By Michaela Gordoni
Elevation Worship’s Chris Brown believes the group is always changing and extending in creativity, which results in purest form of worship.
“We’re always intrigued by anything that doesn’t feel like we’re getting stagnant creatively,” he told Relevant.
His desires for worship it to be incorporated into people’s lives in a non-transactional way.
“I pictured someone making dinner,” he said. “They set their phone by the stove and it just creates a peaceful atmosphere. You’re not watching it. You’re entering into it.”
“It’s good to feed our souls and minds with different things,” Brown said of variety in music.
He realizes when worship is made in only narrow styles, it eventually will feel hollow.
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“There’s something about not trying to go somewhere big and dynamic,” he said. “Just having a time of worship…There’s a purity when you don’t overthink it.”
Creativity can touch people in different ways.
“God gives us words that help inspire their faith,” Brown explained. “Like, don’t stop just yet.”
For Brown, creativity protects the heart of worship. It’s not routine; it’s not the same every time. It flows and ebbs in different ways, and somehow, it’s more natural, authentic and beautiful like that.
Brown says his music writing process is very messy.
He said previously, “It’s collaborative and ever-evolving; there are lots of voice memos on the phone, mumbles and hums, text messages back and forth between writers asking, ‘What do you think about this?’
“We’re always collecting ideas for songs,” he continued. “I heard somewhere along the way that the more options you have, the more creative you’ll be. So we never throw out anything.”
“O Come to The Alter” is one of those unassuming songs that the group never anticipated would have the impact that it did.
“Months went by and it just wasn’t coming together,” he told The Christian Beat. “Then one day things began to unlock for it and the message the song was meant to carry. I think the power is in its simplicity and gospel message: None of us are worthy.”
“We’re all in the same boat. All have mistakes, failures, and areas in our lives that are messy,” Brown explained. “But when we acknowledge that those things don’t intimidate our Father, and He welcomes us into his presence exactly as we are because of the finished work of Jesus, then that’s something I believe we can all be reminded of over and over.”
Brown believes the most meaningful worship happens when peaceful creativity takes the reins, inviting people to enter into it no matter where they are.
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