out, but there’s something that happens in a
moment, with a room full of people, that will
never happen again. Making this album wasn’t
as much about recreating something as it was
about just capturing what actually happened.
When I listen back, I love the imperfection and
the honesty of it. I love the untamed things that
you can hear when we were singing off the
mic. We didn’t take those things out. To me,
it enhances the beauty of the point, which was
to capture the essence of what truly happens
in a room when people come together to
worship. It moves me to listen back and
remember the moment that was happening.
[Kalley] It’s always been in our DNA to write
songs and to find what God is saying in the
written word. We’ve had a value for one end
of the spectrum, which would be to develop was one of the things that drew me to Bethel I’ve heard Paul Baloche talk about – singing
songs that churches can take and use for their in the first place, eight years ago. It was the scripture. “Steeped in the Word” is the phrase
setting. But very deep in our DNA has been to idea of chasing after the presence of God and that frequently comes to mind when I think of
run after the spontaneous. To start with a song discovering what He is saying, here and now. your worship. It’s like your hunger for the Word
and view it as a springboard. There comes a
is so strong that it can’t help but pour out when
feeling like, “We’ve been in this set for a little [WM] While it’s not a ‘set in stone’ kind of you sing. In the busyness of the times we live in,
while, and I think that behind there, somewhere, thing, I love the heart behind the phrase, “You what are some practical steps that people can
there might be something waiting. If we were to can’t take the congregation someplace you take to get to that place?
just step out of the map and take a risk, there haven’t been yourself.” In the song story video might be something on the other side.” That for “Pieces,” Steffany mentioned something
June 2018
[Kalley] That’s a great question. In a song like
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