D.R. Ministries

Some messages don’t get lost… they just find another way to be heard. This piece was first spoken live during a Face to Face gathering in Huger, SC. Right before the word began, the recording dropped. What was captured… was only the ending. But something about this message refused to stay partial. So this is it—whole. “Zero Gravity” isn’t about trying harder. It’s about finally letting go of the w...

I was beginning to tell my story… and pieces of it started fading away. I could remember the pain I went through, but not all of the recovery. I could remember being helped by three… but the faces began to escape me. It’s all becoming a blur… And maybe…just maybe…that’s mercy.

Sent is a spoken word message and invitation connected to the Face to Face gatherings. This piece explores something many people quietly carry: regret, the feeling of being behind, and the belief that past mistakes have disqualified them from purpose. Through reflection and testimony, the message challenges that assumption and reframes the story many of us tell about our lives. The idea behind Sen...

THE THRONE IS TOO HEAVY A 3-Part Podcast Series Part 2: The Door & The Dance Who gets in… and what happens once you’re inside? For centuries, Paul and James have been placed on opposite sides of an argument—as if one preached grace and the other preached pressure. But they were never enemies. They were guards. In this second chapter of The Throne Is Too Heavy, we step into a single room with t...

Have you ever looked your SOUL in the mirror? This episode invites you to slow down and meet yourself again — not through the world’s reflection, but through the eyes of God. It’s a moment of stillness where the mirror stops reflecting and starts revealing. Through raw reflection and spiritual truth, I share what happens when we strip away what the world has layered on us — and we see the image th...

THE THRONE IS TOO HEAVY Between Two Gardens — A 3-Part Podcast Come home. Put it down. Part 1: Two Sons. Two Gardens. One Weight. Most people think the story begins with a rule. A tree. A boundary. A command. But it doesn’t. It begins with a Father… and a son. In this opening chapter of The Throne Is Too Heavy, we walk slowly through two gardens—Eden and Gethsemane—and discover the moment humanity...

Known as Yeshua in Hebrew, Iēsous in Greek, Iesus in Latin, and Jesus to us today, He has been called many things across languages and generations. Who Is Jesus is not an attempt to define Him by titles or theology, but to listen closely to the way He lived. And perhaps the most important thing to know about Him isn’t what we call Him — but how He taught us to lay the weight down… and exhale.

Losing somebody you love doesn’t come with instructions... There’s no right way to stand. No right way to breathe. No right way to say goodbye. This piece… this story… this moment — it came from a place I didn’t ask to visit. A place where grief sits down beside you and God has to come sit even closer. If you’ve ever lost someone… if you’re carrying a weight you don’t talk about… if their birthday...

For 40 years I wandered this earth, knowing… there was a calling on my name, knowing I was chosen, yet I didn’t choose. “I Am Israel” is the moment conviction meets identity… and faith takes its breath again. This isn’t a sermon. It’s a declaration. A confession whispered into the quiet between who I was and who I’ve become. 🔹 Written & Performed by Deryl Richardson 🔹 Produced under D.R. Ministr...

Sometimes to get what we desire from God, we have to do as Jacob did, and wrestle that figurative angel. Don't give up! Don't let go! The blessings will come...

This wasn’t meant to be a podcast. No script. No setup. Just me—raw, real, and reaching for God in the middle of the moment. I hit record because I had to get it out… and I’m sharing it now because somebody out there might need to hear what unfiltered faith sounds like. This is what it means to talk to God when you don’t have all the answers but you still believe. I didn’t clean it up or dress it...

It's never too late to begin. You don't have to let the sins of your past dictate the rest of your life through eternity. Jesus; as I call him, others call him his Hebrew name, Yeshua or Yehoshua, the Greeks knew him as Iesous, died so you can have a RIGHT NOW! ALL YOUR SINS CAN BE WASHED AWAY, and then...

It's ok to be different. Imagine hearing the instrumental to your favorite rock song, rap song, or country song; and then over the music, singing from your soul how much you love the Lord... How many people would decide your fate from your music choice? I'm saying...God created you different, so it's ok to be...Different!

Growing up, we sang a song “everybody ought to know who Jesus is” Here is my first sermon in a line that I hope becomes many. 

Heaven is a place we hear about, read about, dream about. But is life about when you get there? or the journey of getting there? I took a break from podcasting, because sometimes grief can be overbearing, but my journey towards heaven just became more necessary if I am to see my mother and father again. Are you on your journey?

In this episode, I take a dive into how God molds us out of this shapeless lump of clay into his magnificent masterpieces. Sometimes you have to go through the fire to harden you in places God found you vulnerable before. Let him make you. Let him mold you. Let's go to see Potter.

A lot of times we want to scare people into Christianity. In this episode, I attempt to describe the feeling(s) involved with accepting Christ and allowing yourself to be led by the holy spirit. I believe that once you experience that feeling, you will never want to look away.

Sometimes in the mist of chaos, you need to quiet your souls, and grow your faith. Instead of charging ahead blindly God wants you to be still, and know who you have in your corner. Don't let your BIG problem make you forget that you have a BIGGER GOD! He says "Be stll, and know that I am God!" Blog available at : https://drministriesblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/16/be-still/

It doesn't benefit us to look to history to change our future. The benefit is to look to what we have learned from history, and to who has stood the test of time, to come to our rescue now. We are in dire need of the Saviour to heal this land. We are broken. We are divided. We are lost. In this episode, I dive into the role of our obsession with history, and finding a point that shows that our par...

There is a song that says, " I don't mind waiting on the Lord". So, we have to question ourselves, are we really willing to wait on God? Is there a limit to our waiting? There are many things in life, materialistic things we desire, we show great patience to obtain. Yet when it comes to the blessings God has in store for us, sometimes there is a need for things to happen right now, on our time. I...

This my testimony of the night I almost lost my life and how God raised me up from it. I had an allergic reaction to some medicine that I had been taking for 15 years that caused swelling on my tongue and throat to where i could barely breathe. But by the Grace of God, I survived and got stronger from the experience. Hopefully my story can bless and inspire someone else. Blog also available at: ht...

Who are we? The line between the people that follow Christ and the ones that don't in their everyday lives has been blurred more and more by muddying the labels. I believe there is one identity that holds true and stands as a true metaphor for who we are. Are you a SOLDIER in the army of God?  Blog available for written version at: https://drministriesblog.wordpress.com/2023/01/05/a-soldier/

This podcast is dedicated to my dad. The minister, the social worker, the mechanic, the builder, the welder, the prayer warrior, the singer, the swiss army knife for God. A lot of times we wait until it's too late to tell someone we see them for who they are, but I want him to know that I see him as the loaf of bread that never ran out while feeding the multitude. The giver that never stopped givi...

It's the simplest yet most complicated question in the Christian faith. I attempt to answer this question for many that may have grown up and had or still have this question. How do we pray to God? What do we say? Do we pray like what we hear when we go to church? Is there a standard way to pray? What does the bible say?

A song is never just a song. the lyrics of a song can speak to someone in ways, your words may never be able to. I speak of the impact of songs from the first time i can remember hearing them to the way they shaped my life into the man I am today. The power in the lyrics, the music, the voice of an artist can easily be what shapes the life or changes the life of someone listening on any given day.