I think that to believe is to acknowledge that it's a choice in that present tense and that doubt is always an option. Youโre not dealing with a fact like one plus one equals twoโIโm gonna choose to believe that. Itโs kind of one of those things where you are choosing to believe that someone loves you. That is always going to be your choice. So for me, I think thatโs what makes the faith that I have volatile and explosive and dangerous and troubling. Thatโs what most of my songs are about.
Jon ForemanCalling has this weight that somehow we think that your calling is fixed. That your calling is this line that youโve finally found and now you're on that track and thatโs what youโre gonna do forever and maybe that's the case. But I feel like calling has much more to to do with the moment that youโre in.
Jon ForemanPaste just might be my favorite music magazine. They have shed light on many incredible, under-appreciated folks over the years, helping me find new tunes to accompany me through life. We were honored to give a song in return.
Jon ForemanI think that weโre a culture that runs away from death, for good reason. Nobody really wants to think about the fact that weโre going to be lifeless food for worms in a coffin someday. But at the same time, I feel like knowing that youโre going to die can be an incredibly rewarding, powerful knowledge. It inspires us to live in ways that we wouldnโt if we were ignorant. I feel like that has inspired me to care about every breath. For me itโs not a morbid curiosity, itโs just wanting to make sure that every moment I have here on the Earth while I am breathing is accounted for.
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