McKellar said she is using “The Bible Recap,” a podcast created by Tara-Leigh Cobble (another friend of Bure’s) to help people understand and love Scripture. The actor said the podcast “helps me understand what I’ve just heard.”
One person asked if McKellar had watched “The Chosen.” “Yes, I have watched ‘The Chosen,’” she said. “I watched the whole thing and I’m looking forward to Season 4 coming out soon.” Someone else asked if she had a favorite Bible verse. “I don’t have a favorite Bible verse yet,” McKellar responded. “I need to get on that. I’ve had a few people ask me that.”
“I’m just absorbing it all right now,” she explained, “but I haven’t settled on any favorites. My guess is that my favorites are going to come from the New Testament, which I haven’t gotten to yet. I’ve heard a lot of things from Philippians that I just love.”
“I’m looking forward to getting to that one because I know there’s a lot in there,” McKellar added. “My favorite verses will come from there, I’m almost positive.”
McKellar discussed some projects she is working on, although she wasn’t sure exactly what she could say because of the actors strike, and she talked about some of her children’s books. Near the end of the livestream, she spent some time sharing her reflections on the Lord’s Prayer, noting, “My faith journey is, like, the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time.”
McKellar broke down the Lord’s Prayer, emphasizing that in it the one action required of Jesus’ followers is to forgive. The prayer, as recorded in Matthew 6:9-13, says:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
We all have people we haven’t forgiven, said McKellar, “but what if that were the key to getting everything we’ve ever wanted?” It is worth noting that McKellar seemed to think that God’s blessings in the form of money, food, or our own forgiveness are dependent on our ability to forgive others, an idea that some would see as a form of the prosperity gospel.
McKellar stressed that forgiveness is essential, but it does not “mean that you let toxic people into your life. It doesn’t mean you let people walk all over you. It doesn’t mean you say it’s ok to do bad things to me again. That’s not it. But I think what it means is that we have to truly in our hearts wish those people well.”
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