photo by Jordan Rubino
prayer and figured there might be a song in rest of our lives – and, like I said, some of the we can to fill them. So, my little offering in that
this. (It’s like the old John Lennon quote that, key themes in worship, which have been sung regard is those three co-written songs on this
“Sometimes when you have the song title, you right down through the ages – like holiness new project which attempt to lean into these
have half the song”!) and repentance, are barely getting a look at. themes.
Again, it’s not a finger pointing exercise – I
In my mind when writing this was the thought that know I myself have got so very far to go still [WM] Your song “We Praise You” appears twice
hardly any of our song output these days seems in this area – but it’s so hugely important that on the project. The first time it’s English only,
to focus on repentance – so it was important to we’re noticing where the gaps are and doing all and the second time as a bi-lingual (Spanish)
have something of that tone in this song – but duo with Evan Craft, whom I interviewed for this
to have it outweighed and overwhelmed by the publication just a few months ago. What’s the
beautiful mercy of the Father. I also like that the story behind the recording of this song? It’s an
song has a sense of intention in it to go and excellent model for bi-lingual worship leaders to
prove the words we sing with our very lives – follow.
“Now to love you with a whole heart… now to
love our neighbor, as ourselves”. In fact, there
are a couple of other songs on this new record
– “Hymn of Surrender” and “Send Me Lord” -
[Matt] From day one, the Integrity record
Upon Him
label and song publisher wanted to think
internationally – they carry such a strong value
which lean into similar themes of repentance, of ‘every tribe and tongue’. They mentioned
and holy living, and completing the integrity of that by the time the record releases, we’d
our sung offerings with the lives that we live. I have translations ready in languages such as
just noticed those themes have gone “missing Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese
in action” – so often we’re just singing about and Mandarin. I loved that – and then we ended
what’s happening in the four walls of our church up taking it a step further when I realized that
service, not about how it needs to touch the
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We Praise You
February 2020
my friend Evan Craft, a wonderful Spanish
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