In a culture obsessed with visibility, validation, and constant movement, it’s easy to confuse noise with progress and applause with purpose.

In this episode of Crown & Clarity, we unpack what it really means to choose assignment over applause, especially in seasons where obedience is quiet and recognition feels delayed.

Joined by Vandalyn Kennedy, International Chairlady for the Youth and Young Adult Department of the Church of God in Christ, this conversation explores leadership, faithfulness, discernment, and staying planted when comparison and pressure try to pull you out of position.

This episode is for anyone who’s been questioning their lane, their pace, or their placement; wondering if staying put is faith or fear. The answer might surprise you.

Guest Spotlight

Vandalyn Kennedy serves as the International Chairlady for the Youth and Young Adult Department of the Church of God in Christ. She is a leader, educator, mentor, strategist, and faith voice working extensively within New York City’s education systems while developing leaders and ministries that last. Her work reflects deep responsibility, consistency, and commitment to assignment over visibility.

Key Scriptures

• 1 Corinthians 12:18 (AMP) — God places each part exactly where He wants it
• Luke 16:10 (AMP) — Faithfulness before visibility
• Galatians 6:4 (AMP) — Satisfaction comes from focusing on your own work
• Galatians 1:10 (AMP) — You cannot serve Christ and chase approval
• Colossians 3:23 (AMP) — Serve from the soul, as unto the Lord
• Proverbs 4:25–26 (AMP) — Stay focused and steady in your path

Choosing assignment over applause means building longevity instead of chasing attention, alignment instead of affirmation, and obedience instead of noise.

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As we step into a new year, it’s easy to chase what feels good, easy, or familiar. But purpose doesn’t move at the speed of comfort—it moves at the pace of obedience.

In this episode of Crown & Clarity, we’re setting the tone for 2026 by confronting a hard truth:
just because you want something doesn’t mean God assigned it.

We’re unpacking the difference between appetite and assignment, why comfort is not confirmation, and how faith over feelings requires choosing alignment over desire. This conversation is for the woman who’s tired of drifting, ready for clarity, and willing to walk out her calling—even when it costs her preference.

This is your reset.
This is your alignment check.
This is the year you choose assignment over appetite.

Key Scriptures

• Proverbs 3:5–6 (AMP) — Trust God beyond your own understanding
• Romans 12:2 (AMP) — Renew your mind to discern God’s will

In This Episode, We Discuss

• Why appetite is loud but assignment is steady
• How comfort can disguise itself as confirmation
• The cost of obedience when preference is strong
• Why saying no is sometimes the most faithful move
• How to start the new year aligned, not distracted
• Faith over feelings in everyday decisions

Takeaway

A new year doesn’t require new goals.
It requires clearer discernment.

Purpose isn’t built on what feels good.
It’s built on obedience.

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Women of faith show up, serve faithfully, and lead boldly, while quietly carrying emotional wounds, burnout, and exhaustion. In this conversation, we talk honestly about healing, wholeness, and the work it takes to care for your soul without guilt.

This episode we are joined by Lady Ericka Brown to unpack the difference between emotional battles and spiritual warfare, why so many women mask overwhelm, and how faith, boundaries, therapy, and deliverance can work together. This episode challenges the idea that strength means silence and reminds you that healing is part of your calling, not a distraction from it.

If you’ve been faithful but tired, anointed but overwhelmed, this episode is for you.

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Healing is not optional.

You can shout, serve, and lead, but God cares about your heart and your mind too. Healing is part of walking in the fullness God designed for you.

Healed women move differently.
Healed women love differently.
Healed women hear God more clearly.

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Faith first.
Feelings later.
Crown secure.

Sometimes hope doesn’t disappear loudly. It fades quietly after disappointment, delay, and unanswered prayers.

In this episode of Crown & Clarity, we talk about what it means to hope again after life has taught you to play small, manage expectations, and protect your heart from being disappointed twice.

This conversation isn’t about hype or pretending pain didn’t happen. It’s about letting faith breathe life back into dreams you quietly buried.

If you’ve been surviving instead of expecting…

If you’ve been cautious instead of believing…

If you’ve stopped praying boldly because it hurt last time…

This episode is for you.

Scripture Anchors (AMP)

• Proverbs 13:12 (AMP)Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
• Jeremiah 29:11 (AMP)God’s plans include peace, a future, and hope—even after disappointment.
• Romans 15:13 (AMP)God fills us with joy and peace as we trust Him, causing us to abound in hope.
• Habakkuk 2:2 (AMP)Write the vision plainly and keep it in front of you.
• Zechariah 4:10 (AMP)Do not despise small beginnings.
• Hebrews 11:1 (AMP)Faith is the assurance of things hoped for.
• Ephesians 3:20 (AMP)God can do superabundantly more than we dare ask or think.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why hope is often the first thing to fade after disappointment
• How delay and rejection train us to dream smaller
• The difference between being cautious and being faithless
• How faith gives hope permission to breathe again
• Practical steps to revisit dreams you stopped praying about
• Why small, obedient steps matter more than emotional confidence
• How testimony helps others hope again

Reflection Question:

What did you stop hoping for because disappointment made it feel safer not to believe?

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In this episode, we’re telling the truth about something a lot of people struggle with but don’t always say out loud:
ministry doesn’t stop at the church doors.

Too many believers feel pressure to compartmentalize their faith — one version of themselves on Sunday, another version Monday through Friday. But that’s not how God operates. Your work, your influence, your business, your leadership, and your daily interactions are all platforms for Kingdom impact.

In No Spiritual Code Switching Needed, I’m joined by Leonitha Francis, a powerful example of what it looks like to build in the marketplace while staying rooted in faith. Together, we unpack how ministry and business aren’t separate lanes — they’re synced.

Key Scriptures:

• Colossians 3:23 (AMP) — Work with excellence as unto the Lord

• Matthew 5:16 (AMP) — Let your light shine through your daily actions

  
  

Recommended Reading:

📖 Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be by Donna Parton
(Recommended by Leonitha Francis)

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Fear talks loud, but it doesn’t get to lead.
In this episode, we’re confronting the fear of failure, the fear of starting, and the fear of not being “enough” and exposing how these feelings block you from moving in what God actually called you to do.

This is your reminder that confidence isn’t the requirement ; obedience is. Sometimes you won’t feel ready. Sometimes you won’t feel bold. Sometimes you won’t feel qualified.
Move anyway. Do it scared. Do it called.

Inside this episode:
• Why fear exaggerates failure before you even begin
• How faith pushes you forward when your feelings paralyze you
• The truth about failure: feedback, not finality
• How to break big goals into faith-sized steps
• How to silence the part of you that wants to stay small
• What obedience looks like when you’re nervous, anxious, or unsure

Scripture Anchors:
Joshua 1:9
Philippians 4:13

Ask Yourself:
Where has fear been holding your purpose hostage — and what would shift if you moved anyway?

Final Word:
Your hands might shake.
Your voice might tremble.
Your feelings might scream “no.”
But your calling still stands.
Do it scared. Do it called.

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Church hurt hits different when it comes from people who claim to love God but move with shade, competition, and quiet chaos. This episode opens up the conversation around “mean girl energy” in ministry and how easy it is to lose focus when emotions take the lead. Supervisor Ashia C. Simpson (www.ashiasimpson.com) joins the conversation with honest wisdom on choosing spiritual maturity over petty behavior and keeping your heart aligned even when the environment isn’t.

You’ll hear practical guidance on protecting your peace, staying grounded in your assignment, and refusing to let gossip or insecurity distract you from what God called you to do. This conversation brings clarity, accountability, and a reality check for anyone navigating messy spaces in church culture.

Key Scriptures

• Proverbs 16:28

• Romans 12:17–21

You’re on assignment. Move with faith, not feelings.

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Obedience doesn’t always feel good.
Sometimes it stings.
Sometimes it exposes you.
Sometimes it breaks you down before God builds you up.
But that’s where real transformation happens.

This episode dives into the stretch, the discomfort, and the growth that obedience produces when your feelings want to run the other way.

What you’ll hear

• Why obedience challenges your emotions
• How obedience can feel painful but still be purposeful
• A moment when doing the right thing felt like a personal loss
• Why discomfort is a sign that God is stretching you
• How to track your obedience through journaling
• The value of having accountability during tough seasons
• What Abraham, Joseph, and David teach us about uncomfortable obedience

Scripture references

• James 1:2-4 — Trials build perseverance and maturity
• Romans 8:28 — God works all things for your good

Key takeaways

• Obedience won’t always feel comfortable
• Growth often starts with discomfort
• Pain doesn’t mean you’re out of God’s will
• Obedience prepares you before it promotes you
• Accountability helps you stay committed

Reflection question

What did God ask you to do that hurt your feelings, but you did it anyway? How did it change you?

Call to action

Lean into the stretch.
Honor what God is asking for.
Let obedience shape the version of you He’s building.

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