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it would be fun to have Kari. We knew Kari back when she was a background singer at Gateway Church in Dallas. She was a friend of ours and it has been fun to see God raise her up over the years. This song was another example of just calling on an old friend and saying, “How would you feel about singing with me on this?” I’m really pleased with that. As to “What a Good God”, I met Brenton when he was eighteen years old in South Africa, I was teaching at a YWAM school. Here I am living in Lindale Texas and I’m living in a mobile home with three little babies and I get invited to South Africa to teach at YWAM for ten days. I was like, is this a smart thing to do? They’re not paying much, God, give me wisdom. Anyway, I went, and what a blessing that trip was, I met this eighteen year old guy named Brenton Brown and we hung out a lot during that week and spent time together. Then we continued to be friends, and as he went along, we’ve written many songs together over the years. So, it was special. We wrote a few songs, and this was the one we felt was the strongest. I’m happy with it, I really am. It’s the song that opens up the whole album. [WM] I really appreciate the time with you today, Paul. Thank you. It’s always a pleasure to see you. God be with you and yours. of influence we may have, that we would be a What A Good God these new tracks? good steward of that and be intentional about encouraging and loving on the next generation. [Paul] It always intrigues me to hear what songs stand out to you. “Marvelous Things” is [WM] And the songs, “What a Good God”, probably ninety percent Rita, that’s her melody and “Marvelous Things” are just superb and it’s classic Rita. I helped with just a few collaborations in songwriting and performance. things and I brought it down to Jason Ingram Both Brenton Brown and Kari Jobe are great and he contributed some and we just put that contributors here. What can you tell us about together. When we were finished I just thought February 2020 Subscribe for Free... 47