the collaborative effort of those writers is not
did that come from and how did it finish up?
something that I’ve been able to do before. I’m
very honored to get to do this!
“Beginning to end” was just a phrase that sort
of came out of the overflow of my worship.
[Jason] I was just trying to think about
the scope of the faithfulness of God. As a [WM] I searched your name in CCLI and it
[WM] Does that give you any desire to rework songwriter, I’m always looking for that section came up with 664 titles.
more hymns like this? in a song that sort of sums up everything the song has said so far. Usually, in modern music, [Jason] (Laughing) I don’t know if that’s good
[Jason] Yeah…I mean, I think when it’s done that would come in the shape of a bridge. So, or bad!!
well, it really does serve the song. I think of maybe the bridge is the kind of place you wrap “Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone” and your arms around everything the song has said “Jesus Paid It All.” There’s been a few that have and maybe say it again in a new way. I was come out as second writes on these powerful just thinking about God’s faithfulness and that [Jason] I don’t keep track of how many. I am
hymns that have really taken the song into a song talks about like sun, moon, and winter… inspired to write as many things for God as I
new place for people. It’s very challenging it talks about seasons and time. I just thought can in my lifetime. Then, however He chooses
sometimes to work with kind of an older it would make a lot of sense to cast the scope to use them is certainly not up to me. I look at
language, or even an older vocabulary as far as of God’s faithfulness and how it’s from the very songwriters who have come before… you look
chords go compared to where music sits today. beginning of my life to the very end. There won’t at some of the hymn writers like Fanny Crosby
I’m not announcing that I want to go rewrite a be a moment that I don’t walk in the faithfulness and Charles Wesley and you look at how many
whole bunch of hymns, but it’s something I’ll of God… that God’s faithfulness is not here with hymns they contributed… it’s in the thousands!
likely do more of at some point for sure. me and for me. So, I wanted to say something When I look at their contribution, I still feel like
in the new section that made it personal and mine is quite small. I just feel like the calling on
[WM] Mike Weaver told us that when you also just kind of kept my heart aware of the my life is to write songs for the Lord. As long
had called him to be a part of “Great Is Thy scope of God’s faithfulness. I really spent like as I have the ability, I will keep adding to that
Faithfulness (Begining to End)” you had already three or four weeks just worshipping the Lord number. I am sure most of those 600 songs
fleshed out the start of the chorus, “Beginning with the hymn and not trying to bring anything on the CCLI list are unfamiliar to most people.
to end, my life in your hands” phrase. Where new to it so that I would have it in my heart. So, But, you just have to keep putting them there
[WM] Do you keep track?
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July 2018
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