Avoiding Hard Conversations
I hate confrontation. I hate hurting someone’s feelings. I hate disappointing people and not living up to their expectations. You hear...
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Becky Ykema
May 11, 20232 min
COVER SONGS SERIES: OH JESUS
Oh Jesus - Jon McLaughlin Oh, Jesus, can You hear me now? Oh, Jesus, I'm just wondering how I'm doing Am I proving worth all the time...
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Becky Ykema
May 13, 20224 min
How to Let Someone Go from the Worship Team
One of the most difficult parts of being a worship or production leader is having to let someone go from the team. There are a number of...
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Becky Ykema
Apr 12, 20224 min
Dear Interim Leader
I'm turning Episode 16 of my podcast, Darling: Confessions of a Former Megachurch Singer into written form here. Please share with...
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Becky Ykema
Feb 3, 20222 min
The Most Important Thing You Can Do This Week
Leaders, I write to you from the perspective of a worship leader, but truly, I think this message translates to most fields. Production...
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Becky Ykema
Dec 25, 20211 min
A Blessing for the Weary Worship or Production Leader
To the one who is ready to quit. Quietly surrendered that no change can be made. You matter. To the one who feels as if their pastor will...
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Becky Ykema
Sep 13, 20212 min
COVER SONGS SERIES: 32 FLAVORS
Oh this song. Squint your eyes and look closer I'm not between you and your ambition I am a poster girl with no poster I am thirty-two...
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Becky Ykema
Sep 10, 20214 min
How to Memorize 4 Songs in 5 Days
One of the things I love most in this season is partnering with churches in leading worship for special events and weekend services. An...
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Becky Ykema
Sep 2, 20213 min
COVER SONGS SERIES: GRAMERCY PARK
Let's talk people pleasers. Oh boy. This has been a marker in my life and cost me oh so many dollars in therapy over the years! An...
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Becky Ykema
Aug 24, 20212 min
COVER SONGS SERIES: DRIVE
Grab my backpack, hop off the bus. Walk the two blocks home. Drop my backpack, say hi to family, head up the creaky stairs to my room,...
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Becky Ykema
Aug 2, 20214 min
RUTHLESS HONESTY
Story 1.0 It was the Wednesday after a weekend full of powerful worship services. I sat in a room with our weekly production team to...
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Becky Ykema
May 27, 20212 min
WE ARE FUNCTIONING IN LOWER LEVELS OF HEALTH
It's been a year, yes? A few months ago my former pastor Bill Stephens at Ascent Community Church shared how he feels we are all...
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Becky Ykema
May 21, 20212 min
WHY I AM HERE
In 2010 I found myself sitting in a Starbucks in Franklin, TN across from executives of a booking agency. People were finally interested...
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Becky Ykema
May 9, 20211 min
A Poem for Mother's Day 2021
_______________________________________ __________________________________ Birthing something into the world necessitates a few things, a...
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Becky Ykema
Apr 21, 20213 min
WHAT'S BEHIND A PICTURE?
Easter morning 2021, I received this text from my friend Autumn who was streaming our service online. After walking off stage, I opened...
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Becky Ykema
Apr 7, 20213 min
17.
17 years ago, I began what would be a significant chapter of my life. I took my first position on a church staff. Now, as I transition...
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Becky Ykema
Mar 5, 20211 min
TUNING YOUR HEART
Ever have one of those days where there seems to be a theme following you around? A golden thread nestles and weaves itself around...
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Becky Ykema
Feb 26, 20212 min
LOVE YOUR VOICE LIKE IT'S A PART OF YOU
I may be biased, but I think one of the most fun things we can do in life is sing. And YET, so often we give these vocal cords of ours...
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Becky Ykema
Feb 19, 20212 min
WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ASK?
Matthew 7:7-8 (New Living Translation) Words of Jesus: Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you...
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Becky Ykema
Feb 12, 20212 min
YOU ARE A PERSON (NOT A PROP)
Do you work with people? Do you hire people? Do you care for people? This is for you. You are a person; a whole person. The people you...
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