What happens when your calling, your trauma, your faith, and your identity all collide?

In this episode of If They Can Do It, Isaac sits down with singer, songwriter, storyteller, and soon-to-be author Jo James for a deeply honest conversation about purpose, pain, and becoming who God created you to be.

Jo opens up about growing up in church, walking away from faith, finding his way back to God, and learning that his identity could not be built on music, talent, success, or applause. He shares the long road of pursuing music, the valleys that shaped his songs, the trauma he had to face, and the powerful adoption story that changed the way he sees fatherhood, faith, and God’s timing.

This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt stuck in the valley, questioned their purpose, or wondered who they are beyond what they do.

Jo’s story is a reminder that your gift may be part of your calling, but it is not the whole of your identity. And even when the road looks nothing like you expected, there can still be purpose, redemption, and beauty on the other side.

If he can do it, so can you.