Experiencing Christ: Your Personal Journey to the Savior

Drawing on his personal descent into panic attacks and depression, Randall J. Brown argues that knowing Christ is not an intellectual achievement but an experiential journey through affliction. Weaving scripture, hymns, and voices like Neal A. Maxwell and Robert Millet, he confronts perfectionism, self-sufficiency, and toxic shame as barriers to grace. This is a devotional invitation to surrender self-reliance, accept the sufficiency of the Savior's mercy and merits, and experience a mighty change of heart.

• A raw, firsthand account of surviving suicidal panic attacks reframed as a path to knowing the Savior
• Directly confronts the perfectionism and 'performance-based spirituality' that exhaust so many faithful members
• A grace-centered LDS message for anyone battling shame, addiction, or mental illness
• Reads like a companion to popular grace books (Millet, Robinson's Believing Christ) with a personal, vulnerable voice

“Sympathy is merely being able to say, "I feel sorry for what you're going through," while compassion is saying, "I know what you are going through because I have experienced it."”

Perfect for a struggling Latter-day Saint—wounded by perfectionism, shame, addiction, mental illness, or discouragement—who feels they know about Christ but longs to actually experience His grace and mercy.