On the other side of her darkest year, Addie Zierman faces the demons from her past and decides what to hold on to and what to let go of as she moves into a new stage of her life.

In a conversation with Lizzie Goldsmith and Aria Sivick, Addie Zierman revisits her hardest year, talking about dark nights of the soul, wanting to be loved, and the role of swearing in this story.

Addie Zierman is depressed, angry at the Church People, and feeling lost in her life, her faith, and her marriage. What will it take for her to find her way back? Is going back even possible?

Lizzie Goldsmith’s faith deconstruction experience started on the floor of a church in England. For Addie Zierman, it came from a deep feeling of never belonging.

Being “on fire for God” all the time is starting to take its toll on Addie Zierman as she starts college in Minnesota, meets a boy named Andrew, and heads overseas for a year that will change her life.

Addie Zierman, Lizzie Goldsmith, and Aria Sivick talk about toxic relationships, religious trauma, the legacy of the book “When We Were on Fire,” and other themes and key moments from the first episode of the audio drama.

Addie Zierman grew up “on fire” for God in the ‘90s, not understanding the dark side of this us-versus-them evangelical Christian faith she’d inherited.

Coming Sept. 24: The full-cast audio drama based on Addie Zierman’s memoir about growing up “on fire” for God, and what happened when that fire went out.