At 50, Candace Cameron Bure is redefining success.
After catapulting to fame on “Full House” as D.J. Tanner and spending much of her life in the public eye, Bure has reached 50. Soon to become a grandmother, with two of her children expecting babies, she is shifting her focus to faith and the legacy she hopes to leave for both her family and the public.
“You think about all the accomplishments in life, your goals, what you want to achieve, what you have achieved,” Bure told The Christian Post. “Yet, as you get older, I know that turning 50 reminded me that the accomplishments and the goals aren’t what I consider successes in life.”
“I think about the legacy that I want to leave with my children, with my grandchildren, and publicly as a public person,” she continued. “That is sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and sharing the love of God.”
Bure’s fresh outlook inspired her to write “Wild Hope,” a 30-day devotional designed to help readers find hope amid heartache, disappointment and everyday challenges. At its core, the devotional journey is about embracing hope, leaning in to God and discovering grace every day.
“We all need hope,” said Bure. “Sometimes we need it in the big things, in the extraordinary things, and a lot of times we need to find it in the ordinary. … It’s the little disappointments that just add up. You can often lose hope that life isn’t going the way you expected or wanted or even prayed about.”
The devotional, she said, is the result of 50 years of spiritual and life experience, and the discovery that hope must be built on a foundation stronger than circumstances.
Within its pages, Bure blends scriptures, personal stories, journal prompts and other activities crafted to help readers reflect on their struggles, renew hope and recognize moments where God has been present. She hopes readers will find through the daily devotional that God’s presence is constant, even in the chaos.
“We can have faith and believe, but if we’re not doing something to participate in that, we’ll probably just forget about it and throw it out of our mind,” she said. “These prompts help meld the head knowledge to the heart knowledge.”
In the years since starring on “Full House,” Bure has continued acting, remained in the public eye and become increasingly vocal about her faith in recent years — something that has often drawn backlash. With five decades of experience behind her, she reflected on how her faith has evolved over time.
“The process of sanctification is molding you into who God made you to be,” she said. “I still get it wrong lots of days. But I love that God gives us a new day every day.”
Motherhood has also deepened Bure’s understanding of God, she said. She shares three children with former NHL player Valeri Bure. As they have grown up and begun building their own lives, she says she has seen an “incredible reflection of the work that God has done.”
As Bure continues embracing this new chapter in her life, she remains focused on the people and faith that have sustained her through life’s ups and downs. She hopes readers of “Wild Hope” will find an anchoring faith to guide them through difficult seasons of life.
“My whole goal is that you would be reminded of how much God loves you,” she added. “When you have a perspective that looks toward God at who God is, and not just ourself and our circumstances, things then can start to change. There is beauty even in the ashes.”