Ep. 46 | Wayne Kirkpatrick | Songwriting, A Career in Music, and the Stories Behind the Songs

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Fans of 80s and 90s Contemporary Christian Music will be very familiar with the work of Wayne Kirkpatrick. He has songwriting credits on MANY of the major Christian hits of that time period.
Place in this World, Secret Ambition, Rocketown...to name a few!
He has written for Amy Grant, Michael W Smith, Casting Crowns, and too many artists to list.
He won Song of the Year for co-writing Change the World with Gordon Kennedy and Tommy Simms, made famous by Eric Clapton!
He was written and worked for Garth Brooks...He has written musicals for Broadway...He has been nominated for Tony Awards...Okay, if we keep listing his accomplishments we're going to run our of room. Long story short, this man has been used by God for some amazing things. In this episode we'll discuss the story behind how those songs came to be!
Josh Huisman is the Senior Pastor of New Hope Community Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. He is a pastor, artist, singer/songwriter, blogger, and now, a PODCASTER!
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[@robbchastain3036]

Such a great conversation, thanks, Pastor Josh, for chatting with Wayne and now I know, so that's the guy who wrote that line about Mongolian barbecue, lol, the things we actually need to know. And my favorite song of his is Never Been Unloved. And fun to hear some stories about Rich Mullins, too. Thanks again and please keep conversing with these music makers.

[@Josh.Huisman]

Thanks for listening! I love talking to these awesome musicians and songwriters. And yes!! Never Been Unloved is a fantastic song. In fact, the whole Live the Life album is highly underrated on the MWS catalog.

[@robbchastain3036]

@@Josh.Huisman It is all nice to hear, stories and testimonies and motivations and friendships and what not, all of it, even museum visits, grin. And I got to do various forms of Christian radio for more than three decades and tho' it ended with an abrupt termination from a major network after 16 years, it was a thinning of their ranks during the economic downturn, I can say it was all a thrill and all a blessing to serve. And that was one of my names along the way, Servant Robb, when I was on-air at a Contemporary Gospel station in DC for years. So I'll stay tuned, Pastor Josh, and I won't touch that dial too much, at least. 😀