“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)
Read More"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)"
Read More“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)
Read More"In the late hours of December 5th, in the final days of a dear friend of our community, Maggie du Plessis, the Lord gave me a song idea to honor her life, and a vision for gathering a few of us to finish it out." (Mark Alan Schoolmasters)
Read More"'Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall, he is faithful through it all' is a timely reminder for us. Our God, who was, is, and is to come, is actively working in our world." (Aaron Keyes)
Read More"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)
Read More"Sometimes I have a hard time connecting to the boundless positivity in modern worship music, but these old hymns often resonate deeply with the “dark and light” duality that exists within me." (Paul Duncan)
Read More"I still remember a real sense of Gods presence with us in the room as we were finishing up the chorus of Adore, and thinking to myself: 'if this song goes nowhere else, it has ministered to my soul.' (Martin Chalk)
Read More"My wife and I were in the midst of losing a pregnancy, and I found myself wanting to write a song." (Paul Duncan)
Read More“Come, let us sing the song of songs, the angels first began the strain; the homage which to Christ belongs: ‘Worthy the lamb, for he was slain.’”. (James Montgomery)
Read More"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)
Read More"Hallelujah is our hearts cry, the word on our lips regardless of our situation." (Jenny Wahlstrom, Dan Weeks)
Read More"'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)
Read More"I printed the lyrics, grabbed my baby Martin and a pencil, and headed outside. I literally sat down and played the song. The music just flowed out of me. The chorus almost jumped out from Ephesians 3:17-19, pulling the song together. 'How high, how wide, how deep is the father’s love for me.' (Stephen Petree)
Read More“I came across this fantastic lyric when exploring through some traditional American hymnals. Being from Denmark, I didn't know the hymn and had never heard the original melody, so to me it felt very fresh." (Arvid Asmussen)
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