Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Today we speak with legendary songwriter

Gloria Gather who with her husband Bill has written some of the most enduring

and beloved songs for the church, including

because he lives and he touched me. Gloria continues to write both lyrics and

books and as an experienced and highly sought after speaker who is constantly aware of the

eternal value a moment holds.

Gloria shares some of her early years and how she came to the point in life where she has

decided to spend as much time as possible,

nurturing her most important relationships, and finding something eternal in the

dailiness of life.

Hi, I'm Gloria Gaither and I'm not sure exactly what labels I wear, but I'm a lyricist,

educator, speaker.

Most of all, I'm a follower of Jesus Christ and a wife to Bill Gaither and mother to

three incredible children and seven grandchildren. I grew up in a pastor's home. My parents were converted

when I was a baby. So my whole life, because they began to follow Christ late in their lives in their

30s my childhood was full of excitement at every night when they got together at the dinner table about what

they had discovered in scripture. My life was just full of evangelists and

missionaries and pastors and

and the theologians and people that came through our house.

I guess my earliest desire was to have something to say at our dining room table

in the discussions that went on around there and

thankfully my parents didn't think children should be seen and not heard they

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