I recently visited a a writing cabin to record these (very) rough demos of songs I have been working on for the last year. I’m not a singer or performer by any means, but I wanted to capture this album before it got away from me. I sat down at a table in the cabin and recorded—just me, my guitar, and my phone. These are all full takes, mistakes and all. So I hope you’ll judge the concept and writing of the songs more so than the performance or recordings of them.
 
When I got back from the cabin, I dropped some footage over the songs. I wanted the effect to be like memories. Broken at times, incomplete, scattered, hard to categorize, but telling a single story of what is worth fighting for and what it means to be made in the image of God. That is at the core of this project. In a world that is constantly pressing in on what we have been called to protect and to build, where do we find the strength to push back?
 
These 15 songs were written in conjunction with a novella I’m releasing later this year called The Swidden. 15 chapters, 15 songs.

10. MORE THAN CONQUERORS

9. WALKING ON WATER

8. OUT OF THE ASHES

7. READY FOR THE WATER

6. THE QUIET MAN

5. NICODEMUS

4. A MAN AMONG THE PEOPLE

3. ISHMAEL

2. OMEGA

1. RISE MY SOUL

Craig Cunningham