Welcome to Otherworld.
I'm your host, Jack Wagner.
This episode features a type of story that is pretty unique.
It's from a woman named Allie.
She grew up with a relatively normal childhood, but life for her family was a little undone by 9-11.
Her dad was a pilot, so for obvious reasons that day impacted him.
and his family in terms of just being rattled by it.
But additionally,
he was laid off along with thousands of other commercial pilots in the wake of that event.
It was during that tumultuous time that Allie's parents started getting involved in a new church.
A church that had some fairly unconventional practices and beliefs.
and her family started going to this church multiple times a week.
This is something that Allie went along with to please her family,
but did not really believe in herself.
I think many people could relate to that experience, especially as a teenager.
One night, Allie attended a service at this church that was very different than the usual.
It involved a guest speaker,
a traveling pastor who is in town that could supposedly slay in the spirit.
This is something associated with certain Pentecostal and charismatic Christian circles,
and it involves a pastor praying over a person who then collapses to the floor,