Fans, Not Customers. A Conversation with Tai Anderson. Oct 13, 2026

Tai Anderson is the bass player for Third Day, the Grammy winning band that has been part of the soundtrack of Christian music for thirty years. He is also a speaker, a teacher, and now the author of Market Like a Rockstar.

I got to sit down with him for the Called to Music podcast and I could not ...

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Nobody Trained Us for This. A Conversation with Alex Enfiedjian. Oct 12, 2026

 Alex Enfiedjian is the founder of Worship Ministry Training, a podcast and online school that has trained over 25,000 worship leaders globally and passed a million downloads.

He started it at 28 years old partly because he did not want to be a nobody.

That is the ugly origin story he shared with ...

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This Might Take a While Oct 12, 2026

On my music journey, nothing has ever come fast. Any time I’ve tried anything, it’s taken much longer than I would have hoped or expected. And if you can relate, you’re in the right place.

I recorded a whole episode about this because I think it’s one of the most important things we can talk about ...

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You Don't Have to Be Full Time to Be Fully Called. Sep 13, 2026

What if the season you are in right now is not the waiting room for your calling but your actual calling?

I have been sitting with that question for a while. And I think a lot of us have been sitting with it too even if we have not said it out loud.

The lie we all believe

Nobody actually says it ...

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Don't Make God Pry It From Your Hands. A Conversation with Natalie Runion. Sep 12, 2026

Natalie Runion is a USA Today bestselling author, speaker, worship leader, songwriter, and pastor. She founded the Raised to Stay movement and has spent the last several years helping people stay in the church when everything in them wants to leave.

She is also one of the most refreshingly honest p...

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Musician. Minister. Multiplier. A Conversation with Robbie Seay. Sep 11, 2026

Robbie Seay is a songwriter, worship leader, and the Head of Mission and Music at The Worship Initiative. He has spent over twenty five years writing songs, leading worship, and serving the local church. His song Song of Hope charted at number seven on Billboard. He helped plant a church with David ...

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You Are Not Just a Musician. A Conversation with Terence Fisher. Sep 10, 2026

Terence Fisher is a musician, producer, content creator, and one of the most genuinely humble people I have had on this show. He grew up beatboxing on street corners, caught the drumming bug watching a church drummer as a kid, and has spent his entire career learning, creating, and giving back what ...

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Do Less. Lead Better. What Teel Merrick Taught Me About Worship Ministry. Sep 09, 2026

Teel Merrick is the founder of Worship Admin, a platform built to help worship pastors get out of the weeds and lead with clarity. He is also one of the most refreshingly honest people I have had on this show.

This conversation went places I did not expect. And I mean that in the best way.

God is ...

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Suno Is Better at Music Than Us. But Does That Matter? Sep 08, 2026

Three songs came in on the same day. And each one made me feel something completely different.

The first one was a demo from my co-write group. One of my co-writers ran our work tape through Suno and it sounded amazing. It nailed the vocals, the melody, the arrangement. My first reaction was not ex...

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What If Your Weird Background Is Actually Your Superpower? Sep 07, 2026

I met Kelsey at the Churchfront Conference in 2024 and honestly knew right away she needed to be on this show. She is not a worship leader. She is not a recording artist. She is a musicologist, a PhD, a college professor, and a writer for Christianity Today who covers worship culture from the outsid...

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I Pulled Back. Here's What I Found. Sep 05, 2026

In the fall of last year, I felt called to pull back. Not from God, not from music, not from ministry, but from this community specifically. I thought if I let go of the things adding to my plate, some of the overwhelm would lift and the fulfillment would come back.

What I actually found was lifele...

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Raw Talent is NOT Enough Oct 14, 2022

 

I was recently talking to my good friend Ross King on the latest episode of the CIAS podcast about raw talent, and if it’s enough on it’s own to make it in the music industry. 

  One of the most mysterious parts of a music journey is raw talent. Where does it come from? Why do some people seem t...

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