Coburn Kids

I’m sure everyone has them… those songs you can listen to a thousand times on repeat and never grow tired of them. I have some of those, mostly religious songs. Not really written by any LDS writers though, just songs that I have heard over the years that touched me and of course I had to go search them out and get them on my mp3 player. 

Growing up I can honestly say, I had no idea and never listened in my house to any religious songs outside those that sounded like the Tabernacle Choir, hymns or by LDS writers like Michael McLean or Janice Kapp Perry. Seriously, I remember the first time I heard a religious station in Colorado on spring break with my friend Racheal (hi Racheal!) and it was with her Uncle, Baptist I believe. It blew me away that there was really cool religious music out there that I wouldn’t mind listening to every day of the week, versus just ones that I had always thought of as “Sunday” only. (This statement should really show you the impact it had on me as a teenager since this was SPRING BREAK and I had this revelation.) So one of the things I try to do to remind me to stay focused during the week is listen to some of this inpirational music that just really uplifts me. I get my kids to listen to it as well, I really want them to know that religious music can touch you and be cool enough to listen to every day of the week. Here’s some of my favorites (you can hear any of them on YouTube and I provided links, I really have no idea what religion any of these bands are… but that’s not the point):

• Chris Tomlin – Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone
• Mercy Me – I Can Only Imagine
• Mercy Me – Bring the Rain (this song is my Life Motto right now)
• Mercy Me – Homesick
• Mercy Me – Word of God Speak (yes, I really really like Mercy Me)
• Andrew Shust – My Savior, My God (Gena knows the words to this song)
• Mark Shultz – He’s My Son (box of tissues required)
• Big Daddy Weave – Every Time I Breathe
• Casting Crowns – Who Am I
• Casting Crowns – Lifesong

Small sampling of my mp3 player. Mixed in with songs covering every genre from country, instrumental, opera, pop, heavy metal, rap (embarassed to admit that one) because hey… we all have different moods and different songs that we like with those moods!