Darling: Confessions of a Former Megachurch Singer

Welcome back to Season 4, with our brand new podcast title, COMPOSING CHURCH. Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is dives into three temptations that ministry leaders face today, brought to us from Henri Nouwen in In the Name of Jesus. I n my book , Composing Church: Considerations for the Modern Creative Leader , I share a story about when I first encountered t...

Welcome back to Season 4, with our brand new podcast title, COMPOSING CHURCH. Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is dives into who the book, Composing Church: Considerations for the Modern Creative Leader is for, why write it, and why me, why now. I hope you'll join me for the journey! Music by Hymns of the People can be found here at Spotify or Apple Music...

Welcome back to Season 4, with our brand new podcast title, COMPOSING CHURCH. Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is a brief summary of what this new season will be, the heart behind it and a bit about the content of the book, Composing Church: Considerations for the Modern Creative Leader . I hope you'll join me for the journey! Music by Hymns of the People...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Darling! Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is a discussion about generalists and specialists, and while both are needed, those of us who are specialists ought not to rely fully on talent alone. It takes more to cultivate and sustain a healthy ministry team than sheer talent. Join us for this conversation today! www.darlingthepodcast.com...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Darling! Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is about the importance of always always always putting people over performance. This comes out of my own confessions and mistakes of which I share here. Join us for this conversation that ends with some helpful next steps for anyone with a tendency to focus on getting that perfect performan...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Darling! Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is about the outcomes that can occur when either WE fall in love with the idea of a church, person, job, fill-in-the-blank, or SOMEONE falls in love with the idea of you. But it's an idea, not the true you. We have enough data points about the person, place or job, and then negligently f...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Darling! Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is about this sneaky little tendency to hide out in the green room and not engage the rest of the service or congregation. We're calling this one, The Green Room Creep. Not a person, but an action. www.darlingthepodcast.com Have an idea for a future episode, or a story you want to share?...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Darling! Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is about times when we avoid hard conversations, and how it better serves everyone to simply make it weird, lean into the tension and address the matter from the start. www.darlingthepodcast.com Have an idea for a future episode, or a story you want to share? I'd love to hear from you! P...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Darling! Thank you for joining us on this journey together. Today's episode is an honest conversation about how we unintentionally can form a stardom culture in our churches and what we can do about it. www.darlingthepodcast.com Have an idea for a future episode, or a story you want to share? I'd love to hear from you! Please write to us at darlingthepodcast@gma...

Well friends, we've made it to the end of Season 2! Thank you for journeying with us on here.  Please enjoy this episode where we summarize the previous episodes in our mini series on paradigm shifts in the church.  We will be back with new episodes in a few months. Have an idea for a future episode, or a story you want to share? I'd love to hear from you! Please write to us at darlingth...

In our mini-series on the paradigm shifts we're seeing in the church these days, I couldn't believe more strongly that one of the things we NEED to shift away from is racism.  Racism can show up in large, medium and incognito ways.  It is pervasive and something we must be aware of if we are wanting to truly walk in the way of Jesus.  Today's interview is with Creative Director and...

Today's conversation is CRUCIAL and NEEDED.  Many of us have experienced toxic leadership in ministry, but we've never been told or shown other ways.  I met these two, Brenna and Bill at an event last fall and their content blew my mind. As we walked through a matrix of leadership styles, they were putting language to all of my experiences that I hadn't been able to pinpoint.   Plea...

Today we continue our mini series on the paradigm shifts we're seeing in the church in having a conversation with author and pastor, Kevin Sweeney. Kevin and I deep dive into a conversation about the difficulty of // but the true joy in letting go of the things that we are clinging to. Having started and pastored a church in Honolulu for 10 years, and recently discerning it was time to close, Kevi...

Today we continue our mini series on the paradigm shifts we're seeing in the church in having a conversation with pastor, poet, prophet Drew Jackson. Drew's works can be found at https://drewejackson.com/books and available wherever books are sold. Drew and I discuss church planting, ministering in an urban environment, and how poetry has become an incredible creative outlet to hold space for the...

We are kicking off episode 2 of our mini-series on paradigm shifts in church culture by having a conversation with Kat Harris. Kat Harris is the host of The Refined Collective Podcast, author of Sexless in the City , and Founder of the online publication The Refined Woman. She has also been a full-time photographer for over a decade with her work featured in: The New York Times, WWD, Vanity Fair,...

Hey Friends! Becky here today as we begin a mini series on the paradigm shifts I am seeing take place in North American churches. My work has continually gifted me a birds-eye view into what is happening in and through different church spaces, and is broadening my perspective in what conversations are being had (or not had). While this isn't an exhaustive list, we will touch on a number of shifts...

Hey Friends! Becky here today as we wrap up our mini series on soul care and how to recover from burnout. I summarize each of the episodes in our soul care series and leave you with some key takeaways.  Be sure and listen through to the end. In a couple weeks, we will begin a mini series on the paradigm shifts we're seeing in church culture these days.  Have an idea for a future episode,...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! We are diving into the topics of Soul Care and How to Recover After Burnout. Today we get to hear from Josh Collesano. At one point, Josh Collesano was the youngest worship/creative director of a multi-site megachurch in the US. Today, Josh is the creative director of Seek Well ( seekwell.org ), a ministry that helps men and women follow Jesus i...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! We are diving into the topics of Soul Care and How to Recover After Burnout. Today we get to sit at the feet of author, mentor, spiritual guide, Mindy Caliguire.  Mindy is the co-founder and president of Soul Care ( www.soulcare.com ), a spiritual formation ministry that exists to increase “soul health” in the Body of Christ. She serves in...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! For the next four episodes, we'll be diving into the topics of Soul Care and How to Recover After Burnout. Today we kick off this mini-series with my story, my true confession of what cultivated a life of a million meltdowns. In our wrap-up episode at the end of this mini-series, we will discuss tips and tools on how to do soul care well and rec...

Hey Friends! Just Becky here today as we wrap up our mini series on why culture development matters. I summarize each of the four episodes in our culture development series and leave you with some key takeaways.  Be sure and listen through to the end. Next week we start a mini series on soul care and tending well to ourselves after burnout.  Have an idea for a future episode, or a story...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! We are diving into why culture development matters. What are you helping to build?  Are your efforts intentional or unintentional? Any blind spots? Today we talk with an expert on the topic of knowing one's culture, and then building one's brand from that knowledge. Mark Miller is co-author of Culture Built My Brand and president and managi...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! For the next little bit, we'll be diving into why culture development matters. What are you helping to build?  Are your efforts intentional or unintentional? Any blind spots? Today we talk about the important value of multiplying our talents by investing in others. Essentially, how do we replace ourselves? www.darlingthepodcast.com Have an...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! For the next little bit, we'll be diving into why culture development matters. What are you helping to build?  Are your efforts intentional or unintentional? Any blind spots? Today we talk about the shepherd role of a ministry leader. How are you feeding your sheep? www.darlingthepodcast.com Have an idea for a future episode, or a story you...

Welcome back to another mini-series within Season 2! For the next little bit, we'll be diving into why culture development matters. What are you helping to build?  Are your efforts intentional or unintentional? Any blindspots? Today we kick off this mini-series with two beautiful humans who wrote one incredible book that gives some killer food for thought as we consider how to create healthy...