000 - Listen to This First: The Unfiltered Journey That Led Here

This isn’t a typical introduction episode.
It’s a full remembrance.

Recorded in June 2023—17 years after this podcast began—this foundational episode offers a raw, unfiltered, deeply personal retelling of my lifelong spiritual journey. From Catholic mass to Pentecostal altar calls. From fear-based indoctrination to mystical awakening. From institutional leadership to walking with Christ outside the walls.

If you're the kind of person who likes to go back to the beginning… this is where I recommend you start. But don’t expect polished storytelling or quick summaries. This is soul excavation. This is decades of memory, belief, deconstruction, and grace—spoken out loud in real time.

You’ll hear:

• How this podcast was born in 2006 as About The Church

• Why the acronym EOTC (Encouraging Others Through Christ) was seeded in me long before I ever had the language for what it would become

• The evolution from doctrine to devotion, from shame to sovereignty, from performance to presence

• What changed in 2020—and why I now speak of Christ consciousness, multiple paths to God, and freedom from religious fear

• How I’ve come to see my entire journey not as contradiction… but as confirmation

This episode isn’t for skimming. It’s for those who want to understand how someone unravels their inherited faith and discovers God more intimately on the other side.

If you want a shortcut, start with Episode 135 (The Beginning of a New Season).
But if you want the whole story, this is it.

Welcome to Encouraging Others Through Christ.

Not a Christian podcast.
A Christ podcast.
Not a sermon.
A transmission.
Not a doctrine.
A devotion.

Let the journey begin.