that gap closes between who I was and who
God has called me to be… that’s the great
migration. I think the song speaks to that…
the bridge, that if you’re calling, I’m coming,
through the valley, through the river, I’m coming.
[WM] What do you look for a good worship
song to accomplish?
[Sean] Personally, I really love worship lyrics
and songs that have some sense about them
that help us to believe that God is close to us.
I think that’s in the very heart of God. He didn’t
make His creation so that He could stare at us
from a distance. We’re not some cosmic board
game or science experiment or something. He
wants to invite us into this relationship of love
that He exists in, and it’s a big mystery to us,
but it was there before us.
I think if worship can help bubble to the surface
pieces of heaven in us, that help us realize
purpose that we belong somewhere… realize
that God is not interested and has never been
interested in giving us what we deserve. He’s
been interested in leading us home.
On Sunday morning, sometimes we get into
our church talk and we do the whole thing
so quick. But people who walk through those
doors could have been through the worst night
of their life, maybe they barely survived the
night. Or they’re walking through the mundane
of life, the mundane can just suck the life out of
us. And we don’t want our souls to die before
our bodies do, that’s not the point.
If there’s a way that worship music can just
insert a little seed of possibility that sprouts,
just like the Kingdom. I love songs that sing
about Jesus because I think it’s in our faith
that He’s the center. And I love songs that sing
about death and resurrection because I think
that gives us so much hope, it tells us many
things. But what resurrection tells us most
of all is that the worst thing, is never the last
thing. Death does not get the final say, only life
has that power. So, I love singing about that,
and I love worship songs that sing about the
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photo by Steve Sickman
June 2019
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