I have not had a near-death experience, but my father did when during surgery he suffered cardiac arrest. A scientist by training, he was skeptical. Yet seeing himself outside his body, watching the surgeon trying to revive him, moving through darkness toward my deceased mother, and feeling unconditional love from the brilliant light surrounding her—before returning to his body and ordinary consciousness—was life transforming. He lost his fear of death and became more loving. And my life was altered by his experience, for NDE research has renewed my Christian faith.