Country Music & Faith: The Stage, the Songs, and the Soul
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In celebration of CMA Fest 2023—a country music festival that takes place in Nashville, Tennessee—we’ve got a special episode showcasing country music and faith. We’ll revisit some favorite episodes from country singers who share their stories of heartache, joy, struggles and success–—and how they trusted God through it all, including interviews with Brett Young, Lathan Warlick, Tayla Lynn, Granger & Amber Smith, Reba McEntire with her sisters Susie and Alice, and Travis Tritt.
Links, Products, and Resources Mentioned:
Past interviews: Larry Fleet, Lauren Alaina, Randy and Mary Travis, Aaron Tippin, Gary LeVox
Upcoming interview: Philip Yancey
Samaritan’s Purse: https://sampur.se/44HesSt
Reba McEntire with her sisters Susie and Alice
Interview Quotes:
“I moved to Nashville and God said, ‘Here you go, here's your career.’ And from that moment on, I made writing songs important and I made being authentic in my songwriting important, because I feel like that is the only way to connect with your fans.” - Brett Young
“God was calling me to be a light out into the world.” - Lathan Warlick
“I never felt abandoned. I never felt like God wasn't there. I always knew any time that I wasn't feeling God, it was because that was of my own doing. God is everything to me. Jesus is everything to me. You know, it's always been that way.” - Tayla Lynn
“If you believe like we do that God is sovereign, then [our son] River had three years on this Earth and all of our days are numbered and we have to surrender to that and accept that. And then just do the next best thing to try to move forward to still continue to grow our faith.” - Granger & Amber Smith
“I'm one of those people that can look back and say, honestly, my dreams have more than come true.” - Travis Tritt
“When I don't have anything else to pray about, I just stop and I say, ‘Thank you, God, thank you. I don't know what's coming next. I don't know how I'm going to do this, but I just want to say thank you.’” - Susie McEntire-Eaton
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| 0:00.0 | superstars Dirk Spentley, L. King, and Laney Wilson host CMAFest, the music event of the summer. |
| 0:06.5 | The three-hour prime time concert special brings country music's ultimate fan experience |
| 0:11.0 | to a national television audience. Watch CMAFest, the music event of the summer, |
| 0:16.0 | airing Wednesday July 19th at 8-7-Central on ABC. Available next day on Hulu. Don't miss it. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. This week in celebration of CMAFest 2023, |
| 0:31.6 | a country music festival that takes place in national Tennessee. We've got a special episode |
| 0:36.1 | showcasing country music and faith. We'll revisit some favorite episodes from country singers |
| 0:41.0 | who share their stories of heartache, joy, struggles, and success, and how they trusted God |
| 0:46.5 | through it all. First up, we'll hear from multi-platinum-selling artist Brett Young. |
| 0:53.3 | Music has been nothing short of a very long journey for me. I was one of the few |
| 1:01.3 | guys in my group of friends in Los Angeles that were pursuing music that was actually making money |
| 1:07.2 | in music. The problem was I was making money playing bars and restaurants, singing other people's |
| 1:14.8 | songs to a bunch of people that didn't know I was there. After 10 years of quote-unquote success, |
| 1:23.1 | I hadn't met a record exactly. I hadn't written an original song. I didn't really feel like I was |
| 1:28.4 | doing what I wanted to do in music. I decided that it was time at my age to switch gears and write |
| 1:36.4 | songs for other people because I wasn't going to be given the platform that I needed in order |
| 1:41.5 | for people to care about my songs. I moved to Nashville, started writing songs for other people, |
| 1:50.2 | and then somebody needed to sing the demo. So I would sing on the demo and we would pitch the |
| 1:55.0 | songs to other artists. Within a couple months of living in Nashville, everybody wanted to know |
| 1:59.1 | who the demo singer was. I would say if you want to make God laugh telling me plans, that's kind |
| 2:04.7 | of how my situation worked out. I felt like I was a little too old to start a career and I moved |
| 2:09.3 | to Nashville and God said, here you go, here's your career. And from that moment on, I made writing |
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