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The Unfolding

Page 25: Jason Gray

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 34 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 if you are an artist who has built your career on songs of faith. Jason Gray share his story, his journey back to faith, and a new song in this episode of The Unfolding

Transcript

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0:00.0

Page 25 of the unfolding is the story of Jason Gray.

0:04.0

I really did not want to lose my faith.

0:06.0

It just was slipping away, and it didn't seem like there was anything I could do.

0:10.0

I was just crying out for help all the time, and so often it just seemed like I was just hearing a dial tone on the other side.

0:17.0

God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time.

0:23.6

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:26.6

Another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:44.3

Jason Gray is a singer and songwriter who is known for tackling deep theological truth.

0:49.8

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

0:51.9

In fact, it makes you feel like he knows exactly what you're going

0:55.0

through. He built his life and a very successful career on his faith. But then he walked through

1:01.1

an experience so painful and so lonely, the foundation of faith began to crumble. Here's Jason.

1:08.2

As a fan, we often go to concerts and listen to people on the radio. And for better, for worse, there is this assumption that you've got it all together. And we have this tendency to want to go, if I could just have a life like them. Yes. And then I heard your song, not Right Now on the radio. And I thought, whoever wrote this,

1:31.8

and I even went to look to see if you wrote it or whoever wrote this, this came out of a really

1:35.8

deeply, a personal place of what sounded to me like disappointment. Sure. Yeah. You know,

1:43.3

before I go into the personal aspect of it, I should also

1:47.8

explain at the beginning here if people are hearing me for the first time I do have a speech

1:56.2

impediment known as stuttering. So it's not because Meredith's making me nervous or anything like that.

2:03.7

But, you know, I think of as songs as tools in a toolbox, you know,

2:12.7

and I wanted to make sure that I want to make sure that I have a good toolbox, you know.

2:18.1

And it seemed important to have a song dedicated to grief, you know, to grieving,

2:25.9

especially since grieving is so, it's so complicated for us.

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