Christian community and was heavily populated area; two in New York and one is outside of they can share their hearts and we can pray
with multiple ministries. On the other hand, Philadelphia and she just had our first grandkid for them. We can have a meal with them, and
Greenwich Village is a historic community, at that time. So we prayed about it and thought those kinds of things.
having made its mark in the Bohemian and maybe it was time to hand the worship pastor American Folk Music Revival movements of the role at that church off to the next generation, That’s been a transition because it wasn’t a
late 50’s and early 60’s, and producing many and to do it while the church felt strong and very black and white, direct responsibility in the
notable songwriters, including Bob Dylan. healthy. church, it’s just been a different season. But it’s
Lindale, Texas, and Greenwich Village could
a good season, and I’m trying to just be a good
not be more different from each other. How So that was a transition, and we came here and has God chosen to use you in such a unique we plugged into several churches. I’m not on environment? staff anywhere now, but I do a lot of itinerant [WM] Your new project, Behold Him, is your
ministry in the city itself, I feel like God’s work 18 th recording for Integrity Music. It’s a full 10-
[Paul] (laughs) I’m laughing because your for me was just to be “available”. That means I song collection of well-crafted songs that praise
question is spot on, it couldn’t be more different. don’t have some big agenda, just be available God, acknowledge Him for who He is and for
A quick background is that Rita and I grew to young leaders. There’s a handful of churches what He does, and proclaim His promises. Tell
up just outside of Philadelphia, which is the that I can name, that people would know us about how the record came to pass?
northeast. There are a lot of culturally familiar where there are a lot of late twenties and thirty things, so it wasn’t some radical thing. Two of something’s and forty something’s. This twenty, [Paul] Honestly the record came to pass like all
our three grown children were here, teaching thirty, forty-something generation if you will, the others, and that is that for me, songwriting
school and going to school. So, we felt like I can be a big brother to, and Rita and I can is like a spiritual discipline, or spiritual practice
after twenty-six years, prayerfully we could stay be mom and dad to a bit and just be available if you will, maybe that’s a better word. It’s a
here. But now all three of our kids were in this with no agenda. Just to be a safe place where spiritual practice that I’ll always take scriptures
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steward of this season.
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