Stained Glass Kids

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...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Austin Davis, about growing up a Pastor’s kid on the islands of Hawaii and his music career. He’s played some of the world’s biggest stages including Carnegie Hall and his song “Firm Foundation” is in the CCLI top 10 of worship songs. Austin's talent overflows as a drummer, producer, songwriter and fashion designer echoing his ver...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Shannon Scott, about the web of good and bad she’s seen while growing up and working in ministry. What it looks like to navigate the business of church, difficult seasons of transition and anything that is disruptive to the brand. She shares her strong convictions to challenge us that we can do better. This conversation is about h...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Krissie Glass about growing up a PK and her life as a Pastor’s wife. She also works with PastorsKids.org a ministry of Care for Pastors and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. While Krissie had an amazing experience watching her family be celebrated during Pastor’s Appreciation Month growing up, she also watched her Pastoral hus...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Louie Schmitz about growing up a Pastor’s kid that often got in trouble for asking questions. Now in ministry himself he is passionate about forming faith questions and conversations that provide freedom in Christ. He shares how he handled other’s expectations for him, how he is stewarding his father’s legacy in this season and ch...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Kacie Frazier about growing up a Pastor’s kid and what she walked through as a Worship Pastor’s wife. Sharing about the times her life was caught in the middle of unfair stories and the façade she tried to keep up through it all. What does Pastoral Care look like for a staff person’s whole family? This now former Pastor’s wife sha...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Carl Barnhill about his life as a PK and the politics he experienced working at a Church himself. He knows all too well what happens when you see behind the scenes and the tension of both/and. Real life change can happen in the midst of drama and people being mistreated. Carl has wrestled with his faith to know what he believes an...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Rachel Quiñones about growing up in a denomination where her dad was famous for doing ministry. Not knowing who she was and not wanting to ruin her parent’s reputation led her down a path where the only one she was lying to was herself. This PK turned Pastor’s wife shares her perspectives on it all and the intentional, honest conv...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Joel Okaah, about being the son of a preacher man and his pursuit of squeaky clean. He shares how he lived one way at school and another at church. How he discovered a foundation of faith on his journey of God peeling back the layers of a hardened heart. After his exposure to p*rn, he didn’t receive help at home but threats. This...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Karen Starnes, about being born on the mission field and watching her parent’s life of ministry. She has seen the miracle of dead men walking and breathing again. Missionary kids know the unique feeling of being a stranger and alien no matter where you are. After 28 years of marriage, she was betrayed. This conversation is about w...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Brody Pope, about what he learned while experiencing a cross-country move as a high schooler. Still a teenager and a senior in high school, Brody goes on record to share our youngest PK perspective yet. He found himself in a new city, school and sports team and even experienced bullying. The experience was difficult but now he wou...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with Natalie Layne about growing up as a church kid. Long before she was releasing her joy-filled music in the CCM industry, Natalie was getting her feet wet as worship leader in the church as young as 12 years old. Her parents served the church in many ways and lived by example what it looks like to stay in church even when things get...

In this episode of the Stained Glass Kids Podcast, Yancy talks with McKinley Harrington about growing up with the repetitive cycle of moving trucks. McKinley shares what she’s learned about putting down roots, longevity and what the disciplines of Sabbath brought to her life. This conversation doesn’t shy from the tricky lines of navigating Pastor and Boss relationships. After a rocky exit from a...