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Ep 2: Kurtis Parks - Faith and a Lyft Jul 04, 2022

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Kurtis Parks is a father and husband, a church planter, a worship leader, an author*, and a songwriter. We are blessed that he had the time to share this incredible devotional with us all about faith. Christians can always use a little bit more faith and it’s a topic that, no matter how many times it’s covered in any format, it’s relevant. Sometimes God rewards our faith with tangible experiences that we can’t deny are a result of His intervention. This episode has just such a story and it will truly blow your mind. God is so good and so alive.
Today’s episode is one of those worth listening to…twice.
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More About Kurtis Parks
Having written over 1200 songs in every genre since the age of 13, and being a worship leader since the age of 13, Kurtis truly understands the gift of music, and the potential for it’s impact on our world today. Some may recognize him as a top 50 finalist on American Idol’s fourth season. Kurtis has also appeared on the Fox Morning Show, BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel Hour, and his song “Forever Changed”, written for his beloved Virginia Tech community after the April 2007 tragedy was featured on NBC News and CNN. His song “Burn it All Down” hit Billboard’s Hot Gospel top 20, written with Joel Buckner, fellow worship leader. Kurtis wrote for and was featured on Integrity Music’s “ONE a Worship Collective”, which hit #1 on Soundscan in it’s first week in 2013. In Summer 2017, Kurtis was featured on the #1 album “The Emerging Sound Vol. 3”. With his latest solo release “Hymn Like” Kurtis hit Billboard Christian charts, and the songs are making their way to audiences of all ages, and churches of all styles. Many of his worship choruses are being sung around the world in churches every weekend.

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Ep 1: Laura Hackett Park: Sing Your Way Into the Truth Jun 24, 2022

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Laura has spent the last 20 years singing anywhere between 15 and 18 hours a week at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. Her sets are two hours at a time and they mostly sing spontaneously from the Bible. Every day they pick a passage as a team and turn that into a worship set.
With that much time in prayerful worship, Laura has so much to share with our audience of Worship Teams and Worshippers, but in this episode she shares how the Lord taught her to sing her way into the truth.
A special thanks goes out to Eric Volz from Arrowhead Music for connecting us with Laura.
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About Laura Hackett Park
A recording artist, songwriter and worship leader, Laura Hackett Park currently resides in Kansas City with her husband and fellow songwriter, Jonas Park, and their three small children. She writes and leads worship songs for congregations across the world and has led weekly at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City since 2003.
To date, she has led close to 10,000 hours of live worship sets.

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