Bono once said about songwriting, "You can have 1,000 ideas, but unless you capture an emotion, it's just an essay." Huge thanks to all the writers on this record - who contended for songs that we hoped would engage both the head and the heart.
Paul Duncan, Mitch Wong, Quintin Trotter, Leonard Jarman, Joe L Barnes, Jason Ingram, Ethan Hulse, Chris Tomlin, Evan Wickham, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, David Funk.
“He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Acts 17:25.
Head over to the YouVersion app for a 5 day bible study around ‘Life & Breath’.
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'Praise to the Most High', a collab with Joe L Barnes is out now. Written with our friend, Leonard Jarman. We figured just because a song is reverent, doesn't mean it can't be joyful.. and just because a song is joyful, doesn't mean it can't be reverent :)
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‘The God We Love (Nicene Creed)’ with my friends @CityAlight is out now. We tried to handle this one with much care, treating the source material - the Nicene Creed - like the valuable treasure it is. Prolific modern hymn songwriters Jonny R & Rich T from @CityAlight answered the call - and 5 months, 250+ WhatsApp messages and several long transcontinental zoom calls later, we felt we were done. I hope for some this will be a fresh new angle on an ancient declaration you already know and love - and for others a brand new intro to this beautiful expression of our foundational Christian beliefs.
This year marks the 1700 year anniversary of the birth of the Nicene Creed. This beautiful statement of faith has made its way down through the centuries, and it mustn’t stop with us. It reminds us of important truths - and it helps us link arms with both the historic and the global church. The Nicene Creed has been voiced in many different ways and on this 1700 year anniversary, my friends @cityalight and I wanted to add one more version to the mix.
OUT NOW - ‘The God We Love (Nicene Creed)’.
Life & Breath - new live studio album, releasing Oct 3rd, featuring friends Joe L Barnes, Charity Gayle, Called Out Music, Quintin Trotter, Lipscomb University Gospel Choir - and songwriting contributions from Leonard Jarman, Joe L Barnes, Paul Duncan, Mitch Wong, Quintin Trotter, Evan Wickham, CityAlight, Jason Ingram, Ethan Hulse, Chris Tomlin… and Ludwig Van Beethoven ;) Can’t wait to share! Pre-save here: https://t.co/Li07Mun2tT
‘Life & Breath’ will be my first “live studio” record. We had church at Gold Pacific Studios in Nashville - with an amazing group of musicians, plus Lipscomb Gospel Choir as our congregation. I’m so excited for you to hear the whole thing soon, but for now check out the first single - ‘Let Me See Jesus / Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus’, featuring Charity Gayle.
https://t.co/8AJMVGPlY7
‘LET ME SEE JESUS’
So happy to let you know that the first single from my forthcoming album is out now everywhere you listen. I’ve felt close to this song and its theme ever since the day it was written - but this new version featuring Charity Gayle took it to a whole new level. I hope it resonates with your heart too. Full album, ‘Life & Breath’, arrives early October. Can’t wait!
https://t.co/8AJMVGPlY7
Our first Nashville WOR/TH day conference. Would love your help getting the word out to worship leaders & their teams at your church :)
Sat 11th October
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Here’s Patrick Mayberry inviting you and your team to the upcoming WOR/TH days in Nashville (Oct 11th), Toronto (Sept 27th) and Vancouver (Oct 25th).
Tickets & details at https://t.co/EpACu3X1YV