messiah.
Spiritual Battles and Real Demons
Shanahan previously shared that there were specific events that took place in her life that brought her to a crossroads. One was being the running mate of former presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Up until that point, she said she “never seriously considered whether demons were real.”
“Honestly, my last year in politics changed that,” Shanahan wrote in a post on X in February. “Learning just how far some will go to inflict atrocities on innocent Americans has shocked me awake. Other unexplainable events have also forced me to reconsider whether we are waging a war not merely with flesh and blood but with spiritual forces.”
A Near-Death Experience
In addition, there were a few other significant, and even more painful, events that took place in Shanahan’s life that left her to seeking the Truth.
Shanahan told Allie Beth Stuckey on the “Relatable” podcast that she was 20 weeks pregnant on the campaign trail when she suffered a miscarriage.
“[I] was pretty far along. It was really scary… I almost lost my life,” she explained.
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