Pulpit to the Pew

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Episode 100 snuck up on us, and it feels unreal to say it out loud: we have kept this thing going. We sit down and reflect on what actually changes over a hundred recordings, from how you talk on a microphone to how you learn to stop talking over each other, and why “just hit record” is both the best advice and the fastest way to learn the hard lessons of podcasting.

We get practical about the behind-the-scenes work: editing, upgrading podcast equipment, chasing consistent audio quality, and the reality that schedules and travel can be harder than finding topics. We also tell the story every podcaster eventually lives through, the day you lose a recording to corrupted audio and realise how much you care. Along the way, we share the surprises that kept us motivated, including about 11.5k downloads, listeners across 76 countries, and those moments when someone quotes a random line back to you in public.

Then we do what we do best: clean, lighthearted Christian conversation that feels like you are sitting at the table with us. Expect throwbacks to favourite memories, interviews we loved, Bigfoot references, and an unexpectedly detailed Waffle House detour, plus a few travel and flying stories to close it out. If you enjoy a Christian podcast with good sound, real friendship, and plenty of laughs, press play, subscribe, and share Episode 100 with a friend, then leave a review and tell us what moment made you laugh the hardest.

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A building can be the answer to prayer and still come with sleepless nights, second-guessing, and moments where you quietly wonder, “Is this ever going to happen?” We sit down as a group and tell the real story behind our church’s move into a new building in Sharonville, including the funny mishaps, the awkward learning curves, and the surprising ways a new layout changes how you lead a service.

We dig into the hard middle of the journey: discouragement while waiting on God. We talk about deals that looked certain and then collapsed, the pressure pastors feel when people love the church but struggle with limited facilities, and how comparison with other churches can drain your confidence fast. You’ll hear what helped us reset our focus, from livestream ministry that confirmed God was moving to a timely word that reminded us to stop measuring our work against our “neighbors” and simply work the ministry God put in our hands.

We also get personal about the bittersweet grief of leaving an old church building behind, especially for lifelong members who carry decades of memories, promises, and family history in those walls. And we highlight one of the best surprises of this season: watching our young people and congregation work together, sweat together, and gain ownership of something they’ll never forget.

If you’re facing church leadership stress, a church building project, a ministry transition, or just the ache of waiting on a promise from the Lord, this conversation will feel close to home. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review with the one line that keeps you holding on when hope gets tested.

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A women’s podcast can be light and still be meaningful, and that’s exactly the lane we’re stepping into with the Sisters Segment of Pulpit to the Pew. We’re RaJeana Frazier, Becca Brown, and Lissa Brumfield, and we start by telling you who we are, what our lives look like (pastors’ family life, teaching, homeschooling, insurance, youth ministry), and why we’re carving out a place for ladies who want faith, friendship, and fun in the same conversation.

We test-drive our first segments with plenty of laughs, including a Weird But True headline that somehow turns chicken nuggets into a “911 emergency.” From there we jump straight into real-life homemaking talk, sharing a chocolate chip cookie recipe with our favorite twists: how to balance white sugar and brown sugar, why vanilla deserves extra, what to do with dark baking pans, and how to bake big, soft cookies without drying them out. If you love practical kitchen tips, baking advice, and the kind of honest debate only friends can have (salted butter vs unsalted), you’ll feel right at home.

The conversation also gets surprisingly practical with laundry and cleaning hacks, including DIY detergent to save money, and hard water toilet solutions. Then we slow down for a powerful moment: a poem written by Brooklyn Brown called “Jesus Loves Me Tonight,” showing how faith can turn fear into peace. We close with church life updates, celebrating a move into a much larger building, talking about hospitality and creating welcoming space, and sharing upcoming events like youth revival and a Young Ladies’ Day at Bethel Chapel in Richmond, Indiana on October 17 at 1 p.m., themed Worth More for girls ages 11 to 18.

If this felt like sitting at the table with friends, subscribe, share the episode with a sister or a friend, and leave a review so more women can find the show. What tips, questions, or topics do you want us to talk about next?

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Something new is happening on Pulpit To The Pew, and we’ve been excited to tell you. We’re officially launching a Sisters Segment so the women in our circle can bring their own stories, humour, and hard-won perspective to the mic. Brother Ryan Brown joins me, and we introduce three voices you’re going to want in your feed: my wife Lissa Brumdfield, Sister ReJeana Frazier, and Sister Becca Brown.

We talk about the “why” behind the segment, the plan to release monthly on the first Friday, and what listeners can expect: honest ministry life, family life, and the kind of conversation that feels like you’re sitting at the table with us. You’ll hear Becca’s journey from preacher’s kid to pastor’s wife and teacher, ReJeana’s world of pastoring and homeschooling three kids, and Lissa’s balance of work, youth ministry, and the everyday reality of serving in the church.

The conversation also goes deeper than introductions. We unpack altar call culture, why certain traditions can raise anxiety, and how leaders and church members can make prayer feel normal and welcoming. Then we shift into behind-the-scenes podcast talk: how to handle multiple voices, keep the flow natural, and build real community as listeners start recognising the show out in the wild.

If you enjoy Christian podcasts, Pentecostal church life, and real talk with a lot of laughter, hit play, subscribe so you don’t miss the first Sisters Segment release, and share it with someone who needs a new voice in their rotation. If you can, leave a review and tell us what you want them to talk about next. [email protected] 

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A chair almost sends us into the afterlife, and somehow that becomes the perfect on-ramp for a night that swings from pure comedy to real end-times questions. We talk summer heat and humidity, the special kind of suffering that comes from driving a school bus with no AC, and why “fall weather” feels like it keeps getting snatched away at the last second.

Then we get practical about content creation and community. We kick around behind-the-scenes ideas like making a podcast tutorial, doing more funny challenge videos, and why YouTube notifications and the algorithm can keep our uploads hidden unless people actually subscribe. If you’ve ever wondered how small channels grow, we give you the honest version and we ask for your help.

From there, we hit a truly wild news story, chase the Bigfoot trail, debate Yellowstone as a supervolcano, and even poke at the Area 51 myth with a local theory about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The biggest turn comes when we land in theology: Revelation, biblical symbolism vs literal reading, and why prophecy talk should never be about setting dates but about being ready. We close with a thoughtful question from Genesis: what is “light” before the sun is created?

If you enjoy a Christian podcast that can laugh hard and still take Bible study seriously, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What do you think is symbolic in Revelation, and what must be taken literally?

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Politics can feel like a reality show until you remember real people live downstream of every headline. We open with what’s been on our minds, including the way public tragedy and controversy still echoes, then we dig into why socialism keeps getting sold as the compassionate shortcut. From our perspective, the “free” promise collapses once you talk about incentives, where government money actually comes from, and what history shows when power concentrates and responsibility disappears.

Then we swing hard into the world most of us live in every day: social media algorithms, doom scrolling, and the attention economy. We talk about why bad news dominates feeds, how platforms train us to react instead of think, and why it’s so easy to end up angrier or more anxious than we meant to be. Along the way we hit a wave of nostalgia, from MySpace top friends and auto playing playlists to early Instagram and the golden era of Vine.

It gets as chaotic as you’d expect: favorite Vine clips, weird YouTube ads, Christmas movie takes, and a few stories from church work that might make your wrist hurt just hearing them. If you’ve ever wondered why your attention span feels shorter or why your feed shapes your mood, you’ll feel seen.

Listen now, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review. What platform changed your habits the most?

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Something about a long weekend makes every conversation wander, and we let it. We start with Labor Day banter, school starting, and the age-old debate about whether a full moon changes people, then we jump into a hospital story that still feels like a jump scare. From there, the ADHD podcast energy takes over in the best way: national-day trivia, food talk, and the kind of side quests that somehow circle back to real life. 

The heart of the conversation is music, faith, and authenticity. We talk about Grandma Moses starting her art career at 78, then use that as a springboard into what happens when we label someone a “Christian artist” and assume we know their story. We get honest about the gap between marketing and character, why some songs feel like they belong in church and others don’t, and the moment when someone says, “It’s Christian,” and you instantly know the vibe is complicated. 

We also swap stories from church spaces and church work, including the reality of loud jobsite playlists inside a sanctuary, plus a long ride through southern gospel nostalgia, choir music, and the records that raised us. If you’re a musician, we dig into the number system, timing, and learning by ear, including one of our favorite memories: getting thrown onto drums at altar call with no lessons and surviving it. 

If any of this sounds like your kind of friendly chaos, subscribe, share the episode with a friend who loves church music debates, and leave a review so more people can find us.

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Gravy wrestling is somehow a real event, and it becomes our doorway into a much heavier conversation about the world we are living in. We start with updates from our church building push, the deadlines, and the feeling that time is flying, then we laugh our way through odd “national holidays” before things turn serious.

We talk candidly about mental health, postpartum depression, and the way public stories get framed online. Postpartum depression is absolutely real, and we say that plainly, but we also wrestle with the difference between a mental break and actions that look planned. From there we zoom out to the mental health system in the United States: quick prescriptions, shaky diagnosis, side effects, and what happens when people do not have trustworthy accountability. We also touch on veterans and PTSD, and why asking for help can feel harder than suffering in silence.

The most practical part of the conversation is what we see at street level: homelessness, people who truly need help, people who keep repeating the same story, and how a church tries to respond with compassion and discernment. We even discuss rehabilitation and criminal justice, including Norway’s prison model, while still being honest about consequences for serious harm. Then we end on a lighter note with another wild tradition: chasing a cheese wheel down a cliff.

If you enjoy honest Christian conversation that can be funny and still go deep, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What do you think real help should look like in your community?

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Pop-Tarts don’t frost to the edge, Hot Pockets are basically solar-powered, and somehow Taco Bell breakfast keeps winning arguments. We sit down as friends and hosts to chase a simple topic, food, into a surprisingly revealing conversation about taste, nostalgia, and the tiny preferences that make people wildly different.

We bounce through fast food breakfast picks like Dunkin, Starbucks, Burger King, and the Breakfast Crunchwrap, then detour into public school cafeteria memories that include tragic hash browns, rectangle pizza, and the vending machine era. From there, it’s all snack philosophy: why the frosting border on a Pop-Tart feels like a personal insult, how people “save the best bite,” and why some foods are worth it even when they hurt.

Then we go bigger and more specific: Mexican vs Chinese food, Tex-Mex tortillas, salsa and queso opinions, Chinese buffet strategy, and the strange phenomenon of feeling stuffed and hungry again an hour later. We also get into death row meal fantasies, pizza loyalty, and steak talk that actually helps, including steak temperature preferences, ribeye vs filet, what Wagyu texture is like, and why some steakhouses disappoint.

We close with the weirdest foods we’ve tried, including escargot and kangaroo jerky, plus a seafood story that proves you can love shrimp and still eat it the wrong way. If you like funny food debates, restaurant talk, and strong opinions about comfort food, hit play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What’s your go-to meal when you want comfort fast?

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Watching church clips go viral can be entertaining until you realize what’s being traded away for views. We sit down as Brother Shawn Brumfield with Brother Jonathan Mitchell and Brother Nathan Bellows and talk candidly about social media trends that turn Pentecostal worship into a punchline, including “bouncy dress” videos and content that crosses into mocking the Holy Spirit. We dig into why modesty and reverence still matter, especially when Christian music and Christian language are used as a backdrop for something that does not reflect Christ at all. 

From there, we step into the question a lot of believers quietly wrestle with: how do you explain Pentecostal worship to someone who has never seen speaking in tongues, interpretation, shouting, and altar prayer? We share personal stories about inviting unchurched friends, the fear of being misunderstood, and the surprising way God uses what outsiders call “weird” to bring conviction and reveal His presence. If you’ve ever hesitated to invite someone because you don’t know how they’ll react, this conversation is for you. 

We also address discernment in modern Christianity, where “I’m a Christian” can become a marketing tag that opens new audiences while preaching a contradictory message. We talk repentance, the lie hidden in “come as you are and stay as you are,” and why real salvation produces real change over time. We wrap with a practical lens on discipleship: catch them, then let God clean them, because holiness grows out of relationship, not pressure. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s asking hard questions, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.

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