Whenever you bring two very different individuals together to write music, something original is bound to come out. Connersvine is made up of Chris Wilson, the creative, artsy type, who always has new melodies running through his head, and Hunter Smith, an outgoing, energetic pro football player (and Superbowl winner) whose songwriting is defined by poetic lyrics.
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Whether it?s the band?s raucous battle cries to get in the spiritual fight on ?For the Love of the Game,? ?Throwdown,? ?Get Back,? and ?Reckless Youth?; their plea to engage in world missions in ?State of Emergency?; their poignant message from the perspective of a deceased loved one in heaven in ?Smiling Down?; their challenge to fence-sitters to make up their minds on ?The Runaway? and ?Forever Starts Now?; or the reflective reminder that God wants us to give Him the reigns of control in our lives in ?I Fade Away??there?s no mistaking Pillar?s passion for its message and its music.
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Hope. It's a concept that is both elusive and fragile, both rare and powerful. So few dare allude to it, and fewer still make it their mantra. After all, it is so much easier to sing of loss and regret than to push through and persevere. Yet, the word "hope" is the very word that Josh Pearson, front man for the Chattanooga, Tenn.-quintet uses to describe the goal of his band: True hope though faith. Their debut album Live Like We're Alive is the vehicle Nevertheless is using to make this one word known.
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Darren Whitehead is the Director of Next Gen Ministries at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL. Darren oversees ?Student Impact? the High School ministry and ?Axis? the college and 20 something community.
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