Jonathon shares his powerful story of growing up in the church, distancing himself from the church, becoming a comedian, falling into a drinking addiction, losing his dad, and finding God again. Jonathon, you are incredible!
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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Parent’s church relationship; coming from a divorced household 2:00 - Dad’s background 3:00 - Baptism inquiries 4:15 - Living two lives 5:52 - Hill Cumorah Pageant and talking to protestors 7:12 - Inoculated to the difficult aspects of church history 8:48 - Testimony based on reason and logic rather than spirituality 9:48 - The prospect of a mission 10:52 - Going to college and dropping out of college and starting a career in comedy 12:00 - Drinking, drugs, and making friends 13:15 - Being hospitalized 14:00 - Alcohol addiction and doing well in comedy 15:55 - Jokes about church history 16:56 - Defending the church with a beer in hand 18:45 - Increase in depression and alcohol addiction 20:05 - Crashing his car while drunk driving and getting arrested 21:50 - Claiming to be Atheist 24:03 - Missing opportunities in comedy due to drinking 25:27 - COVID-19 hits 27:00 - Reaching out to his dad 27:30 - Dad passes away 29:15 - Anger about step mother’s ability to handle grief 30:17 - Moving to Myrtle Beach 31:06 - Getting arrested again 32:30 - Community of men who go through alcohol abuse 34:30 - Learning how to pray again 36:45 - Feeling someone listening to his prayer 38:00 - Praying personal prayers 39:14 - Regaining testimony 40:24 - Reaching out to missionaries 41:45 - Going to back to church 44:00 - Logic and reason weren’t strong enough but faith was 45:08 - Where his faith is now