This was one of the first songs we worked on together back in the fall of 2013. I (Calum) remember at one of my cousin's wedding singing the old hymn I Stand Amazed In The Presence. We sang it in the round as the bride and groom stood in the center. The sound emanating throughout the room made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. 

I wanted to see if we could sing it in a more contemporary way. This is what we came up with. 

How Marvelous (Demo)

It was a little over a year and a half ago when my friend Jake went home to be with the Lord. He left behind his amazing wife Chrissy and 3 little ones. Jake and Chrissy dedicated their lives to sharing Jesus to the world in any way they could (Chrissy is still doing so).

I (Carlie) sat down at my piano, I didn't know what to say, I just knew that I needed God's presence and my friends needed it too. I didn't quite have a song to sing, or words to say. In my experience, songs come from many different seasons. Sometimes I intentionally sit down to finish a song, or start one. Sometimes I really like a quote and I want to use the concept and make it into a song. Sometimes I sit there for an hour and nothing comes of it except what I already started with. This time, what came out was simply what my soul needed, what I figured everyones soul needed - to tangibly feel God's presence and experience his overwhelming peace.

You Are Welcome DEMO

This week we are remembering the sacrifice of Jesus to then celebrate His resurrection. For anyone working in a church like we do, this week is one of the busiest of the year. Tonight we took some time to reflect. Carlie started singing this and thought we'd rare it to help remind your of the cost of our salvation. 

Nothing But The Blood

We were over at a close friend's of ours for dinner when the phone call came. Carlie, in the hallway, calls me over knowing that the first word spoken by her mum wasn't good; her 20 year old cousin, Chandler, had died. 

His Dad asked Carlie and I to record Amazing Grace to be played at the memorial. This was the recording.

Why am I writing this?
Because I'm unbelievably proud of Carlie. This is one of the hardest times she has ever had to sing this song. We could only do one take because that was all she could give. She sang it from her heart to the Lord. She sang it with such beauty. She was able to capture this....something....and give it so people that needed it.


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