How To Be a “Broken Crayon” God Can Still Use w/ Jamie Statema (Go Fish)

What if God could use even your brokenness to create something beautiful and inspire your whole family’s faith journey?

This week on the Collide Kids Podcast, host Christen Clark sits down with Jamie Statema—award-winning songwriter, producer, and GO FISH! co-founder—to explore how families can nurture spiritual growth, purpose, and discipleship at home. Jamie shares behind-the-scenes stories about being a Christian artist, raising Christian kids through music, and his powerful new children's book, "A Broken Crayon," a reminder that God uses every part of our stories—even the hard parts!

• [00:02:25] Jamie Statema’s musical journey with GO FISH!
• [00:09:27] The story behind "A Broken Crayon"
• [00:13:45] Real talk: Overcoming performance and embracing brokenness 
• [00:16:02] Making home and church safe for authentic conversations

Resources:

• gofishresources.com
• Jamie’s New Book: A Broken Crayon
• Website: collidekidspodcast.com
• Instagram: @collidekidspod

Clip Finder:

Viral Origin Stories: "I'm the OG GO FISH! guy. But when we originally started, it was myself and a friend from my church up in Minneapolis, Minnesota had this idea to do like an a cappella group."

— Jamie Statema [00:06:12 → 00:06:24]

Viral Topic: "Kids Can Handle Deep Truths — Music for All Ages": "The key, I feel, to making great music for kids that won't drive parents bonkers is to not talk down to kids because kids are way smarter than most people give them credit for."

— Jamie Statema [00:07:33 → 00:07:43]

Viral Topic: How Music Helps Memory  

"It's amazing how music does, you know, it helps you remember things. It's a great way to learn things."

— Jamie Statema [00:08:38 → 00:08:43]

Viral Topic: Turning Brokenness into Beauty  

Quote: "It's all about how God can take broken things and turn them into beautiful things."

— Jamie Statema [00:09:59 → 00:10:04]

The Danger of Too Much Information: "Sometimes you just got to follow God's leading, just do the next right thing. And then just see what happens."

— Jamie Statema [00:11:56 → 00:12:02]

Redefining Greatness in Faith: "Being a good dad is doing a great thing for God, you know, being a good husband, serving in the church, serving others, whatever it may be. It doesn't have to be in the spotlight to be considered great, and that's something I talk about a lot."

— Jamie Statema [00:13:31 → 00:13:45]

Viral Topic: Redemption Through Brokenness: "That’s really the message of the book, that even when you feel broken, it’s not over."

— Jamie Statema [00:15:51 → 00:15:55]

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