Todd Dulaney
Grammy-nominated Todd Dulaney sits down with Chris Baker encouraging you to be your authentic self, as that is what God wants you to be and how He will live His purpose through you.
Chris: You heard God call you away from professional baseball to Gospel music. What made you let go of what you could see to grab hold of what you couldn’t see?
Todd: When you find out why you’re alive and you get the feeling of this is why I’m here, it doesn’t matter how much money someone offers you to live outside of purpose. I feel so at home leading worship. You can’t run away from what you are meant to do.
Chris: I’ve seen you lead worship and you really prioritize worship over performance. How have you kept the main thing the main thing?
Todd: When I set out to do this, that was one of the things I promised to do: to stay centered. I told God, “I’m gonna take this genre of music and put it at your feet.” I said: “If You give it to me I promise I’ll give it back to you.” You cannot be elevated if you try to take from God and make it your own.
Chris: It’s so refreshing to hear you say that.
Todd: When it comes to songwriting, the word is the highest level of reality. If we try to write a song through our own interpretation, sometimes the word can become diluted because we’re giving it our perspective.
But when you write precisely what He said, then you don’t give room for perspective. His word will always accomplish what it was sent to do. When I’m long gone, these words will still stand.
Chris: I want you to tell the story behind Revelation 4 and that vision.
Todd: I wanted to write something about the throne room of God. I thought, this song is going to give people appreciation for what’s going on in Heaven right now. Everyone that touched this song read Revelation 4. The elders are casting down their crown at the feet of God. The angels are crying “holy holy holy.” There’s lightning and thunder around the throne. I said to God, “show me how to articulate this.”