Worship Leader Charles Billingsley Hopes New Album ‘Puts A Smile On People’s Faces’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Worship leader Charles Billingsley recently released their new album, The Shadow of Your Smile, which includes standards from the American songbook and Broadway showtunes.
It is the first album from Billingsley since he recovered from health complications in 2020 due to COVID-19.
“I finally get through all that stuff and then over the course of the next year, I just really felt like I wanted to make a record that was truly just a singer’s record, like songs that people love through the past,” Billingsley told The Christian Post. “I’ve always wanted to do it!”
He continued, “For 20 years, I wanted to make this record. And so, I just decided I would reach out through the last several decades, find some of the greatest songs ever written and do orchestrated arrangements of them, and put out a record [that would be] full of just wonderful, beloved American classics.”
He added that while “they’re not Christian songs…many of them have Christian overtones in the sense that we’re talking about love, peace, joy, happiness, goodness, kindness, all of which come from the Lord.”
“[I] wanted to do a record that would put a smile on people’s face,” Billingsley explained. “And I wanted it to go outside of the church. I wanted to do a record that would reach a broad audience and hopefully just open their hearts and minds to a greater truth.”
The artist also emphasized that he created the album to make people smile, and shared what keeps him smiling.
“It’s a joy that only comes from the author of that joy and His name is the Lord Jesus,” he shared. “I may not be able to share that in a secular interview, but in the end, I know this: that the joy that I have in my heart comes from the Lord and I can smile and rejoice in the midst of even the deepest, darkest valleys of my life, simply because I’ve got a hope that’s beyond what I’m going through right now.”
He continued, “You know what, if you’re ever going to smile for a lifetime, the only way to do it is by knowing Christ. And so for us to get our smile back as Americans, it’s going to take a lot more than just a good economy or lower gas prices, it’s going to take something more. It’s going to take a revival of the spirit. It’s going to take a change that comes from within, and only God can bring that.”
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
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