obedient with their own prayer life . I feel like we ’ re all a part of this experience where we ’ re all discovering and exploring . We all see in part , and we ’ re all discovering different facets about the nature of God . We get to write ourselves into the story , and we get to turn the pages for one another and invite the next person to write the next page . It opens up new frontiers set to language .
[ WM ] One of the reasons we were so excited about Moments : Mighty Sound is the ‘ big reveal ’ it provides in terms of how you open up arrangements for songs like “ Spirit Move ,
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“ Reckless Love , and “ Pieces ”. While we love resources like Multitracks . com , the sonic benefits sometimes obscure the fact that some teams rely upon them as their ‘ roadmap for worship ’. In our experience , many senior pastors want their worship team to be able to open things up a bit , whether it is behind announcements , prayer , and free / spontaneous worship . This release is a great reminder that worship leaders can do more than just sing set arrangements from top to bottom . What are your thoughts about all of that ?
[ Steffany ] I think the language is changing .
Worship leaders , as we ’ ve known them in the past , have been more like song leaders for the church . We sing the songs , but is that actually worship leading ? You ’ ll hear Jenn say something like , “ Let ’ s sing off the page ,” because that ’ s exactly what it is . Bethel Music is moving back to that , and I think people are hungry for more than a song that someone else wrote for them to sing . I think that they are longing to engage and to actually be led in worship . We ’ re all just finding it together . This is the core of who we are . We started out being all about spontaneous moments , and then it swung to the other side a bit . Coming back again and remembering what our DNA is , this is actually what God entrusted us with , and what the Lord trusts most about us – that we would wait and not be afraid to be still and quiet . We don ’ t have to fill everything with words . We can go a little bit deeper , and take the risk to see if there ’ s anything else there , and to see if He wants to do something else . If He does , then we stay and we wait . If He doesn ’ t , then we pull back or we move to another song .
[ Amanda ] The whole act of recording something is to capture something that feels true and authentic in its essence . I love all of the other stuff that we get to do , and there ’ s a part of me that really loves the studio and being in a creative mode where you ’ re tinkering and focusing in on details and ironing things
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