"As people from all generations, all walks of life, all nations begin to gather around the one name that unifies us all, everything on earth begins to shift." (Mark Alan Schoolmeesters)
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“This song shines a bright light on the need for friends, community, inclusion and meaningful relationships. It makes space for the courage to say that you’re looking for home when you can't seem to find your place in the world around you.” (Brittney Spencer)
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”Names are a significant part of our identity. They represent our heritage, our tribe and give us that deep sense of knowing who we are and where we come from.” (Matthew Macaulay)
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“This song is about the goodness of God juxtaposed against the suffering this world.” (David Brymer)
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”An interesting fact: How Much Longer was conceived and written on a former plantation near a cemetery where slaves and Confederate soldiers were buried side by side." (Art Hooker)
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"No greater joy addresses the perspective of God around our shame. God leads us out of that shame by sacrificial love and empowers us to do the same for our brothers and sisters.” (Brandon Hampton)
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"I wrote this song after my fifth trip to Northern Iraqi Kurdistan." (David Brymer)
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“A meditation on Psalm 23, written in Dublin, Ireland, while working with youth who were learning about life with a loving and faithful God.” (Aaron Strumpel)
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“I’ve got the Joy” was influenced by my deep appreciation for the spirit-stirring, yet, simplicity of Black Gospel music and negro spirituals.” (Orlando Palmer)
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“‘Who You Say You Are’ reminds the church that we are a work in progress together, and it is Christ doing the work in us.” (Isaac Gill)
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"It all started in Sweden, before the trip to the US on which I met Mark Alan. The phrase that kept coming back to me: 'Come and tear down the walls I've built up'. (Jenny Wahlström)
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“Justin brought the simple and brilliant line “the cross made the change”. I love how concise the song remains while speaking into an incredible complex topic, the transformative power of Jesus in our lives.” (Kevin Dailey)
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”Those six hours of digging into the pain of sexual abuse and gathering words that truly convey that our stories aren’t over, will always be part of the lasting bond that drew us all closer to vulnerability, recovery and each other.” (Brittney Spencer)
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"My Time Will Come is the song for the burnt out, the restless, and those who've grown tired of waiting." (Andrew Huang)
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"I wanted to write a song where I set up a scenario with Jesus introducing himself to people who didn't want to have anything to do with him." (Jenny Wahlström)
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"Jesus’ table is open to anyone who is willing to come. There is no elite inner circle. All are welcome!" (Mark Alan Schoolmeesters)
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“Inspired by the Prayer of Peace, found in the Book of Common Prayer, I wrote this lamenting piece that longs for a perfect world that is not present in our current reality." (Will Retherford)
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“We’re in desperate need and it’s an emergency. A moment like this must not be met with apathy nor stolen by fear. The price is too great. Our generation has both the opportunity and the responsibility to allow the gospel we preach to have its way in all of us for the sake of all of us.” (Freddy Washington)
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"Dee, Freddy, and I were at a Common Hymnal writing retreat. We’d been writing all day. Most of the songs we’d written were mellow. So, as soon as we got together, we all had the same idea - to end our day having fun and writing something upbeat!” (Taylor Breen)"
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“This song is about the dry spells, where we let our disbelief get the best of us, and then proclaim our belief about the comfort and strength that comes only from the Sprit of God.” (Ben Hardesty)
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