[Mack] I got asked at the last minute to come
collaborative process?
[WM] Lysa’s book keeps coming up. I
and lead. It was almost like a bible study church
understand your wife works with her. Can
leadership summit that they were hosting at [Mack] I pretty much only write with other you tell us how this book and relationship has
Facebook. Facebook had never really done songwriters. I’ve always been a team person impacted your family?
anything like this before where they let people and I love collaborating. That was the one thing come in and host a Christian event. It was really that I was nervous about with doing my solo [Mack] Lysa has just been such a good friend
special. It was with a lot of church leaders but stuff just because I want to do stuff with other to our family for the past several years; we
a lot of Facebook employees are believers as people and I want to collaborate. Songwriting love the TerKeursts and they have been such
well. There is something so interesting about it hasn’t really changed though in that respect, a blessing to us. My wife works directly with her
being the middle of the workday, I think it was I’m still writing with other people. and works with the Proverbs 31 ministry which
eleven o’clock or something like that, and we
Lysa runs. I feel like that whole ministry has
were in a conference room in the middle of a A lot of times we’ll just get in a room and me or made a big impact on our family in general, and
bunch of offices and cubicles worshiping. I was someone else will bring a theme. For example, being a part of that ministry and seeing what
so blessed to even just be there and be a part I read Lysa TerKeurst’s book and she talks a lot God is doing through that, what God is doing
of that and see how God can just show up, and about when your life turns to dust and what you through my wife’s ministry, has encouraged our
to feel like we were planting seeds there. To feel do with that, and so I brought in that theme and family so much, And, it’s also challenged me
what happens when we worship on a campus, we started throwing out ideas as to what that as a songwriter and as a worship leader in new
or in a room, and a seed is planted there and could look like and how could this turn into a ways. I could go on and on about how much
we don’t know what the fruit of that seed might song. Eventually it led to this chorus of “You’re we love that ministry, how much we love Lysa.
look like in the coming months and coming the maker of my heart / You’re the healer of years but it’s special to be a part of. I was just my scars / God I’ll trust in who you are / You Specifically, with the book, there is a really
grateful to be there. are good You speak life into dust…” and that powerful message in that book and I think it
came out of us sharing our life experiences and releases in October. I’m so excited to see that
[WM] As a songwriter, you write in teams. Do sharing this central theme. A lot of songs come book get out into the world because it’s got
your ideas start on your own, or as part of a out that way. a message for people who are going through
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