Jason Gray, an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, returns to the Song Revolution Podcast, almost four years since he first came on the show! Jason was born and raised in Southwestern Minnesota where he spent six years in youth ministry, before going into full-time music ministry in 1999 as an independent artist. He lived in the Mankato area until his move to Nashville in 2015. Gray has a speech disorder, and as a person who stutters, his work emphasizes finding strength in weakness. He released four independent records before signing with Centricity Music in 2006. Centricity released his first major label record, “All the Lovely Losers” in 2007. ChristianityToday.com calls Gray one of “Christian music’s best kept secrets.”
On today’s episode, Jason reminds John why he is supposed to be mad at him. Then, they have some deep personal conversations about challenges in one’s faith and the challenges faced while making music. Jason also talks about why he thinks self-righteousness is the greatest sin of all, the OCEAN personality-profiling test, ideological purity, and several other topics. Stick around till the end of the episode to hear an acoustic version of Jason’s famous single “What I Wish For You.”
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET ON TODAY’S EPISODE
- 03:39 Why it’s better to wait until a chapter of your life closes before you share about it
- 08:22 Jason shares about why, at times he feels alienated
- 16:41 The sin underneath all other sins is self-righteousness
- 24:24 The OCEAN personality-profiling test
- 32:01 The notion of ideological purity
- 36:48 How we see what we’ve already decided to see
- 38:38 Jason’s experience of having to go through Order, Disorder, Reorder
- 45:28 An acoustic version of “What I Wish For You”
WE HOPE THIS SONGWRITING TIP HELPS YOU
Jason says, “I think it [the idea] comes from my own desire to escape the bounds of my own self-righteousness and blindness and confirmation bias.”
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powerful and hard to listen to. I had to stop and restart 3 times along the way ;Especially to hear the part about not sharing your struggle until the closure of that season” and hopefully the victory : realness and also Jesus and Trueth foundation teacher! thanks Jason and john