Growing up as a pastor’s daughter meant growing up with a spotlight you didn’t ask for and rules nobody ever wrote down. You learn patience, self-control, and how to smile politely while you’re secretly starving and just want to go home and eat.

In this episode, I’m sharing some of the lighter, funnier lessons I learned growing up in church. From waiting endlessly while my dad talked, to the time my brother was nearly left alone in a dark church with what he thought was Medusa, to mastering the art of polite invisibility when social energy ran out.

I talk about learning to apologize to keep the peace, finding humor in the most reverent moments, and why nothing tests self-control quite like Burger King interrupting a prayer. And I reflect on the surprising gift of Sunday mornings — the predictability, the family meals, the friendships, and learning what rest without guilt actually feels like.

Whether you grew up in church, grew up as a pastor’s kid, or just enjoy stories about family, faith, and finding humor in everyday life, this episode is a nostalgic, honest look at a childhood lived partly in public… and the lessons that stuck.