First Assembly Memphis

Creative Pastor

Layne McDonald Productions

• Proficient in end-to-end production for film, TV, online, and corporate
projects.
• Versatile experience across diverse media genres, from political, media,
military, Hollywood, corporate, and training videos.
• Skilled in managing full production cycles, from script to distribution.

Film & TV Producer

I Love You Period, LLC.

I Love You Period is a pioneering company dedicated to revolutionizing corporate culture through the ethos of unconditional love. Founded on the principle that love, care, and understanding should be central to all business practices, I Love You Period offers a unique approach to corporate development, employee engagement, and leadership training.

Our mission is to embed the power of unconditional love into the heart of every organization. When companies operate from a place of genuine care and compassion, they not only enhance their work environment but also positively impact their communities and the world at large.

Co-Founder

First Horizon Bank

• Produced, directed, shot, edited productions
• Trained the production team up to leadership positions
• Worked with clients, internal partners to elevate the production studio's
reputation, gear, and server space for growing number of productions.

Director Of Video Production, Corporate Communications

Yarbrough's Music

• Video Gear Expertise: Sales, Installation, Maintenance
• Instructional Skills: Video & Photography Education
• Production Proficiency: Custom Video Projects
• Rental Management: Audio & Video Equipment, Customer Satisfaction Focus

Sales Lead, Video Production & Installation

DEAN FILM & VIDEO LLC

• Collaborated with "Nashville" TV Show, Taylor Swift, BB King, St. Jude's
• Hospital, FedEx Forum, Presley Enterprises.
• Expertise in video gear sales, installation, and maintenance.
Proficient in teaching video and photography and managing custom video
productions and equipment rentals.

Head of Post, IT Security, Camera Tech, Media Manager

BITMAX

• Scene Selection, Pacing, Continuity, Shot Trimming
• Aligned with the Director's Vision in Editing
• Organized Digital Assets, Backups, Timely Edits, Process Innovation

Video Editor & Media Manager

UNITED FOR LIFE FOUNDATION

• Developed Initiatives for Business Expansion, Established Efficient
Operations
• Conducted Research, Implemented Best Practices, Proactive in Customer
Service and Business Development
• Boosted Brand Awareness with Innovative Print/Digital Productions,
Enhanced Major Publications with Creative Content

Head Media Director / CCO

EWTN

• Managed Camera Media, Video, and Audio Files Digitally
• Diverse Content Production, including Camera Work, Graphics, Audio, and
Effects
• Aligned with Director's Vision, Collaborated with Producers and Talent for
Innovative, Engaging Content

Producer, Director, Camera & Prime-Time Editor

Hi, my name is Dr. Layne McDonald. I have over 20 years of film and television experience, working on fantastic projects with genuinely talented and passionate people. Coming from NPR radio in high school to working on indie films and finding myself amid giants on "Passion of the Christ," "City of Ember," "I Am David," and "Polar Express," I was quickly blessed to work on music videos in Hollywood and sit at the feet of some of the most unique talents in Hollywood history. Today, I have journeyed through those great halls of film music and even worked as a Media Director for a well-known and respected bank. I have had incredible mentors along the way and am blessed to work with amazing people with big hearts and unique spirits. I am blessed to be a blessing.

With a Ph.D. in Administration and Management and a Master's in Communications, I co-founded I Love You Period and founded You Upgraded. As the Founding Communications Director for United for Life Foundation, my mission is to elevate everyone’s creative selves, helping them achieve their greatest potential through faith, love, and innovative strategies.

Article about my creative coaching:
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Leadership is local. Every city needs someone willing to show up, listen, and care: really care. It’s easy to look at the big picture and forget: impact starts on our own streets. If you feel called to make Memphis stronger, start with connection. I invite you to join us Sundays, 10:30 CST, and recharge with community that believes in building leaders from the heart out. If you need encouragement on the tough days, reach out to our prayer line (1-901-213-7341). This isn’t just church: it’s people leading with love, multiplying hope across neighborhoods.

How has local leadership made a difference for you: or where do you wish it was stronger? Let’s talk about building cities that heal. #morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Layne Mcdonald, Ph.D.

Pastor of BOUNDLESS Online Church Outreach, and Pastor of Connect at First Assembly Memphis. Here to serve.

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You can’t lead people you don’t see. 

Real leadership starts right here: eyeball to eyeball, heart to heart. No agenda. No formulas. Just presence. Because every person counts, whether they turn up on Sunday or call in for prayer at midnight.

Memphis is the place. Sundays, 10:30 CST: bring your team, bring your challenges, bring your story. If you're searching for hope or need someone on the other end of the line, our prayer line (1-901-213-7341) is open every day. This is what leadership looks like: seeing each face, hearing each voice, building a community where everyone gets better.

Who’s the one person you need to notice today? Share your answer: let’s talk real leadership and real connection. 

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Urgency isn’t just economic: it's spiritual. The truth no leader wants to voice: Churches and businesses are facing the same cultural crisis. Distrust, division, burnout. Generational walls. Performance metrics over people.  

But here’s my conviction: Love, mercy, and forgiveness aren’t just biblical: they’re a competitive advantage. Trust runs deeper than strategy. Grace outperforms fear. Forgiveness multiplies creativity. These principles build teams (and communities) that thrive even when the culture is fracturing.  

The next breakthrough? It’s not tech. It’s character. I’ve watched ministries and startups heal, accelerate, and grow: when leaders dared to lead with open hands and unguarded hearts.  

Where have you seen mercy and forgiveness change your work or community? What would shift if you led with love this week?

#morningconversations #youupgraded #drmac

Connect and Online Pastor - First Assembly Memphis - Here for YOU to find an online connection and grow in the most incredible truth there is; you are a child of God; You are LOVED NO MATTER WHAT.

We’re proud to partner creativity with purpose. At Layne McDonald, every purchase and stream helps fund global ministry outreach that empowers local communities and supports faith-driven creative work. Discover practical coaching, resources, and tools designed for Christian leaders and creatives who want measurable impact. Visit https://wix.to/nDCxYEZ to learn how your support translates into ministry outcomes. #FaithAndCreativity #MinistryImpact #Leadership

Every culture: churches and boardrooms alike: reaches a moment of crisis: Do we fracture further, or rebuild on what matters most?

Competitive advantage is no longer a badge or balance sheet. It’s love that listens when tempers flare. Mercy that offers a second chance. Grace that rewrites tired scripts. Hope that refuses cynicism. Forgiveness that refuses to weaponize the past.

I’ve seen it: healing happens when we shift from fear of disruption to the power of reconciliation. 

This is how movements last, workplaces thrive, and families heal. Start here: these aren’t just virtues. They’re the new currency of impact.

Where have you witnessed love, mercy, or forgiveness transform a culture: big or small? Share your story below. Let’s learn together. 

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

I help Christian leaders and creatives turn calling into clear, practical impact. Through faith-driven coaching and creative mentorship, we sharpen your storytelling, strengthen leadership skills, and build media that inspires community. Ready to grow with intention? Visit https://wix.to/49y5GzN to learn how we can partner for progress. 🙏✨ #FaithAndLeadership #CreativeCoaching #ChristianLeaders

Welcome, friends. Every device in our home holds power: to distract, connect, or even call forth destiny. If your teens are like mine, they live in the crossfire of digital noise and promises of influence. Protecting your family’s digital well-being isn’t just about setting boundaries: it’s about planting the seeds of purpose.

We invite our kids to use technology to serve, inspire, and even build income that honors God’s design. It starts with open conversations; anchored in love, mercy, grace, hope, and forgiveness. In our home, we pray together before logging on. We check in, set limits, and dream up ways to turn digital skills into Kingdom wins and small businesses.

Digital boundaries are not a wall; they’re a framework for freedom, trust, and calling. How do you guide your family through the tension of tech, purpose, and protection?

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

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Faith-driven entrepreneurship isn’t a trend, it’s a quiet revolution. Every week, I meet a new Gen Z leader chasing more than just profit: they want meaning, legacy, and a business model rooted in grace. Their questions reveal a hunger for authenticity and purpose that outpaces any previous generation.

This isn’t about lofty ideals. It’s practical, urgent, and anchored in the essentials: love, mercy, grace, hope, and forgiveness. Those are the cornerstones that bring healing to organizations and spark economies built on trust instead of transactions.

Are you seeing faith-driven leadership show up in your circle? How would more mercy and grace in the workplace reshape your team, your business, your city?

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Ever wonder why biblical work-life balance outperforms every productivity hack? Neuroscience is catching up to what Scripture has declared for centuries: sustainable growth begins with rest, renewal, and honest boundaries. When our foundation is love, mercy, grace, hope, and forgiveness: not hustle or anxiety: work becomes meaningful, not draining. 

Research shows that grace-based living reduces cortisol, while hope restores the executive function we need to lead. Secular hacks focus on output. Biblical rhythms build legacy. 

I anchor my day in prayer, compassion, and a willingness to forgive myself (and others) for imperfection. It’s how I help people find their calling: and it’s how churches and businesses overcome cultural burnout. 

What daily shift could help your work feel more like purpose, less like pressure?

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

You've seen the spotlights, but let’s talk about what happens when no one’s watching, the moments where faith is more than a word, it’s an action. When I worked backstage with Oscar- and Emmy-winning teams, the biggest impact never came from being seen. It came from serving, forgiving, and listening when nobody saw but God. It’s humility that multiplies our reach, on set, at home, and every space in between.

Faith shows up biggest in unseen gestures: encouraging someone privately, praying before a giant step, giving grace in tough moments. That’s what leadership demands, and it’s what the world needs right now. I’m inviting YOU into the conversation: What’s one act of faith, quiet, understated, but powerful, you’ve put into motion this week?

Drop a comment, share your story, connect with me! Let’s build a community of real, authentic faith together. Like, share, and follow for daily inspiration crafted just for your journey. Your story matters here.

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

What if your next breakthrough isn’t about chasing trends: but discovering the gift you’ve already got in your hand? Stewardship is the quiet rebellion against hustle culture. Are you willing to turn what makes you YOU: your skills, your story, your spark: into something that multiplies for God and for generations?

Take one moment of honest self-reflection: Which skill, creative outlet, or faith insight could you start sharing or monetizing today? Whether you teach, design, craft, encourage, or organize: there’s legacy in small beginnings anchored in purpose, prayer, and service.

I want to hear from YOU! Drop your skill, gift, or idea below: let’s build genuine connection, not just conversation. Invite someone to join. Like this post, share your story, and FOLLOW for daily ideas tailored to fuel YOUR unique calling. This feed is for leaders who uplift, multiply, and make real impact. 

What’s the one thing you could offer that nobody else can? Let’s get vulnerable & grow together. #morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

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Gen Z’s faith isn’t on pause: it’s pulsing louder than ever. I’ve seen it in creative studios and backstage prayer circles with Oscar winners: what this young generation craves isn’t a polished show, but honest, messy, Jesus-centered community.

If we want to multiply leaders, we have to drop the persona and embrace real-life mentorship. That means being present with questions, doubts, heartbreak, hope: and linking arms across generations to build something lasting.

True impact happens outside the spotlight. It’s forged in late-night conversations, music sessions that turn into ministry, and simple acts of vulnerability.

How are you helping Gen Z connect faith to daily life? Share what works: or what’s real( in your world.)  #morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Forgiveness isn’t soft: it’s seismic.

In leadership and family, it transforms division into unity, opens hearts, and unsticks weary teams. I’ve spent years inside creative studios and church corridors. Every breakthrough: every restored relationship: has started with a choice to forgive, not just once but as a culture. Neuroscience confirms: bitterness rewires us for self-protection. But forgiveness? It rewires us for connection, collaboration, and generational health.

Championing forgiveness at work and home is bold leadership. It multiplies trust and lets people rise. If we want transformation, we have to model it first.

How has forgiveness restored a relationship for you: on the job or at home? I would love to hear your story below.

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Burnout isn’t just an empty tank: it’s a loss of hope, a slow fade where calling gets blurry and energy dries up. I’ve lived there too: caught between deadlines and doubts, wishing for a reset.

Here’s where faith turns the tide: Biblical hope isn’t passive optimism. It’s the anchor that holds when every worldly reason says, “Just quit.”

My purpose-driven reset rituals:
- First, be honest. Admit what’s not working: mirrors don’t lie.
- Second, rest with intention. One hour with the Word and a walk is worth ten scrolling through stress.
- Third, name one action today that serves your bigger mission: not just your busy calendar.

What’s one thing you’ve done to break burnout and rediscover real hope? I’d love to hear your story. #morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

When you lift a creative leader, you multiply faith: one heart, one story, one moment at a time. I believe courageous influence and bootstrapped creativity aren't luxuries. They're necessities for anyone called to impact culture and community. 

My journey? It started with borrowed gear, late-night prayers, and a vision bigger than the limitations around me. Now I help young leaders build with what they have, not what they wish they had. Mentoring creatives and Christ-centered change-makers, I’ve seen faith move from private hope to public courage.

Motivation lasts a moment. Multiplication lasts a lifetime.

What’s the one creative risk you’re ready to take: today: to multiply faith and impact? Share your story below. #morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Cynicism is easy: it’s a shield we’re trained to pick up when leadership gets hard. But real transformation? It starts with choosing gratitude, every day, at work and at church. 

When I foster gratitude, I notice joy multiplying: not just in me, but in the people around me. Joy opens the door to creativity, trust, and true connection. It turns ministry from a grind into a calling and invites our teams to lead with hope, not just habit.

What stops you from trading your cynicism for gratitude? How do you see joy changing the atmosphere in your life and leadership?

Let’s build cultures that make gratitude the default, not the exception. I’m listening below( share your story!) 

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

Digital safety starts at home: long before a device is in your kid’s hand. 

• Kids mirror what we model. That means clarity. Boundaries. Christ-centered conversations about what we do, who we trust, and why we lead with open hands, not clenched fists.
• This week, sit down and craft a Family Media Agreement. Here’s ours: message me to get a free downloadable copy. ✍️
• Invite your kids to lead with you. Safety is a two-way street.

Need help anchoring your family or team in healthy, faith-driven leadership? Let’s talk mentorship, books, workshops, or healing through music and story. My DMs are always open, or book a free 30-min coaching call at laynemcdonald.com.

What one digital rule, habit, or lesson has shaped your family’s culture? Drop it below: and let’s multiply wisdom together.

#morningconversations #drmac #youupgraded

What if leadership starts with protecting what matters most: our families and their futures? Digital safety isn’t optional: it’s the frontline for every parent and leader. The internet isn’t a playground; it’s a battleground for hearts, values, and integrity. The choice to live in Christ requires courage online and offline.

Here’s how we multiply impact:
• Build family media contracts: set tech boundaries as a team
• Create digital safety checklists together
• Lead by example when it comes to digital habits
• Anchor every online decision in Christ’s love
• Teach your kids that clicks have consequences: and legacy

Motivation lasts a moment. Multiplication of faith and safety lasts a lifetime.

Ready for practical, faith-filled tools? Download our free Family Media Contract, tune in to our leadership podcasts, or join our workshops. DM to start mentorship or grab our books and music: all crafted for leaders who build generations.

What’s your go-to digital safety tip for your family? Share below and help another parent rise. #youupgraded #morningconversations #drmac

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