We sit down with Ron Weller for a brutally honest story of growing up with heavy shame, chasing a performance-based faith, and nearly losing his marriage through repeated unfaithfulness. We talk about what finally changed when he saw God’s love clearly, found real community, and learned how freedom in Christ reshapes desire and daily choices.
• growing up Adventist with sensitivity, poverty and hidden shame
• learning to relate to God through obedience, guilt and fear
• rejection, people pleasing and the “nice guy” mask
• meeting Yvonne, early romance and deep insecurity
• unexpected pregnancy, a rushed wedding and hard early years
• career growth alongside lingering failure and doubt
• depression in the home and crossing boundaries into an affair
• confessing, rebuilding trust and repeating the same pattern later
• separation, therapy and a yearlong From Bondage To Freedom class
• small group Bible study as practical healing and support
• a turning point through the prodigal son and a new view of God
• learning freedom from sin through renewed thinking and love
• counsel for someone desperate after betrayal: seek God first

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We sit down with Nana and trace her path from Ghana to Michigan State to Loma Linda, where disappointment, burnout, and hidden shame collide with a gospel that finally feels personal. Her story centers on learning to trust God as Father and taking Romans 6 seriously when life refuses to cooperate.

• growing up Seventh-day Adventist in Ghana and learning faith through family prayer
• early disappointment with grades, health struggles, and a transactional view of God
• seeds of sexual sin, secrecy, and the shame loop of performance religion
• moving to the US, throwing herself into ministry, and burning out under pressure
• seeking help through confession, prayer, and tools that address what is underneath
• PhD stress at Loma Linda, a difficult lab environment, and the cost of isolation
• finding hope through testimonies, Bible study, and seeing Romans 6 with new eyes
• breakthrough clarity through No Longer I and living from identity in Christ
• what “free from sin” means in daily life and what we would tell our younger selves

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Hannah shares how a lifetime of performance-based faith, fear, and shame slowly unravels as God teaches her what grace actually means. We talk through trauma, health, grief, motherhood, and the mind-body connection until the real miracle lands: her head and heart finally agree that God loves her.
• growing up between Filipino and Scottish identity in rural Australia
• early doubts about prayer and the belief God does not care
• bullying, isolation, and finding belonging in the emo crowd
• family breakdown, church pain, and a lifelong performance mindset
• nursing school, ICU stress, and learning where she thrives
• Arise Bible training and seeing how legalism blocks the heart
• meeting David and discovering peace, respect, and safety in love
• migraines, eczema, and how stress and fear can flare the body
• traumatic birth, postpartum depression, intrusive thoughts, and medical advocacy
• art therapy and naming wounds God answers with truth
• grief after her grandmother’s death and finding God in anger and loss
• anointing, prayer, biblical counseling, and freedom from people pleasing
• ongoing family trials and clinging to God’s promise of restoration

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