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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
During this time I was still a full time Worship Pastor but I would get home from wor...
We've all heard the quote:
"If you do what you love, you won't work a day in your life"
I was having lunch with a friend recently and that quote came up and it occurred to me that I do not believe this to be exactly true. I do understand the idea and meaning, but I feel it is a bit mislea...
On this podcast we talk about many tactics and mindsets to have as an indie artist. We believe that encouragement is key to keeping momentum on the journey. But, equally as important to knowing what to do is knowing what not to do.
On this episode I wanted to talk through 5 things that you s...
