AI tools can now generate a finished image, a voiceover, or a full music bed in under a minute. But knowing how to use them without losing your creative judgment is a different skill entirely. In this bonus episode, creative director and AI coach Brad Zimmerman walks through his real-world workflow for image generation, AI audio, voiceovers, and video tools - showing exactly how he uses Midjourney, ChatGPT, and Photoshop together to produce work that would have been impossible or cost-prohibitive before. Whether your team is already running these tools or still debating whether to, this episode gives you a practical framework grounded in one question: where does AI extend your creativity, and where does it quietly replace the judgment you were hired for?

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🔗 Show Notes

Brad Zimmerman - Creative Director & AI Coach

• https://www.instagram.com/bradzimmermn/

• https://churchmediadrop.com/

Midjourney

• https://www.midjourney.com

ChatGPT

• https://chat.openai.com

Topaz Gigapixel AI - Image Upscaler

• https://www.topazlabs.com/gigapixel

Adobe Photoshop

• https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

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Wade Joye spent nearly 15 years as the worship pastor at Elevation Church - one of the most prolific worship environments in the world. In this conversation, he shares the moment Pastor Steven Furtick told him directly that he had a lid on his gifting, and that his real calling wasn't to be a worship leader; it was to build them. What followed was years of wrestling with identity, ego, and the question every person in ministry eventually faces: are you chasing your dream or your calling? And are those even the same thing? Luke and Katelyn also get into AI-generated worship music, the dangerous intersection of passion and vocation, and the countercultural action of stepping out of the spotlight.

🔗 Show Notes

• Wade Joye

  • Book: This Dream Is Not For You

• Solomon Ray - AI Worship Artist

  • Find Your Rest on Spotify

  • Find Your Rest on Apple Music

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Most church leaders have said it at some point: "Failure is not an option." Leadership coach Dr. Andrew Johnston - who has worked with Apple, Walgreens, and the Salvation Army - argues that phrase might be the most damaging thing you can say to a creative team. In this bonus episode, he unpacks Google's Project Aristotle and what it reveals about the one condition that separates high-performing teams from everyone else.

🔗 Show Notes

• Dr. Andrew Johnston - Leadership Coach
• Google Project Aristotle

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