“Inspired by the Prayer of Peace, found in the Book of Common Prayer, I wrote this lamenting piece that longs for a perfect world that is not present in our current reality." (Will Retherford)
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“We’re in desperate need and it’s an emergency. A moment like this must not be met with apathy nor stolen by fear. The price is too great. Our generation has both the opportunity and the responsibility to allow the gospel we preach to have its way in all of us for the sake of all of us.” (Freddy Washington)
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"Dee, Freddy, and I were at a Common Hymnal writing retreat. We’d been writing all day. Most of the songs we’d written were mellow. So, as soon as we got together, we all had the same idea - to end our day having fun and writing something upbeat!” (Taylor Breen)"
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“This song is about the dry spells, where we let our disbelief get the best of us, and then proclaim our belief about the comfort and strength that comes only from the Sprit of God.” (Ben Hardesty)
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"I have never written a song in this manner before. Usually inspiration comes from studying the word or having some formative experience. In this particular case I was ... dreaming. LOL." (Dee Wilson)
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"I originally wrote this song in Danish, my mother tongue - Jeg Vil Ikke Glemme Dig. Then, it was my joy to re-create it in English with my friend and ministry ally, Aaron Keyes." (Arvid Asmussen)
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"There was a moment, during leading a time of worship, when a cry came out from the deep places of my soul. In that moment many others heard the truth of the cry and joined in the song." (Matthew Macaulay)
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"In this song, we’re not asking God to come over - we’re inviting him to take over!" (Aaron Keyes)
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"The beauty of God's power and his heart toward us is that it is not the end. It may be the beginning." (Matthew Macaulay)
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"This song began with simply sitting at the piano singing the chorus "Hallelujah...". (Mark Alan Schoolmeesters)
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"This song started as my response when Charleston happened. Then Orlando. Then Louisiana. Then Minnesota. Then Dallas. And all along I knew it wasn't meant to be a song that I finished on my own." (Mark Alan Schoolmeesters)
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"Hallelujah is our hearts cry, the word on our lips regardless of our situation." (Jenny Wahlstrom, Dan Weeks)
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"This song grabbed me the first time I heard it. Arvid isn't just a great songwriter, he's also a great drummer, and his unique approach to rhythm bring very fresh inspiration for his writing." (Aaron Keyes)
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"Brennan Manning once said, “My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.” Manning’s words accurately express the sentiment of this song." (Aaron Williams)
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"Light is more distinguishable in the dark and often we see the reality of Jesus either when we face our own darkness or sit with someone else existing in a dark place." (Matthew Macaulay)
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"'Break our hearts again' – an interesting petition. Should we not rather ask God to heal our broken hearts? Perhaps. Or, perhaps, in the rending, there is revelation we’d miss if we moved too quickly from broken to whole." (Paul Demer)
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"In many cases, I’ve misunderstood the meaning of true peace. Foolishly, I’ve watered it down, defining it merely as the absence of a conflict." (Micah Massey)
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