Memphis, Tennessee
Layne McDonald
Music heard over 20 million times a month, books that heal, and documentaries in production right now. Media that gives back.
20 million+
229 albums
9 books
8,273 posts
The Mission
Media That Gives Back
A portion of everything here, every song, book, film, and product, helps missionaries, rescue work, and families in need, including families who have lost children.
About
Dr. Layne McDonald
Pastor, author, filmmaker, and musician in Memphis, Tennessee. Layne serves as Connect Pastor at First Assembly Memphis and founded Boundless, an online church for people who cannot get to a building. His books include Ember and Miracle Mindset, and his studio is in production now on Little Known Stories That Shaped America, the documentary series about the moments that made this country.
Connect
Reach Layne
Questions, prayer requests, or looking for a church home in Memphis? Write to Layne directly.
Music
Music
Over 20 million listens every month. Layne writes and records across worship, piano, jazz, country, film scores, and more, and every album carries its own page, its art, and its story.
80s Action Hero
All Year Long
Backgrounds
Backroads
Christmas Memories
Cinematic Deep Thoughts, Vol. 1
Country Cross Road
Books
Books
Signal Lost
Sheep No More
Stories for Kids
Ember
Faithful Leadership
Miracle Mindset
From Pulpit to PremiereIn Production
Documentaries in Production
The cameras are rolling now. Little Known Stories That Shaped America leads the slate: the hidden moments that made this country, told one story at a time, starting with the Azusa Street revival of 1906. Hidden History of America and Memphis Lives are in production beside it, and The True History of Christmas is on the slate.
Little Known Stories That Shaped America
Hidden History of America
Memphis LivesWhen these films are finished, we are releasing them on the major platforms, Amazon, Tubi, and Freevee, and any other platform that wants them, and distributing them through YouTube as well. Every play helps raise funds for saving lives. That is the mission under everything here; you can read more about the mission and see where the money goes.
Blog
Latest from the Blog
Podcasts
Podcasts
Three shows, playing right in the page, refreshed from the shows' own feeds.
Apps
Apps
Productions
Productions
Layne produces for other ministries and creators too: podcast production, video that starts as a phone call and lands polished, book ghostwriting, and media strategy, all built in Memphis and delivered anywhere.
Services
Services
Work with Layne one to one: ministry brand consulting, family coaching, public speaking, book ghostwriting, and clarity calls for creators and churches. Every service is a real conversation with Layne himself, booked by email.
Courses
Courses
Classes that run inside the members area, built from Layne's own Studio - Courses library: scriptwriting, filmmaking, and Christian story workshops. Two courses are running now for members, Scriptwriting APM and the LIKA 2025 Script Writing course, with more being built from that same library.
Members
Members
Members sign in free. Your own member page, the members directory, member chat, and the courses running now are live today; the secure reader and full-song play open as their pieces connect. Downloads are bought: $2 a song or $9.95 an album, with reuse rights for your own projects, and members save half on downloads and on books in our own store.
Member accounts are open: sign in with Google or your email. Membership is free, and the members list is kept in Layne's own member tracking sheet.
Store
Store
Inspirational Ceramic Mug - Design 17
Inspirational All-Over Print T-Shirt — Design 04
Clear Case for iPhone®
Authentic Christian Pastoral Leadership – Dr. Layne McDonald
Distressed Dad Hat
Inspirational All-Over Print T-Shirt — Design 11Status
What Is Live, In Plain Words
- LiveThe blog: 8,273 posts, full text on the post pages.
- LiveDocumentaries in production: Little Known Stories That Shaped America leads the slate on the front page. The finished films keep their own pages in the films section, and Coming Home plays right on its page.
- LiveMusic: 229 album pages. 208 carry cover art (61 proven covers, the rest new paintings made for this site); the 32 released albums carry track lists and previews, and the albums not yet released carry the Coming Soon treatment.
- LiveBooks: 9 published titles, all 9 with their published covers. Thoughts on Leadership II and III have no store listing on record, so their pages carry no buy buttons.
- LivePodcasts: 3 shows, 74 episodes, embedded from the shows' own feeds and playing in the page.
- LiveTV: LM Originals plays Coming Home in the page; the other TV pages are other creators' shows and say so.
- LiveThe site player: build your own playlist from the album previews, and it follows you around the site.
- LiveMembers accounts and sign-in: free, with Google or your email, on the members page.
- Not live yetStore payment, waiting on the payment account connection. Products carry their real names and listed prices from the storefront feed, in one cart with the music downloads, and the checkout review prices the whole order.
- LiveThe secure book reader: members read free, view-only. From Pulpit to Premiere and Faithful Leadership are on the shelf; the rest join as each book's reading copy is named.
- Not live yetFull-song play in the member player, waiting on the stream wiring for the song files.
Questions and answers
Who is Layne McDonald?
Layne McDonald (Dr. Layne McDonald, Layne McDonald, PhD) is a pastor, musician, filmmaker, and author in Memphis, Tennessee. He serves as Connect Pastor at First Assembly Memphis and is the founder of Boundless Online Church, an online church for people who cannot get to a building.
What is on this site?
His music (229 album pages, with the released albums carrying track lists and previews), his films, his books, 8,273 blog posts, podcasts, courses, and a store. Everything here is Layne's own work, made in Memphis.
Is membership free?
Yes. Joining is free: sign in with Google or with your email on the members page. Members get the courses running now, with more doors opening as their pieces are finished.
What churches is Layne part of?
Layne is Connect Pastor at First Assembly Memphis (famemphis.org) in Memphis, Tennessee, and founder of Boundless Online Church (boundlessonlinechurch.org). This site is his personal home; the churches keep their own sites and their own lanes.
Join the Mission: 1,000 True Fans, One Family
This is not a newsletter, and you are not a subscriber. You are family. Around here it is friends, family, and supporters on a mission together, moving onward, and there is a place on the team with your name on it. Put your email in and you are in: when there is something worth your time, a new song, a new book, a film, a course opening its doors, Layne writes to this family himself. Real letters to real family. Your address is never sold, ever.
Joining is free, and it opens your free membership too: the books in the members reader, the full songs as the library connects, and the courses, all free.