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LOOK THIS UP: “MARGINS”

Great Awakening

Ever heard of Zach Janicello and Christians, who joined together in relations. With Bible studies, book
Cole Johnson? Okay, I hadn’t 2008 with hopes of extending clubs, and global opportunities for
either. But I had heard their music beyond mainstream Christian music. prayer and fasting, the ability to use
before I knew their names, and I On their website, you’ll see that, the talents God has given you is
hope you know what I mean when “Great Awakening is on a journey to encouraged.
I say it was music that gave me create art about God, life, pain, and
the feels. Been there? Let’s talk faith.” Zach and Cole want to make If you’re an aspiring artist who has a
about it: I was on the fourth floor music that people can relate to and, passion for sharing who God is with
of the library on my college through listening, can learn about your audience, you should check
campus. YouTube had worked its who God is. Great Awakening has out comeandlive.com. To get more
never-failing magic of distracting albums recorded and produced by info about Great Awakening, feel
me from a paper, with the help of Elijah Moseley, which were released free to visit their website at
my roommate who was searching by Come&Live. If you haven’t heard greatawakeningmusic.com/#intro
for a song I just had to listen to of Come&Live, you’re missing out, and be sure to check out their new
right now! She lent me her but we’ll fill you in. single “Deathbed.”
headphones and the slow beat of
a drum filled my ears as I closed Come&Live is a worldwide
my eyes. As a newly saved community that wants to see the
Christian, the words I heard cut world radically changed by Jesus
deep: “Holy ground in the midst through art and music. Come&Live’s
of hostile nations… I want to be mission is to see artists using their
your land, land that no one else God-given creativity for His
can have. Set me aside like a Kingdom and not for their own.
garden that you come to rest in Spiritual and vocational training is
before I cross the line, from this offered through Come&Live artist
world to thine. Make
me your land…”
“Margins,” by Great
Awakening, quickly
became the song I’d
play on repeat both
that week, and in the
days to come when
doubt shook my faith
in a God I cannot
see.

Great Awakening is
an indie-pop band
that’s made up of
two guys – yep, Zach
and Cole – both