Bio: Deb Montgomery has grown accustomed to dwelling in life’s in-between spaces: she’s a Canadian who moved to Seattle from New York City, a rocker with acoustic finesse, and a religious vagabond. Her art, much like her life, welds together what the world likes to separate. Her lyrics are spools of vulnerability and grit, her voice is an unwavering paradox of grief and joy, and her presence is a palpable strength in weakness. Over the course of twenty years and four records, Montgomery has solidified her ability to write and play with unreserved passion. 

She’s shared stages and recorded with musicians, writers, and producers—like Andy Stochansky (Ani Difranco), Ron Sexsmith, Bob Wiseman, and Julia Kent—and artfully played solo.  Mark Stewart (who has shared stages with Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, and Bob Dylan) puts it this way: “Deb makes you want to hear every word she has to say.” Fluent in the language of mourning and loss, lament and prayer, raging seas and the ache at the heart of things, Montgomery’s music is a river of empathy, coaxing us towards self-reflection and healing.

Live Nov 11 2017

"Leveling the Field" by Deb Montgomery

A Light That Overwhelms The Dawn

In our waiting,
We sing of a light
The one we’ve always longed
That overwhelms the dawn
Jesus, the hope of every song

A holy name 
Once found in ancient words 
He came
Into the fullness of the night
The meek of us all sighed
At the sight of Heaven’s King

He is here, and He is yet to come
He’s with us in our hopes, our wounds, our joy, our fears
He is then and now 
Closer than every breath,
He bids us all to rest and wait
For our truest day of peace
The world yet to come
The light that overwhelms the dawn

Have we heard
He’s come to bring us love
The comfort of our cry
That brings all creation
To our true name and cause and life

He is here, and He is yet to come
He’s with us in our hopes, our wounds, our joy, our fears
He is then and now 
Closer than every breath,
He bids us all to rest and wait
For our truest day of peace
The world yet to come
The light that overwhelms the dawn

That same star will lead us home
O let us come, let us adore

"A Light That Overwhelms The Dawn" by Gabes Torres

Lyrics:

Tonight, I heard some news
That it’s all been true
All things will be made new

All this time, we’ve been heard by the Lord
He will come
We are favored
I am favored

Since I am favored, I say

He is with the lowly,
Heals the scars
Breaks the bars

He can bring down rulers,
And lifts up the humble ones

“Would you fill the hungry in every sense, and every part?

Rescue all the families, 
That all have been apart.

Mercy, mercy in every heart

I am favored.
And since I am favored,
Please be with the lonely,
Please fill all the hungry,
Please release shackled.
Please bring life to the troubled.”

tonight, I heard some news
That it’s all been true
All things will be made new

Favored

Kristen Daley Mosier is a PhD candidate in Theology and Ethics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. A resident of the Cedar River watershed in Western Washington, her current research explores the tributaries of deep incarnation, ecofeminism, and political ecology as they merge to articulate a decolonial rendering of baptismal theology. She is also a member of and lay preacher at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seattle. Periodically she gets around to posting sermons and musings at sermonsandbox.blog.

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