This week, our guest is Ramona Jones - a published author of several fiction novels that include a message designed to inspire, uplift and empower women. We talk about Ramona's non-churchy upbringing, how she got saved, and her transition into churchy culture. She of course shares a hilarious story, and it's about her first time in a pentecostal church service. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Our guest this week is a hilarious comedian and actor, Jevin Smith. Hailing from Los Angeles, CA and known as "Wealthy Jev", he also serves at his church as a minister, and produces & stars in his own funny videos across social media. Jev talks about his churchy life and upbringing in this episode, and recounts how he was taught to speak in tongues as a kid. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

This week, our guest is the awesomely talented singer and songwriter, Michelle Williams. As a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child (one of the best-selling female groups of all time), and as a solo artist, she's won several awards, including a Grammy. Recently Michelle was also revealed to be The Butterfly on ABC's The Masked Singer! In this episode, we talk about Michelle's churchy life and upbringing in Rockford, Il. She of course shares some hilarious stories about the consequences of doing way too much in a church service. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Sean Tripline is an accomplished musician, conductor, professor and pastor from Philadelphia. He's currently at Princeton Seminary, pursuing his masters in divinity. We talk about his churchy life and upbringing, he shares some of the crazy things he's seen happen while folks are up singing solos in church.  For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Demetrius Tolefree is a highly gifted musician, singer/songwriter, producer and recording artist from East Oakland, California. He currently serves as the minister of music at Glad Tidings International church, and runs the online gospel station - FreeDem Radio. D. Tole shares a funny story about a choir rehearsal that gets shut down a lot earlier than expected. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Our guest this week is Elder Darryl Jones - an awesome preacher and teacher that serves at Emmanuel COGIC in Los Angeles, CA, and professionally works in real estate. He talks about his upbringing in the church as a several-generations-deep minister in the grand old Church of God in Christ. Of course, he shares some hilarious stories about all of the things that could go wrong during a normal church service. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Kyron Shorter is a preacher & singer from San Diego, CA, and newly appointed pastor of the Bethesda Temple church in Los Angeles, CA. He also serves as the International PYPU vice president of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. Kyron brings a bunch of funny stories from his experiences growing up in church - including a time when communion had to be completely canceled. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

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Terrell Fletcher is a phenomenal teacher, speaker, author, and athlete. Before becoming the Pastor of City of Hope International Church, and being ordained as a Bishop, he spent 8 years as a professional running back for the San Diego Chargers. Terrell shares some great stories with us on growing up in church and talks about some very interesting testimonies and church solos he's had to sit through. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Kyle Townsend is a Grammy Award nominated producer and musician, working with legendary singers and songwriters (Diane Warren, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Jessie J, Andra Day) on all types of projects - from albums to movie soundtracks. We talk about various stories from his churchy life and upbringing, including growing up as a church musician and trying to sneak your favorite secular songs into the worship music. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

EJ Gaines is Vice President of Marketing at Capitol CMG and Co-Executive Director of Motown Gospel, divisions of Capitol Records/Universal Music Group. An entertainment lawyer and former artist manager with 20 years of experience in the music business, EJ Gaines has guided the careers of GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artists, producers and songwriters, as well as producers and talent in film and television. EJ and I trade stories about being dads of young kids, and he shares stories about his churchy life, his upbringing, and the funny differences between the kind of church he grew up in, and the church he started attending in college. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Bill Goff is one of my good friends from San Diego, CA who is an excellent preacher and teacher, serving at the City of Hope International Church. We talk about his audio engineering skills, as well as his churchy upbringing as a preacher's kid. Bill shares some hilarious stories about how to be mindful of what you're saying while you're up in the pulpit. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com