We had a chance to catch up with Kim shortly a new city, struggling to sell our house and [WM] “Awaken Love” sounds like a confession
before the release of her third solo album “On find a new home. We were planting a church of perhaps having relied on your own strength
My Side”, and the start of the first leg of the 2017 with Jesus Culture, and my step-dad who was and then finding your way back to your first love.
Outcry Tour. While this album delivers a fresh ‘Dad’ to me passed away in the middle of all What advice do you have for people wanting to
download of the passionate worship that has of that. There were a lot of things that I was stay close to the heart of Christ, and what are
become a source of strength for so many, Kim’s wrestling through with God. Struggling with some of the telltale signs to watch out for?
openness about dealing with the challenges of pain, anger, offense, all these questions, and life that we all face is equally refreshing. This throughout all of that the one question that I felt interview is a great reminder that God is always the Lord kept hammering in with me was that on our side, that we all wrestle with Him, and He’s on my side and He’s there with me in the that He’s OK with meeting us exactly where we midst of everything.
are at.
[WM] People loved hearing Throne Room [KWS] As a worship leader a really good
[WM] A post on your Facebook page read at the Jesus Culture Encounter Conference. indicator is that I just show up at church, go
“I’ve poured more of myself into this album Which songs from this disc mean the most to through the routine of my songs, go home and
than I ever have before, and it truly is my dream you and why? that’s it. I don’t think about what’s happening in
record filled with all the honesty and vulnerability the set or what God is wanting to accomplish
of a heart surrendered to Jesus.” Considering in that room, just walking through the motions
the impact of your previous recordings, what and the routine. You start to feel a little numb
makes this album so different for you? on the inside. That is the kind of stuff that is
a really good indication that you’re starting
[KWS] With this record I really wanted to tell
the story of the journey that I’ve been on with
God – the things He’s taught me and coming
out on the other side. The incredible trust that
has been built up in my relationship with Him
required a whole new level of vulnerability
beyond what I’ve ever done before. I’ve never
considered myself to be a songwriter, it wasn’t
something I did often, but this season changed
that for me because I wanted to tell the story
[KWS] It’s really hard to pick your favorites but
the two songs that probably mean the most to
me are “On My Side” and “Fresh Outpouring”.
“On My Side” fully encompasses the message
of the journey that I’ve been on with the Lord
in this last season and the resounding thing
that I want people to hear and feel. I think it’s a
message that really speaks to us as individuals,
deep down in our hearts.
to coast and rely on your own strength and
what you know. Not pressing into what God is
wanting to do – the new, the fresh, or whatever
it is He’s wanting to speak into or teach you
in that time. For me the return to my first love
is just trying to stay in the place where I’m
constantly reminding myself that every day is
an opportunity to experience God in a new
way, learn about him in a new way, and know
him in a new way. I think that’s what it means
and take people on that journey. I wanted to when He is our first love, wanting to walk in that
write the songs. This is the first album that I’ve daily, pressing in and taking time out of our day.
written on every song except for two, and in For me as a mom, even if its’ only five minutes
that way I poured so much of my heart into in my day, I take the time to acknowledge His
this because it’s my words, my lyrics, and my
unique story that I put in there. Going into the
studio and not doing it live like I normally do
made it feel even more vulnerable, exposing my
heart and emotions and the journey I’ve been
on. There’s just so much more of me poured
“Fresh Outpouring” is a bit more of a corporate
prayer and message, coming from a place of
my own prayer to see God do something fresh,
in my life, in my family, but also in the church,
community and in this nation. I feel like it’s a
out than ever before. message that the body of Christ as a whole can
This record was birthed out of the toughest us desire and want to pray.
latch onto and I think it’s a prayer that many of
presence. To try to keep my heart in a place
where I’m remembering that I can experience
something new and fresh of Jesus every
single day.
[WM] I remember the first time I heard you
sing “All I need is You” and being completely
floored. This is still one of my favorite Marty
Sampson songs, and between the vocal
years I’ve gone through, and some really delivery and octave jumps you took the song
difficult things that I’ve wrestled through with someplace really special. It was also the first
the Lord. Becoming a mom, having some time I heard you do that little laugh you do when
post-partum depression after the second you’re worshipping. What, if anything does that
child, and in the middle of that we moved to laugh mean?
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