About this episode

Patrick Davis shares his transformative journey from a troubled youth involved in crime to finding faith and purpose.

A teenager running drugs in Cleveland. A loaded gun in his pocket at church. A home invasion charge that could have meant decades behind bars. Patrick Davis’s story doesn’t soften the details, and that’s exactly why it lands so hard. We talk with Patrick about growing up without faith, without a father figure, and with the constant shame of poverty and public humiliation. He walks us through how that pain turned into anger, arrests, and a life that looked headed for one ending. Subscrib...

People in this episode

Host: J.D. Pearring

Guest: Patrick Davis

Topics covered

• redemption
• faith
• poverty
• crime
• personal growth

Keywords

• drug running
• Cleveland
• faith
• father figure
• poverty
• home invasion
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Cleveland

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