Music has always been the primary way I've learned to express and receive emotion. Long before I had language for faith or theology, music was where I processed anger, fear, longing, and hope—and eventually, where my faith took shape as well. Sometimes beautifully, sometimes messily.

These songs span decades. Some were written 10 or 20 years ago, during hard seasons I didn't yet have the words to name. The themes that would eventually become The Wilderness Way have been woven through my spiritual journey from the beginning—I'm only now learning to see them clearly. Returning to these songs and reimagining them over the past year feels less like nostalgia and more like continuing a conversation with God that never really ended.

Calling this a collective is an act of hope. The hope is that this music will become part of a wider community of musicians, artists, worship leaders, and churches who believe worship can be honest, grounded, and shaped by lived experience. If you resonate with that vision—listening, writing, singing, or creating from the wilderness—you're welcome here.