Leland’s journey: How Jesus Christ helped a gay man find a place in His restored church
Come Back Podcast
Ashly Stone
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
"God has been miraculous. And the best thing that ever happened is I learned that I love Jesus Christ. I love what he does for us. I know he is real and I know that he loves me, which I never knew that before. I was just going through those experiences to have to tell the story here, and there's just so much more about being a gay man and navigating through the church."
Come Back Team
Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone
Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson
Editor: Cara Reed
Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger
Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
Production Director: Trent Wardwell
Episode sponsor: Serve Clothing
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| 0:00.0 | This is Ashley Stone and you're listening to The Comeback Podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Surf clothing is one of our favorite brands. |
| 0:16.7 | They have been supporting us since the very beginning. |
| 0:19.5 | We love them so much. |
| 0:20.7 | I think one of the things that. We love them so much. |
| 0:26.8 | I think one of the things that I like about serve so much is that my husband is literally obsessed. |
| 0:31.3 | And I brought him in here to share his experience with serve clothing. |
| 0:33.3 | So Jesse, tell us. |
| 0:34.4 | I love serve clothing. This is the best shirt that I've ever owned for church and professional purposes. |
| 0:39.1 | It's got four-way stretch, which makes it really nice because not all the time. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm at my desk. |
| 0:44.1 | Oftentimes I'm moving and out and about. |
| 0:46.0 | So it's really nice to have a flexible shirt that moves with me. |
| 0:48.9 | I know that it's got a mesh collar that I love. |
| 0:51.0 | I think the purpose of that is really to prevent stains, but it's also |
| 0:54.5 | super comfortable. It's way more comfortable around my neck. You know, if I'm at church or in business |
| 0:59.0 | meetings with a tie or whether I don't have a tie, it's really comfortable. It's got arm |
| 1:03.5 | vents, which I love because I'm kind of a bigger fella. It helps me so that I can be a bit |
| 1:07.7 | breathable and I love it. And also also you can get 15% off a shirt from |
| 1:12.2 | serve by using the code comeback. Leeland, I am so excited to have you on the podcast. I feel like God |
| 1:19.1 | just kind of made our paths cross at our 12-step meeting. And for listeners, I'm a missionary at the 12-step ARP meetings with my husband. And |
| 1:30.3 | Leland was there as a facilitator. And that's how we met. And he shared a little bit of |
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