Singer and songwriter Benjamin William Hastings is known for his work with Hillsong United. Coming out of the world-wide pandemic and the public controversies at Hillsong Church, Benjamin said the band responded by choosing to tour. Host and fellow musician Paul Cardall shares his view about the tour and the concert he and his wife attended in Las Vegas. Like other band members, Benjamin has released a solo record about his personal struggles and how he's wrestled with God. They discuss the general challenge of faith and the complexity of pursing a relationship with God. The ups and downs of belief, which is a discussion millions of people of faith resonate with. Benjamin and Paul talk discuss some of the songs on his solo album and how Benjamin unpacks his thoughts and how songwriting has been a form of therapy to process faith and renew Benjamin's commitment to God because, as one lyric says, "The blessings follow." They talk about the guilt some Christian artists feel about selling merchandise and Benjamin's song that responds to that feeling with, "The Jesus I Know." Paul, who was born with congenital heart disease or CHD, discovers Benjamin's son also has CHD along with another of his band member's child.
ABOUT BENJAMIN HASTINGS
Benjamin William Hastings (born 15 November 1991) is a Northern Irish musician, songwriter and is currently a worship leader in the Sydney-based band, Hillsong United, a worship band of Hillsong Church.
Hastings has been an active part of the worship team since 2013 when he helped write Hillsong Worship's 2013 Easter Song, Victory. Since then, Hastings has gone on to write several highly successful songs for many of Hillsong's bands, including O Praise The Name (Anástasis), So Will I (100 BillionX), Seasons and P E A C E.
Hastings has been actively writing songs for Hillsong since 2013. As of 2019, Hastings is touring with Hillsong United.
Get the Album: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6CK4CBL0n07VdVZmfh40nm?si=VCZF7SWZRDeQYwocKEOjxw
Official Website: https://www.benjaminwilliamhastings.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benjaminwilliamhastings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminwilliamhastings/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoZTkqP5bhKeihbPpalsIIQ
ABOUT HILLSONG UNITED
Hillsong United (stylised as Hillsong UNITED or UNITED) is a worship collective that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. Formed in 1998 as part of Hillsong's youth ministry, the band consists of several rotating worship leaders from the church, including Joel Houston, Taya Smith-Gaukrodger, Matt Crocker, Jonathon Douglass, Brooke Fraser, Jad Gillies and Benjamin Hastings. Due to several songs written by the youth ministry, Hillsong Worship leader Darlene Zschech recommended that they record an album, which resulted in their debut extended play, One, which was released alongside the Hillsong Worship album Touching Heaven Changing Earth. Since then, the group has released fourteen live albums, as well as five studio albums (Sixteen albums in total). The band composes songs and performs in church services as well as concerts in worldwide tours.
ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALL
Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place. Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time.
A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul’s recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.
Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.
READ THE NOVEL INSPIRED BY PAUL'S LIFE
http://www.thebrokenmiracle.com
LISTEN TO PAUL'S MUSIC
SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FQRbf8gbKw8KZQZAJWxH2
APPLE - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/paul-cardall/4312819
AMAZON - https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B08PKG4HYW?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_iWRVy4mJfiPeLICje7H1Njd6U
DEEZER - https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/107756
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/PaulCardallMusic/
INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/paulcardall/
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/user/cardall
TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@pianistpaulcardall
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