This is episode 0... the intro, to the intro! Churchy Life is bringing you real, fun conversations, with real Christians - from every walk of life. Make sure you visit ChurchyLife.com for more.

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

Our guest this week is Lady T'Mil Curtis - a marketing and brand strategist known as "The Navigator", who also serves as marketplace, career and ministry coach. We talk about her churchy and musical life, and she shares a humbling and hilarious experience from one of her earlier ministry engagements. She was definitely not prepared for the situation that unfolded! For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Antonia (Bereal) Lee is my good friend / sister, and wife of Churchy Life guest, Brandon Lee. Toni works as a law administration professional in San Francisco, who grew up in the grand old Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles. We talk about her upbringing as a member of the Bereal family; one of the most churchy and talented families that California has ever produced. She shares some great stories about how much church you really have to attend when everyone in the family is a pastor. 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

Karen Bankhead is a phenomenally versatile actress, comedienne and writer who you may have seen in movies like "I Am Sam", and "Little Richard", and TV shows like "New Attitude", "Boston Common", and "Curb Your Enthusiasm". She also performs regularly as the elderly "Etta Mae Mumphries" (known as the black Forrest Gump) who she brought along with her on this episode. We talk about her churchy life, and how Sis. Etta Mae was birthed into the world. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Our guest this week is Benjamin Jones - an up-and-coming Christian comedian, with some super funny videos across social media. He's also a dope musician, singer/songwriter, and full time praise and worship leader. Of course he brings us some hilarious church stories, including a time when he had to fervently seek God for a porcelain throne. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Angel Laketa Moore is an actress and comedian from Baltimore, MD, that now lives in the Los Angeles area. You might know her from YouTube and across social media as "That Chick Angel", or even from her long stint as nurse Dawn Archer on ER. We talk about Angel's life growing up in church with a super churchy mom, and she details some of her favorite words and phrases that you'll only find at church. 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

Dawain Atkinson is the creator and host of The B.A.R. (Biblical and Reformed) podcast - where he presents a biblical worldview from the Reformed theological perspective, examines current events and interview great guests. We talk about his churchy upbringing, and he shares a funny story about how resourceful and strong-willed church mothers can really be. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Brian Tabor is a worship pastor in Indianapolis, who created and runs the hilarious social media account "Worship Leader Probs". He's also got an awesome podcast by the same name, where Brian and co-host interview other worship leaders and pastors about their experiences. Brian shares stories about his churchy life and upbringing, including the time when a special baptism took the worship service to a whole new level. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Dawn Chisholm is the founder of MBTees - an inspirational clothing line she created with her daughters. Dawn shares hilarious stories about growing up in a big and churchy family, and trying to avoid the trouble that all of us church kids got into back in the day. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com