Shad’s Mental Health Had Him in Prison…Until Jesus Christ Broke the Chains
“ Coming back to reclaim my life, and it was line upon line. That was not a quick process. Between when I started my mission to getting healed…I was a different person. In a sense that’s how my mission turned out. It turned out differently than I thought, but I wouldn’t take it back because of the blessings that have come from it.” 00:00 Insomnia and Darkness 05:01 OCD and Growing Up 10:51 Mission Pressure and Release 20:10 Psych Hold and Rock Bottom 26:52 Utah Visits and Apostolic Blessing 30:04 Christmas Darkness and Attempt 34:34 Medication Shift and Healing 39:23 New Beginnings Purchase Come Back to Christ Event 2026 Tickets Here: www.comebackpodcast.org Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% off https://memorjewelry.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/ For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Religious Scrupulosity Nearly Destroyed Hayli’s Faith … Until She Rediscoverd Jesus Christ
“ No amount of scripture reading, praying, mission serving, nitpicking your husbanding is going to save you. It’s not. Having a relationship with your Savior, Jesus Christ, and your Heavenly Father will. If you know that they love you, and if you let that in, it will change your life in a way that nothing else will.” – Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% offhttps://memorjewelry.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/ – 00:00 Burnout And Needing Grace 05:35 Childhood Exposure And Shame 12:49 Scrupulosity And Mission Spiral 21:36 Marriage Under Perfectionism 27:29 Discovering Scrupulosity 34:35 Letting Go To Heal 36:45 EMDR And Trauma Recovery 45:52 Atonement And Reflections – If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/ For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com – Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Sam Left the LDS Church and Battled Addiction…then God Called Her on a Mission
“ But it has come to the point where I know who God is, and I know what He feels like, and I know that I feel Him in the places that I go regarding the church. I know that what I have found is true because of that, and I will continue to have questions the rest of my life, and that’s okay.” – 00:00 Faith Questions Begin 00:40 Foundation Updates Overview 04:45 Come Back To Christ Event 07:04 Meet Sam And Her Background 09:01 Doubts Addiction And Turning Point 23:02 Mission Temptations 28:51 Studying Hard Questions 32:32 Faith Amid Social Media – Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/ For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com – Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Cade grew up less active – then the Book of Mormon changed everything
“The choice to stay and the choice to keep your faith in Christ is so vital. Especially when things don’t go your way or they don’t make sense, it’s so easy to just fall into this mindset of not believing anymore or talking yourself out of the miracles you’ve experienced or the prayers that have been answered and experiences you’ve had. That choice is just beyond powerful.” — Recommended by Cade: -Church History Matters podcast, especially episodes 12 and 17 (regarding questions about plural marriage): episode 12: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-up975-1416393 episode 17: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nfphf-1442d0c -talk by Lawrence Corbridge, “Stand Forever” (BYU speeches): https://share.google/ZR9Clkf3tAonqOuwf — 00:00 Faith Shaken Fast 02:30 Family Steps Away 04:51 Sister’s Farewell Awakening 09:35 Grounded in the Book of Mormon 14:54 First Solo Sunday Back 24:36 Quarantine Doubts Surface 37:32 Hard Questions Build Faith 48:20 Stay With Him Finale Mike’s Auto Shack https://mikesautoshack.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please fill out the form: https://form.jotform.com/233109071625046 For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Brandon avoided a mission, joined the military, got divorced & lost faith- then God brought him back
“ My faith has been completely restored, and more than I could ever imagine. For me to be at this point in my life- where I was and where I saw where I was, it was just so crazy to me. And I always tell everybody when they ask about how I feel about me coming back- God had a plan for me just as He does for everybody. And it sucks that my plan and my path was as hard as it could have been. But ultimately, I know in my heart of hearts that He knew I would come back to church at this time and everything, and that was His plan for me.” 00:00 Dark Place after Divorce 02:52 Meet Brandon 05:29 High School Drift 17:31 Marriage Ends and Faith Crashes 21:19 Grace and Unexpected Pregnancy 26:46 Prayer to Return 29:23 Repentance Is Change 40:25 Purpose Is Cool Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% off https://memorjewelry.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please fill out the form: https://form.jotform.com/233109071625046 For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Facing 15 years for a drive by shooting – God turned Brayden’s sentence into a full-time mission
“ His plan for us is to eventually just be back with Him. It doesn’t matter what it looks like as long as we end up choosing Him. And that’s what I’ve come to learn…His plan was for me to be in a covenant keeping life and I am here now. He just helped me to get back.” 00:00 A Violent Encounter 02:30 Brayden’s Early Life 09:31 Double Life and Gang Involvement 16:17 A Wake-Up Call 32:12 A New Purpose 40:43 Life in Prison 45:29 Solitary Confinement 52:00 Post-Prison Life and Reflections Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% offhttps://memorjewelry.com/Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please fill out the form: https://form.jotform.com/233109071625046For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com
The Church felt restrictive for Chase’s lifestyle until his heart changed and he let Jesus Christ in
“If you want answers, they are out there. But the one thing that I have learned is who do you have a testimony in? If you have a testimony in the church, if you have a testimony in the missionaries, in anything other than Jesus, it’s going to fail you and you’re going to fall. But if you have a testimony in Jesus and you really do believe that this is His church, all of those things-they’ll pale. And when it’s time for you to find those answers, you will find those answers. God works that way, line upon line, precept upon precept.” 00:00 Introduction and Personal Beliefs 01:42 Welcoming Chase to the Podcast 11:29 Post-Mission Life and Rebellion 14:27 Life in the Mountains and Personal Realizations 22:17 The Miracle and Reconnecting with Faith 25:26 The Experiment Begins 34:06 Struggles and Realizations 40:22 Understanding Celestial Thinking Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% off https://memorjewelry.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Joseph studied the CES Letter and Anti-Mormon claims…why he chose to Come Back to the LDS church
“I personally believe that one of the ways in which the Spirit speaks to someone such as myself is through logical sense. Which I think is interesting because usually those two things are pitted against each other. I never received the voice in my head saying, this is true when I’m reading the Book of Mormon as some people would. As something clicked in my head I would be at peace about it. And then obviously the heart and mind have to be unified in order to be spiritually in tune. So I am always like, well, if you’re experiencing an absence of the Spirit because you have all these logical problems, that’s probably why. It’s because your heart and mind need to be in tune. And that’s obviously why I never received a purely spiritual witness, because my mind was just not in it, and my mind needs to be in it. And so I always like to view those two things as working together, not really working against each other.” – Recommended Books: The Crucible of Doubt, by Terryl Givens A Case for the Book of Mormon, by Tad Callister Light and Truth Letter, by Austin Fife The Christ Who Heals, by Terryl Givens A God Who Weeps, by Terryl Givens All Things New, by Terryl Givens — 00:00 Facing a Crisis of Faith 08:06 Seeking Answers and Facing Doubts 11:54 Turning to Family and Church Leaders 20:23 Finding Hope in Apologetic Literature 23:54 Discovering Influential Books 29:36 Advice for Navigating Anti-Religious Content 32:39 Reconciling Faith and Logic 39:20 What Makes The Church Different Memor Jewelry code COMEBACK for 10% off https://memorjewelry.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Brian’s story of missionary shame, medical miracles, and a Savior that never gave up on him
“My testimony evolved a lot after I became a father. I could now relate in a different way than I’d ever understood before to what I think our Heavenly Father views with us in the trials that we go through. I think He is up at night, tears in His eyes sobbing because He knows the pain that we’re going through, but He also knows that we need to go through it. The pain is part of what teaches us so much. Oftentimes it turns us into who we are because of how stark those lessons are.” 00:00 Struggles with Faith and Health 05:31 Health Crisis in the MTC 08:08 Struggles with Church and Faith 12:36 Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 25:29 Dealing with Resentment After Returning Home 30:37 Advice for Early Returned Missionaries 37:54 Mental Health and Youth Challenges 44:09 Perfectionism and Parental Pressure Cozy Earth code COMEBACK for 40% off https://cozyearth.com/Mike’s Auto Shackhttps://mikesautoshack.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% off https://serveclothing.com/ If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
No father at home and battling addiction, Will finds his true identity through his Father in Heaven
“ I wish I had this knowledge at the age of 12 or even 8 when I was baptized. And I know it was probably preached to me, but I wish I would’ve grasped it. But I wish I knew who I was before. I wish I knew that I was truly a son of God. You can figure out who you are by gaining a relationship with your Father in Heaven. It’s real. It’s almost tangible. There’s times where I say prayers and I feel the spirit so strongly that I’m speechless, you know? I think if we really try to get close to Heavenly Father, He’s not going to hold back.” — Brothaz in the Foyer YouTube podcast: https://m.youtube.com/@brothazinthefoyer — Cozy Earth code COMEBACK for 40% off https://cozyearth.com/ Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/ 00:00 Struggles with Church and Addiction 06:12 Will’s Early Childhood and Family Background 07:43 Impact of Missionaries and Church Activities 19:23 Realization and Return to Faith 35:31 A Pivotal Bishop Interview 45:41 Mission Challenges and Growth 56:09 Advice for Those Who Feel They Don’t Belong 01:01:02 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude If you have a story to share please contact ashly.comebackpodcast@gmail.com For business inquiries contact info.comebackpodcast@gmail.com Come Back Team: Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell