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Episode 179: The God Who Stays (feat. Matthew West)

Becoming Something with Jonathan Pokluda

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How Do You Still Have New Songs to Write?

A lot of my songs are inspired by people's stories. Several years ago I had surgery on my vocal cords and it wound up like being, you know, the things we go through are our blessings. And so actually I have a song that starts Dear Anonymous because so many stories I've received are just people setting their secret free or talking about a broken chapter of their story. My goal I feel like is to try to write songs of redemption for the broken chapters of our stories. There's no end to that deep well.

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