Wonder Years Star Danica McKellar Thanks Candace Cameron for Leading her to Christ

n a public conversation with Candace Cameron Bure, former “Wonder Years” star, Danica McKellar opened up about a new journey she’s been on with Jesus in the past year.

How the Wonder Years Star Became a Christian in 2022

Danica McKellar of Wonder Years recently opened up about her decision to follow Jesus, saying, “I can tell you I’m experiencing a relationship with God and Jesus that I’ve never had before, and it feels miraculous.”

The 47-year-old actress, author, executive producer, and mathematician began sharing about this journey with Christ in April when she went live on Instagram to openly discuss her thoughts and experiences.

At the time of the video, she explained that although her father had taken her to church occasionally, such as on holidays, she had a skeptical view of Christianity for most of her life.

Danica McKellar shared how Christianity has been “used for evil, power, and control throughout history, and that had definitely biased me.”

After discussing the reasons she’d not been for Christianity in the past, she told her audience, “I’ve been discovering the pure part of it, the part that’s actually the core of it.”

Watch her live Instagram post here:

Giving the disclaimer that she was “not here to preach,” the actress who played Winnie Cooper on Wonder Years said that Candace Cameron helped her to see Christianity in a new light.

She told her Instagram audience, “I have so much love in my heart I just had to share what I’m experiencing, and to share a little why I believe it’s taken me up to this point to begin this journey.”

“It all started one evening when I was struggling with the idea of forgiveness,” Wonder Years star Danica McKellar explained. “[I] DM’d my good friend @candacecbure about a passage from the Bible she had read on her instastories, and then she sent me a Bible, and invited me to church.”

As Danica McKellar shared with her audience, she said that she’d always felt like she’d had a relationship with a higher power, but her developing relationship with Jesus Christ has changed her life in a miraculous way in 2022.

“It feels so free and joyful and that must be the kind of freedom we all want,” the Wonder Years star said.

In response to the Instagram post, Candace Cameron Bure wrote, “God’s love is bigger than any human love and when He sweeps you up in understanding how powerful it is, because He is, it’s undeniable. Praying for you on your journey and relationship with Jesus my sweet friend.”

And Danica McKellar’s continued to develop throughout 2022, as she shared with Candace Cameron Bure on a Christmas episode the former Full House star’s YouTube channel.

Candace Cameron Bure and Danica McKellar Talk About Jesus

As you may know, Danica McKellar and Candace Cameron Bure have been longtime friends, having both been child actors and having starred together on shows like Dancing With the Stars. But now the two share something even more special—a relationship with Jesus.

In Candace Cameron Bure’s Season one, Episode 8, titled “Celebrate Christmas with Danica McKellar,” the Wonder Years star told her host, “Candace, I don’t wanna brush over the huge, huge impact that you’ve had on my life this year.”

The star told Candace Cameron Bure, “You were just an angel in my life and you still are. And I just wanna thank you for that publicly.”

What she was referring to, was how the Full House star had listened to her and shared about her own faith. Candace Cameron Bure made herself available to the Wonder Years star as she began to ask questions about Jesus.

“Because of you helping me to find my relationship with God and Jesus, it’s been like a revolution in my life,” Danica McKellar said. “It’s been a revelation in my life.”

More specifically, the former Wonder Years star said to Candace Cameron, “You gave me this Bible that I read all the time and I love it so much and I go to church now and I just, I talk to Jesus all the time every day. It’s unbelievable. And you were like my guide.”

Watch the two actresses discuss their friendship and their relationships with Jesus on YouTube here:

Clearly Danica McKellar is happy about this new journey she’s on with Jesus, but she says it best in her wishes to viewers at the turn of the year:

“I want people to feel the joy that I have found this year. I want people to feel that, and I want them to not feel alone. I want them to feel the Holy Spirit with them and feel that support and love and comfort.”