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🎙️ Episode 5: What Comes After—and Why Joy Can’t Wait
Episode Summary
What happens when we stop treating this life like a waiting room?
In this episode, James Kiger takes on one of the biggest, most tiptoed-around topics: the afterlife. But instead of getting lost in speculation, we explore how our beliefs about what comes after quietly shape how we live right now.
Growing up, many of us were taught that life was a test—a trial run for what might come next. We learned to fear hell, to hope for heaven, and to see this moment as something to endure rather than to savor. But what if that’s not the point? What if joy isn’t something we wait for, but something we’re meant to wake up to?
What We’re Talking About
✅ Why life was taught as a test—and how tha ...
Keywords
leaving religion, spiritual awakening, fear-based faith, trusting intuition, redefining God, healing from church hurt, spiritual freedom, God within, faith journey