These 50 or 60 songs are the ones that were written over the last couple of years . Out of those , which ones feel like right now … songs that I am supposed to share with people . And there ’ s plenty that I haven ’ t . So yeah , this record it ’ s been a little bit since I ’ ve put out my own album . But I ’ ve been writing a bunch with other people , which has been a joy , an extreme joy for me . And along the way , probably it ’ s the post covid conundrum in a way where the world changed and then the world ’ s trying to get back to get recording in progress .
So , there ’ s the post covid world for me . Things have changed our awareness as people and how connected we are , and the way music helps us see God and see each other and see ourselves . And these songs for me , they ’ ve been the ones that have felt true . And for me , this is what I needed to sing .
And some of them are simple songs of gratitude that are just fun and joyful . I needed a song to give thanks to the Lord for things . And “ Every Good Thing ” is that song . And I needed a song to remind myself that of the brevity of life and thats Ecclesiastes , he ’ s made everything beautiful and it ’ s time , but there ’ s a time , gosh , your testimony , a time where a time to reap , a time to sow , a time to embrace the time to refrain .
Everything that we experience in life can still be experienced in communion with God , the pleasant and the unpleasant , the peace and the hardship . So those songs like that , it wasn ’ t just an idea , it was just like there ’ s a lot of coming to grips for me with these songs that are like , “ Okay , sink or swim , regardless . I ’ m not going anywhere ”. And these are the songs that help remind me of that and encourage me and challenge me to that . And they ’ re also the songs that nudge me along when my stubborn resistance at times kicks in or reminds me of the truth .
[ WM ] The point you made about experience being important as a backdrop to what we believe is important . If we don ’ t have that experience , without we lack the equity behind what we say and what we believe . Equity is what gives it credence and power . And then when you do reach that time , you say to the Lord , “ Where else could I go ? I ’ ve seen too much ”.
[ Pat ] That ’ s what Peter said , “ Where else will we go ?”
[ WM ] That ’ s exactly right . Let ’ s talk about a couple of the songs from Shelter , the song , “ No Body ” is a flat-out anthem , and anthems are not easy to pen . What can you tell us about that song ?
[ Pat ] That song was a stubborn one and the
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