Natalie Layne Never Had the Dramatic Testimony and That Is the Point

Natalie Layne grew up with worship leader parents, was playing keys in church by age 12, and gave her life to Jesus at 13. She never had the dramatic testimony — no alley moment, no rock bottom, no radical rescue story. For a long time she thought that made her story less powerful. Her new EP Still Running to You, releasing September 9, is her answer to that lie.

Steadfast faith, the gift of being kept, and a hymn that still says everything: Natalie shares why she believes the church kid testimony is just as miraculous as anyone else's, because what God kept you from is just as worth celebrating as what He brought you through. She also talks about writing Big World with horns, saxophones, and a whole room full of musicians recording together at the same time to capture the feeling that nobody is doing this alone, why she still takes scripture and sets it to music the way she did as a kid, and how landing at Belmont University in Nashville — not because she knew she needed to be there, but because she just liked the school — opened every door she has walked through since.

Highlights

• Why she spent years thinking her church kid testimony was less powerful than someone else's dramatic rescue story
• The realization that what God kept you from is just as miraculous as what He brought you through
• How growing up running around her parents' worship rehearsals shaped everything about who she became as an artist
• Big World, recorded with a full room of musicians all tracking together, and why she wants it to open every live show
• Why she still sets scripture to music the same way she did as a child and why it remains her favorite way to write
• The decision to put Blessed Assurance on the EP and why those hymn lyrics — this is my story, this is my song — capture her entire testimony
• How nine years at Belmont in Nashville introduced her to collaborators and opened doors she never could have planned for
• Meeting Nichole Nordeman at an awards show and what it meant to tell her how much those songs shaped her

Resources / Links / CTA

• 🌐 Natalie Layne website: https://www.natalielayne.com
• 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natalielaynemusic
• 🎵 EP: Still Running to You
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