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Faith-centered recovery speaker

Van Taylor

Speaker, podcast guest, and faith-centered recovery storyteller.

Van speaks with candor and hope about addiction recovery, shame-free support, returning to faith, and the possibility of change.

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  • For youth, parents, and leadersMessages that name hard chapters honestly while still leaving room for hope.
  • For podcast hosts and interviewersLong-form conversations that can hold recovery, faith, and accountability with care.
  • For faith and recovery gatheringsStory-first speaking that keeps dignity and restoration ahead of sensational detail.
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Available for conferences, firesides, workshops, and long-form podcast conversations.
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Story and message

A personal story that stays focused on restoration, not spectacle.

Van Taylor is a speaker and podcast guest whose story centers on faith, addiction recovery, and the choice to keep coming back. After years of private struggle, shame, and drift, Van found healing through Christ, community, accountability, and small daily choices that rebuilt his life. Today he speaks with candor and hope for youth, parents, leaders, and anyone trying to support someone in a hard chapter.

Van is open about hard chapters without turning them into spectacle. His public story centers return, accountability, and the people who stayed close enough to make change feel possible.

  • Names addiction, shame, faith struggle, and family pain without making pain itself the headline.
  • Returns to restoration, accountability, and the people who stayed close enough to help change stick.
  • Gives youth, parents, leaders, and podcast audiences language for hard chapters that still leaves room for hope.
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Speaking topics

A message that works across testimony events, podcasts, parent groups, and recovery-minded gatherings.

The topics stay grounded in recovery, faith, accountability, and the people who help change stick.

Featured conversations

Podcast appearances on Come Back Podcast and One Shepherd.

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Returned missionary from the Washington Everett Mission.

Who Van speaks to

Youth, parents, leaders, and people supporting a loved one through addiction or faith struggle.

How the story is framed

Recovery, community, accountability, and faith stay at the center instead of sensational details.

  1. 01

    Shame-free conversations about addiction and recovery

    How to talk about painful patterns without freezing people in their worst chapter.

  2. 02

    Faith crisis, repentance, and returning to Christ

    A testimony about drifting, choosing again, and rebuilding spiritual anchors over time.

  3. 03

    Connection instead of panic for parents and leaders

    A steadier response for adults who want to stay close when someone they love is struggling.

  4. 04

    Community as rescue

    Why people who stay, listen, and keep showing up can change the direction of a life.

  5. 05

    Small first steps when life feels stuck

    Practical choices, routines, and accountability that make change feel possible again.

  6. 06

    Supporting someone without reducing them to a hard chapter

    Language and posture that protect dignity while still naming what is real.

Booking

Choose the right request path, then keep the first note simple.

Choose the invitation path that fits your context, whether you are planning an event, a fireside, or a long-form conversation.

Event organizers

Invite Van for youth events, firesides, recovery groups, or conferences.

Best for youth events, conferences, and recovery gatherings that need honest storytelling with a clear path toward hope.

Open the Speaking Contact Path
  • Invite Van to Speak
  • Start a Speaking Request
  • Plan a Youth or Recovery Event

Church and community leaders

Reach out for firesides, parent nights, testimony meetings, or smaller community gatherings.

A good fit for firesides, parent nights, testimony meetings, and smaller gatherings that need careful language and practical next steps.

Open the Community Contact Path
  • Plan a Church or Community Gathering
  • Ask About a Parent or Leader Night
  • Start a Community Conversation

Podcast hosts

Invite Van into a longer conversation about recovery, faith, and coming back.

Best when you want a candid, long-form conversation about recovery, faith, accountability, and coming back.

Open the Podcast Contact Path
  • Invite Van on Your Podcast
  • Request Van as a Guest

What to include in your first note

  • Organization, congregation, or show
  • Event type, gathering, or recording format
  • Audience and approximate size
  • Preferred date and time window
  • Location, remote setup, or time zone
  • Topic fit or desired emphasis
  • Best callback details and anything else to know

Direct email

Prefer to write the message yourself?

Use the public booking address below if you want to write from scratch. The inquiry links on this site are there to make the first note easier, not to box you into a template.

Go to the Contact Pagejacob.van.taylor@gmail.com

Creative background

Creative and media experience supports the message without competing with it.

Van also brings hands-on creative and production experience that helps stories, visuals, and interviews feel clear, human, and audience-aware.

  • Years of work across graphic design, content creation, video editing, photography, web design, and social media.
  • Campaign and outreach experience built around message clarity, pacing, and audience awareness.
  • Comfort translating sensitive or complex ideas into visuals and language people can actually receive.
  • A blend of on-camera storytelling and behind-the-scenes production that supports interviews, events, and follow-up media.