TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Behind the drive, leadership, optimism and smile, Johnathan Sublet has a story.

The founder of SENT Topeka and leader of Fellowship Hi-Crest church gets real in this episode of the Hear me. See me.(opens in new tab) podcast.

He shares his journey from childhood poverty, to becoming a chemical engineer and finding his calling in community leadership. But he also reveals how an overwhelming feeling of failure nearly led him to take his own life, and gave him the courage to ask for help.

Watch to hear this revealing, vulnerable conversation.

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