Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

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Welcome to Susie Larson Live, always honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing new conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, every once in a while, we do a show we call The Artist's Corner, where we highlight a singer-songwriter's work, we hear the stories behind the songs, and we get a deeper look at their faith journey, the things God's teaching them. Well, Ellie Holcomb joins me today to share some music and the stories behind the songs on both her new album, Canyon, which releases in just a few weeks and on a collaborative book album project called Faithful. So we're going to draw songs from both of those albums. We're going to hear about Ellie's faith journey and just some of the stories behind the songs. Quick announcement before we hear from Ellie. If you've got a dream, I'm getting published someday, writing a book. You've got to join us for our upcoming Northwestern Christian Writers Conference. I will be there on faculty. So excited about it. It takes place July 16th and 17th. And it's epic. And just really one of the top Christian writers conferences in the nation. It happens right across the street at our university

in the beautiful campus of University Northwestern St. Paul. So we're offering a hybrid option this

year, so you can either attend in person or do the online option, but there's just nothing like in

person. Those tickets, though, are limited. You can find out more on the web at northwestern

Christianwritersconference.com. All right, let me talk about my guests. We'll get her on this show. For eight years, singer-songwriter Ellie Holcomb recorded and toured full-time with her husband's band, Drew Holcomb and the neighbors, before stepping off the road with her first child when their little one was born. She will release her third studio album, Canyon in June, which we're talking about today.

She's garnered two GMA Dev Awards, including Artist of the Year, new artist of the year,

and she became a best-selling children's author, along with accompanying EPEs,

which have more than 157 million global streams, most recently performed and interviewed

on the Today Show with Amy Grant for the special

faithful project. Girl, you've been busy. Welcome to the show. It's so nice to meet you.

It's so nice to meet you too. Great to be here today. Looking forward to our conversation.

So, Ellie, we start every day talking scripture. We just love God's word on this show. And I'm

wondering as you just spent time with the Lord,

what he's been talking about these days. Man, he is speaking to me about rest right now.

Love it. As you're listening to all of your, as you're listening all of those things I've been up to you,

I'm like, whoa, it's been busy. No wonder the Lord's

dressing me down about resting. Love it. And I, I, you know what? I was talking to him the other day.

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