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The Unfolding

From the Archive: Page 25: Jason Gray

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt like the foundation of your faith was crumbling? It's a hard experience for anyone, but especially difficult if you are an artist who has built your career on songs of faith. Jason Gray shares his story and a song inspired by his journey in this episode of The Unfolding.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Meredith. We're taking a couple of weeks off from releasing new episodes of The Unfolding,

0:05.8

so this week we wanted to pull one of our favorites from the archives. If you listen to Christian

0:10.8

Radio, you've likely heard the music of Jason Gray. One of the things I love about his music

0:16.6

is that he's not afraid to tackle the hard parts of our faith journey. He's one of the most honest,

0:22.8

authentic artists I've ever met. And especially if you've struggled in your faith at some point,

0:28.2

his story will resonate with you. We're going to be back March 12th with a brand new episode.

0:33.0

For now, enjoy this one from the archives. I really did not want to lose my faith. It just was slipping away, and it didn't seem like there was anything I could do.

0:42.3

I was just crowned out for help all the time.

0:44.3

And so often it just seemed like I was just hearing a dial tone on the other side.

0:49.3

God's story has been unfolding.

0:52.3

Since the beginning of time.

0:56.0

He invites you to be a part of it.

1:02.4

Another page in the unfolding.

1:15.6

Hi, this is Meredith Foster. Jason Gray is a singer and songwriter who is known for tackling deep theological truths.

1:21.6

He does it in a way that's so relatable.

1:23.6

In fact, it makes you feel like he knows exactly what you're going through. He built his life and a very

1:29.4

successful career on his faith. But then he walked through an experience so painful and so lonely,

1:36.6

the foundation of faith began to crumble. Here's Jason. As a fan, we often go to concerts and listen to people on the radio and for better for worse there is

1:48.3

this assumption that you've got it all together and we have this tendency to want to go if i could

1:54.2

just have a life like them yes and then i heard uh your song not right now on the radio thought, whoever wrote this, and I even went to look to see if you wrote it or whoever wrote this, this came out of a really deeply, a personal place of what sounded to me like disappointment.

2:13.1

Sure.

2:13.6

Yeah.

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