One House Worship’s mission is to relentlessly pursue the curation of sounds, lyrics and melodies from on high and serve as a bridge for every listener. Regardless of where they are, their spirits will be lifted and undoubtedly encouraged to worship in the midst of all circumstances.

One House dives into their newest album, Live Again, and talk about how we are to live for the one true King!

Live Again is out! Congratulations. We’re excited to see these songs bless the Church! Before we dive into the album, I wanted to first talk about One House Worship as a collective. Tell us about bridging Christian and Gospel genres and the benefits to this musical marriage.

When people think of Christian music, they may think of a specific demographic of listeners. And this is true for Gospel music. Nonetheless, one of the huge benefits of this musical marriage is having everyone in one room.

The message is the same - to glorify God.

Furthermore, when we all come into a room, it’s a small glimpse of what Heaven looks like and sounds like.

It’s a merging sound where you can’t decipher whether it’s Christian or Gospel. It’s simply a God sound.

I believe we need to do a better job at closing the gap. Not just between Christian and Gospel, but between different age groups. Which is why hymns are important. Likewise, in older churches, it is also vital to introduce newer songs.

Our heart is to reflect Heaven on Earth with Christian, Gospel, old, new, Hispanic, Italian, Haitian, African, American, the list goes on.

The opener “Just Like Jesus” (ft. Chandler Moore and Roosevelt Stewart) is also the first single you all released this year. Tell us why this song was the one to lead the new year with.

Oftentimes we view a new year as a launch into a newer and greater version of ourselves. “New year, new me.” Alternatively, we also realize that this may be a difficult year for many to even start, even for members in our group.

I believe Pastor Sarah (Jakes Roberts) mentioned that this year was one the most challenging years to begin. The song speaks the message that no matter how things may look, no matter how far behind in life you may feel, Jesus will always be right there.

He’s going to always show up at the right time. Even when you think it’s over, or that you’ve missed your train, God has an Uber pulling up. Haha.

And the years leading up to today, we’ve had to face grief, depression, loss - just a number of obstacles. This song is just a reminder that when it seems as though there is no one around us, Jesus is right there.

He’s that friend that wants to hear us. He’s there, not to judge, but to listen to everything we have to say.

We have freedom to be open and vulnerable with Him. He’s never going to remove His Hand. He will show up at the right time, always.

These songs, and the title track in particular, evoke a sense of reawakening and revival. Why was this the central theme you all wanted to write from for this record?

Honestly, we simply wrote songs for the record. We started in 2020, which was a challenging year for everyone. 2021 was also a difficult year, as we thought that would be a year of recovery, but we faced more obstacles.

After we listened to the songs we wrote, we felt like “Live Again” had a central theme. We realized that we wrote from a place of regaining faith, trusting God, knowing that He’s going to show up at the right time, surrendering our life to Him, with an authentic reverence for who God truly is.

All of these songs speak of things coming back to life and trusting God in the process, which is where “Live Again” came from.

We’re telling all of the dead things in our lives to take a breath. What you thought was dead is still alive.

Go back and check it again. It is still possible.

It’s time to pick up the faith that you lost due to disappointment or an appearance of failure. “Live Again” is a true testament of the very experiences that we all were going through that we hope will resonate and inspire hearts around the world.

Can you tell us more about the production process of this album? Describe the setting you all were in and how it informed your spiritual headspace (and “heart-space”).

We first wrote in Los Angeles with Pastor Touré, Naomi, Chandler, Mitch, Emilia, Amanda, and Alton. Here’s the crazy thing: we didn’t write the first day. We wanted to. However, that night turned into a moment for us to be honest with one another about life.

Chandler began praying for people and it just turned into an evening of prayer. We knew that if this was all God had for us the first night, it was more than enough.

The second day we broke out into groups and got writing. The songs started flowing quickly and organically. In one day, we wrote 5 songs.

Our second write was in Nashville. Similar to our first write, we just sat in a room and talked about life and decided to see what we would come up with. We ended up writing the rest of the project. We’re ONE HOUSE, and coincidentally we wrote in a house.

We wrote from an open heart for one another and with a ready pen for what God wanted to express through our worship.

“Surrendered” feels like a stand-out. Can you tell us the backstory of this song?

We were in a room and it had an open window we could see the trees from. We were just in awe of nature. Then Amanda just began singing, “I’m surrendered to the wind of Your Spirit with my heart in my hands. From there, everything just flowed like oil.

We talked about ‘’surrender” and what that looks and feels like.

And also placing trust in God by saying “you know what’s best for me.” And not only what, but God “you know when’s best for me.

And the response to that is: “I’ll go where you go.”

With the idea of whether we are willing to give up our deepest desires for the greater things that God has for us. We don’t always know what true better is, but we can trust God, that it is a “better” that never fails.

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