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
- 4 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
- 2 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 4 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, 2021
- 3 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 4 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 3 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, 2021
- 3 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, 2021
- 1 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 2 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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Becky Ykema
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
I WANT MORE OF YOU
When our daughter was an itty bitty with few words, she had enough vocabulary to state with clarity and determination exactly what she...
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Becky Ykema
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
EMBODYING WORSHIP: THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
I often run into band members and vocalists who love giving their music offering in worship, but their faces don't show it. Their bodies...
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