Stained Glass Kids

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Matt Hammitt about his life growing up with a Mom working at his Christian school and his Dad navigating church splits as an Elder. We discuss the abrupt shock of fractured relationship and community. Matt shares his journey with his band Sanctus Real and his songs “Lead Me” and “Church Hurt”. This conversation is about cross-gend...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Mark Campbell about his life as a PK and the thread of discipleship that’s been woven through his life. Reflecting on a hard season he watched his Dad go through decades ago and what he learned from it. This conversation discusses denominational shifts, power, influence, manipulation and the sting of when other pastors turn their...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy sits down to share with you what she’s been learning from the first year of conversations with PKs. In this second episode of a two-part series, she shares how parents can pastor their own PK. She also reflects on what her parents did well that shaped and formed her heart. Yancy also highlights some of the quotes from guests that have challe...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy sits down to share with you what she’s been learning from the first year of conversations with PKs. In this first episode of a two-part series, she shares statistics and definitions of Pastor’s kids, and a study of Matthew 18. Far too many ministry families are aware that Church staffs can act a bit like the mafia at times. Yancy will make h...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Arianna Freelen about her life as a PK raising her own third generation PK’s. She shares about her challenging seasons of moving as a teen and what she learned about her own calling in the long waiting seasons. Hear how her parents discipled her family at the dinner table and taught the weight of responsibility. This positive yet...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Michael J. Tinker about his life growing up as a Vicar’s son. We discuss UK culture and the differences in the Church of England vs American Church. He shares his discovery of God being a gentle shepherd and tells his experience being bruised when the church system becomes more like Military A-team rather than a hospital for the b...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Justin Collett about his life as a PK with many emotional struggles. His anger issues put him in therapy from the age of two. He grew up in shrink’s and therapist’s offices desperately in need of grace. Eventually his use of alcohol and drugs made him feels as if he couldn’t stop. He shares how he went from jail to sober with a st...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Bethany DaSilva about her life growing up as a PK in the church her great-grandfather planted. She shares how she found ownership, value and love in the house of God. In a world focused on performance, her parents tended to her heart. This conversation is about radical generosity, adoption and the vacation that made her feel like...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Christi Straub of Famous At Home about tools for processing and healing this PK and ministry life. She shares about the word we see in scripture, suffering, and why the speed of our experiences is what creates the trauma. Christi shares why she is sick of polish and why our masks have become prisons. The irony that we would and he...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Harry Walls IV about his life as a PK and his journey in ministry. He shares about when his family was dismissed via telegram as a boy and then an unexpected transition and immediate goodbye he walked through as an adult. This conversation is about relationships lost along the way, participating in sports, candy corn and what was...

In this special one year anniversary episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Barnabas Piper about his life growing up as a PK. As the son of John Piper, he understands what it’s like to have a last name go before you and label your identity. After his own life fell like a house of cards, he rebuilt his faith. If you’ve ever found it hard to walk into church again, he will share...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Cari Dees about what happened as a PK after she experienced a lot of loss. She shares how it’s not all sunshine and rainbows at the Pastor’s house. The journey with rebellion that eventually led her back to the Lord and how her surprise of being pregnant was actually a miracle in motion. Doctors had told her such was impossible…bu...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Anne King about her life as a PK, military chaplain’s daughter and Pastor’s wife. Her frequent moves growing up gave her a sense of adventure but also a loss of control. She’s experienced the valleys and trauma of leading through the mess of a scandal and has wisdom to share about why God is in love with the local church. This con...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Rhett Walker about his transition into PK life. A testimony of when mercy found me. He shares his journey from being expelled to finding himself center stage in the circle of the Grand Ole Opry. He experienced a teenage pregnancy that started his family and has incredible insight on how to help you navigate what being a bridge to...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Nathan Castleberry about raising Pastor’s kids. This Senior Pastor gets real with us about the intentionality he and his wife take in parenting, loving their family and serving the church. Nathan shares how his own childhood taught him church is not a spectator sport plus, how he sees in recent church history, we stopped equipping...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Chana Keefer about her life going from a pilot’s daughter to PK. She shares her experience at the end of the Jesus Movement when the hippies got saved and her family hosted Holy Ghost coffee houses. Chana’s conviction and passion for the Lord will rub off on you as you are challenged to be tethered. This honesty-filled conversatio...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Jesse Joyner about his life as a pastor’s kid. It’s not every day you meet someone who has set world records and has serious circus skills but is also a lover of academics and communicating the gospel. We will explore originality and what makes a person unique. Jesse also shares the question that transformed his faith: to whom wou...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Amanda Newsom about growing up a PK in Oregon and her now life in Texas. From cowgirl to boss lady, she shares how her parents pushed her towards greatness. Her obsession with horses led to becoming a two-time World Champion of Cowboy Mounted Shooting and how they use cowboy skills for ministry. She experienced a long season being...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Daniel Miller about his life growing up as a camp director’s son. This recent high school graduate tells how his parents invited him into ministry to find his place. He shares what he has learned being involved in programming and the tech side of services and also what he’s missed. This conversation is about the transitional seaso...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with David E. Bowyer Jr. about his life as a PK with a bi-vocational parent. He shares his experience and desire that every generation does a better job than the one before. A recovering perfectionist that needed to experience validation as child. He shares what “Fake it till you make it” taught him and why emotions aren’t scary. This...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Helen Smallbone (mother of For King & Country and Rebecca St. James), about growing up a PK in Australia. A conversation full of golden wisdom rooted in her sincere and simple faith. She shares what she loved about being a PK, the unknown of moving to another country and wisdom for parents raising children with a calling. This...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Gary Durbin about his life as a PK and how the tables have turned in his role as Worship Pastor raising his own PK’s. He shares some of the strange rules he had growing up and how he responded to the expectations put on him. After experiencing a divorce, Gary shares the positive ways his Pastor and elders cared for him and ideas f...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with JJ Barrows, about growing up a PK and the granddaughter of Billy Graham’s choir director, Cliff Barrows. There’s complexity in the layers of her story as someone who’s checked a lot of boxes that PK’s aren’t supposed to check. JJ’s life is a work in progress much like the art she makes when she’s not performing comedy. This raw an...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Matthew Carrion about his life growing up in the Bronx, NY. He shares what it looked like culturally in his borough and to have his Dad be a bi-vocational Pastor. Matthew’s powerful testimony from a five-alarm house fire to what was said to him just before the elevator door closed will give you goosebumps. This honesty-filled conv...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Caitlin Dykes about growing up a “Preacher’s kid” and writing her song by the same name. She reminds us to never mix Jesus and people together. Although she has a full circle story of spending her whole life in the same church and being an only child. She’s no stranger to loss and grief. Whether that be the death of her baby siste...