#209: Amanda Lindsey Cook on Grief, Lyric Writing, & The Mystery of God [Podcast]

Grief is a gift but it’s a grip and it will not let you go until you feel what needs to heal.”

Amanda Lindsey Cook

I’ve wanted to have Amanda Cook on the podcast for such a long time. Well friends, that time is now.

This has got to be in the top 5 favorite interviews I’ve ever done. There’s a lot of depth to Amanda’s creative process and also the recent journey she has walked through. I told her this was like a “therapy session for worship leaders.”

We talk about the new album, lyric writing, grief, depression, books, songs, and more. So good!

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In This Episode You’ll Hear More About:

• A few of Amanda’s favorite things
• How to foster deeper, more meaningful lyrics
• The pressure to write worship songs
• Vulnerability in worship
• Approaching worship leading with wonder
• Grief, anxiety, and healing
• Spontaneous worship

Resources Mentioned:

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• Music: House on a Hill by Amanda Lindsey Cook
• Book: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith & Art by Madeleine L’Engle
• Book: The Book of Awakening by Martin Nepo
• Book: Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer
• Book: The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron

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