The Unfolding
The Unfolding
Meridith Foster
Jakob & Suzanne Happs: Why I Walked Away from Faith and How God Brought Me Back: A Prodigal Son's Story of Doubt, Distance, and Redemption: Page 280
53 minutes Posted May 1, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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What happens inside someone who walks away from faith? For Jakob Happs, it wasn't sudden. Long before he stepped away, there were questions, doubts, and a growing sense that something wasn't working the way he thought it should.  Over time, that tension led him further and further from God, and from the people who loved him most. 

In this powerful and honest conversation, Jakob shares his story from the inside. 
The wrestling, the distance, the decisions that followed, and the unexpected moments that changed everything.  Alongside his mom, Suzanne, this episode offers a rare, deeply personal look at both sides of a prodigal story. What it felt like to walk away, and what it meant to come home. 

This episode explores what doubt and deconstruction can feel like from the inside, the tension between belief and questions, and how God continues to pursue even in the middle of distance. For anyone praying for a prodigal child, a loved one who has walked away from faith, or anyone wrestling with belief, this story offers both honesty and hope. 

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