Jan 19, 2023
Time and again, songwriter
Fernando Ortega has seen that art has the power to carry our
strongest emotions—love, joy, grief—and connect us to others who
may be feeling the same. Fernando shares how he discovered a love
for writing contemporary hymns, how his craft helped him heal after
suffering huge losses, and the joy of watching his words give
meaning to the moments of others.
Quotes
“The process of writing, the challenge is always to take something that's your experience and then letting somebody take their own meaning from it, making it universal.” - Fernando Ortega
“The idea that there's a song that has been sung through all
eternity is something that has become more and more real to me.” -
Fernando Ortega
“The Jesus Storybook Bible came into my life, and I read that thing to Ruby every night when she was a little girl for years. The theology in it is so beautiful. As an adult, it just broke into some of the coldest parts of my heart. I would read it from cover to cover, and then we would just start again, and we did that for years.” - Fernando Ortega
Guest’s Links
Fernando Ortega’s website
Resources Mentioned in This
Episode
“Give Me Jesus” by Fernando
Ortega
“Mi Abuelito” by Fernando Ortega
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*Episode produced by Four Eyes Media*