Today’s storytellers is the song “Immanuel.” I wrote this song back in 2006 and recorded it in house, but rerecorded it on my “Coming Home” solo project released earlier this year. The song fit too well with the “Overcome” theme not to include it. So we remixed it and took away my background vocals and let Jodie Shirley add her …
Our entire band’s favorite track on “Overcome” is one that none of them played on – it’s track #11, “Don’t Give Up.” This track, is a sermon remix to a message Jeff preached on May 23rd entitled, “The Hope for the Suffering Church.” On that day, a conversation between John Kennerly and myself solidified the “Overcome” focus for the album. …
While the “Overcome” CD is officially released, I wanted to continue to share some of the stories behind the songs. “Never Seen the Righteous Forsaken” was literally a last minute song to add to the project. During the mix, we decided to remove one song from the lineup which provided a musical vacuum towards the end of the project. Written …
Words can’t even begin to express my joy from Overcome last night. God showed up big, and I was just humbled at how worshipful the event was last night. Where do I begin to say thanks? Jesus – You are the true Overcomer. You bring hope to the hopeless, and You were the guest of honor last night. We were …
I am blown away by what God did tonight. I am humbled that I serve along such quality people. I love being a part of His church. We will overcome.
“Nothing is Impossible” was written during our adoption process. As we looked at the huge obstacles concerning timing, situation, circumstances, finances, etc., the process seemed impossible…for us. But with God, there was nothing to it. “For nothing is impossible with God.” -Luke 1:37 Amanda, Obadiah, and myself would often play this melody on the home piano and remind ourselves of …
11:59 started as a joke. I make up songs for the boys all the time. As we were praying for all the details to get ironed out concerning Eli’s homecoming, Obie and I wrote this song. Some details concerning the adoption were huge obstacles to overcome plus I had been praying about other big circumstances in some people’s lives. As …
Guest Blogger: John Kennerly “Wait for the Lord” was one of those songs that seemed to write itself. At the time, I had no idea that I would be throwing it into the hat for inclusion in what would become North Side’s Overcome recording project and how well it would fit into the overarching theme of the project. It truly …
When North Side started the “5 Things That Will Kill This Church” series, I wanted a worship song for a church to sing together. Most worship songs are written to sing together, but I really wanted it to be something you sang acknowledging those singing around you. To write it, I went to the descriptions of the early church in …
“The Cross of Calvary” was a song written with the purpose of writing a modern day hymn. I wanted to show how the cross was not an afterthought but was a part of the whole plan from the beginning. The cross was the plan from the very start. I did a lot of phrases in the chorus that showed the …
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