May 20, 2021

Episode 49: Courage to Create with Sharon Irving

47 minutes

This week, we spent some time with one of our favorite worship artists, songwriter, and spreader of Holy mischief, Sharon Irving.

She opens about her experience healing from the inside out this past year. Her description of "soul care" will make you want to jump into truly finding wholeness and authenticity in who you are. We talk about the roots of Gospel music and how it has evolved in its purpose to reflect the times we live in. We are constantly reminded that God is a waymaker and Sharon encourages us all to shed the labels by stepping into who God created us to be.

One of Sharon's next projects coming up is called "The Cave." She writes, "I’ve partnered with Senn Highschool which is a Chicago Public School and I’m working with a group of talented students in the inner city on a song called “The Cave."

"The Cave" is a response to the impact of trauma and racial trauma on mental health.

I had the honor of writing the spoken word piece that will live in the song and synthesizes the students lived experiences into a professional music track embedded with spoken word. As one of our seniors put it: “The news exploits issues for their own gain. This project serves as the antithesis to that. We are actually going to help people. It talks about mental health. It talks about racial trauma."

The final video will be anchored in vocal music, dance, visual art, and stunning cinematography from Endangered Peace Productions."

You can find out more about Sharon and her work, here: http://sharonirving.com/

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