On a mountaintop at the Mystic Hymnal retreat, Michael Gungor recounts a raw, cathartic moment—throwing himself on a grave, screaming into a canyon, and opening space for buried pain, forgiveness, and communal healing.

He explains why his final song on the Magnificat album is a reworked Amazing Grace: changing lyrics to reject shame and fear, reclaiming Christian language in a mystical, reforming spirit, and inviting shared ritual and meaning as a path toward love and return.