Mature Me w/ Rich Wilkerson Jr.

Everyone wants the platform. Few embrace the preparation.

On this episode of Mature Me, I sit down with my friend @mannyarango

Manny is a husband, father, pastor of @thegardenchurchhtx, and one of the most joyful leaders I know. I've wanted to have this conversation for a long time, and it was worth the wait.

We talk about his salvation story, preaching for the first time at just eleven years old, planting a church, and why God often develops us in private long before He ever uses us in public.

This conversation is a reminder that fruit takes time, pain can become a teacher, and the season you're in right now deserves your full stewardship.

We spend so much time looking ahead that we forget to be faithful with what's already in our hands. As Manny says, we often overestimate what we could do with what we don't have, while underestimating what God can do with what we already do.

Don't rush the process. Steward the season God has entrusted to you.
Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on the Rich Wilkerson Jr. YouTube Channel. 🔗

What you can withstand? THAT’S what leadership is

On this episode of Mature Me, I sit down with my dear friends @earlmcclellan, @jabinchavez, and @johntermini for a conversation about vision, leadership and the cost of following God’s call.

Sometimes vision is not a full picture. It is simply enough light for the next step. We talk about how vision gives pain purpose, why your burden may be connected to your assignment, and what it takes to keep leading through growing pains.

We also go deeper into marriage, lust, sexual immorality, studying the Bible, and the difference between collecting information and becoming a disciple.
The platform is easy. Dependency is costly. It is in the pressing, the crushing, and the messy parts of the process that God forms us.

Tune into the premiere tonight at 7:30 PM on the Rich Wilkerson Jr. YouTube Channel 🔗

We don’t get filled just to stay full. We get filled so we can be poured out.
Sat down with one of my friends @chelseaplankk for this week’s episode of Mature Me
Chelsea is a wife, artist, singer, songwriter, and Worship Director at SEU. Her music has blessed so many people, including one of our favorite worship songs, “What A God”
On this episode of Mature Me, we talk about following the peace of God, preparing for His presence, songwriting, ministry, the student-led revival at SEU, and why His grace, not our gifting, is what sustains us.
One line that stayed with me:“Preparation is a sign of expectation.”
This conversation is a reminder that worship is more than a moment. It is a life of surrender, preparation, and dependence on God.
Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on the Rich Wilkerson Jr. YouTube channel. 🔗

Peace is YOURS. Jesus left it for YOU.

On this episode of Mature Me, I sit down with my dear friend @upsetthegram . Husband, father, pastor, communicator, podcaster — someone who has spent years helping people find language for faith, healing, and freedom.

This conversation goes a lot of places, but at the center of it is a deep invitation into peace. We talk about change, calling, controversy, therapy, trauma, rest, lust, and the kind of peace Jesus actually left us.

Not a temporary peace. Not a peace that depends on everything being easy. A peace that guards your heart, settles your mind, and reminds your body that God is still in control.

Tim said something so powerful: peace comes before power.
Because power without peace can destroy. But when you have Shalom first, you can lead, love, respond, and heal from a different place.

This episode is a reminder that you just do not have to trade your peace for panic.

Imagine a bunch of Pastor’s Kids in a room recording a podcast… that’s exactly what we did for the Mature Me 100th episode

I sat down with @grahamfurtick @charliehughez @dakotaduron on a special episode diving into all things being a pastor’s kid, Gen Z, and ministry. We talk about the story behind @thelivingroom.clt - a young adult Bible that became a movement

We get into next gen leadership, growing up in the spotlight, the pressure of influence, surrendering dreams, preaching with purpose, and why maturity is not about being impressive. It is about becoming impactful.
This episode is honest, funny, and full of wisdom for anyone learning how to serve faithfully, lead authentically, and keep becoming who God has called them to be.

Tune in tonight at 7:30 PM on the Rich Wilkerson Jr. YouTube Channel 🔗