David Wimbish knows what it means to inherit a religious language that no longer fits — and then figure out what, if anything, is worth keeping.
On this episode of Snarky Faith, David Wimbish of David Wimbish & The Collection (https://davidwimbishandthecollection.com/) joins me to talk about his upcoming album, Heavy Love, and the long road that shaped it.
We get into his evangelical missionary upbringing, the fear and moral weight that came with it, and the slow process of questioning the beliefs he was handed. David talks about the relationships that pushed those questions into the open, including queer friends whose lives didn’t fit neatly inside the theology he had inherited.
We also dig into the strange work of reclaiming religious language after deconstruction. His new song “Sermon” lives directly in that space — taking something once loaded with authority and turning it into something freer, more playful, and more honest.
The conversation goes deeper into mental health, severe depression, surviving a suicide attempt, and what it took for David to believe that he deserved to be well. We talk about healing, embodiment, movement, pleasure, curiosity, and the difference between people who can live with questions and people who insist they already have all the answers.
At the center of Heavy Love is a deceptively simple idea: real connection costs something. Loving people, staying present, and building community can be heavy — but that weight may be preferable to the loneliness and isolation produced by a culture obsessed with self-sufficiency.
We also talk about the origins of The Collection, why the project has always been built around communal sound rather than individual ego, and what David still considers sacred after so much of the old framework has fallen away.
It’s a conversation about faith, doubt, identity, mental health, belonging, and rebuilding a life around curiosity instead of certainty.
Heavy Love arrives November 13.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet David Wimbish & The Collection
02:55 “Sermon” and Reclaiming Religious Language
05:56 Building The Collection Around Community
08:52 Evangelical Upbringing, Trauma & Healing
11:54 Questioning the Beliefs You Inherit
15:01 Why We Believe What We Believe
18:02 Compassion, Morality & Harmful Beliefs
22:20 When Deconstruction Takes Your Meaning With It
24:48 Rebuilding Meaning After Faith
27:53 Mental Health and “I Deserve to Be Well”
30:46 Relationships, Community & Learning to Connect
34:51 The Meaning Behind Heavy Love
38:56 When Listening Becomes Sacred
40:52 Certainty, Skepticism & Learning to Say “I Don’t Know”
42:52 Heavy Love, Touring & What’s Next
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