Kim Walker-Smith – In The Moment

I realized that I’d probably have to let him have a little touch to understand what “hot” is. I didn’t want to. Of course, I didn’t want him to hurt himself, but how else will he learn? After I told him “no” so many times, he kept reaching and eventually touched it and learned really quickly what “hot” means. He burst into these big tears. Fortunately there’s no real injury there but he learned something. In that little moment, I realized, “Wow, what must the Lord feel when we’re not making the choices or decisions that are not best for us?”

In my songwriting, all of this is coming out now. Of course, this affects the way I write songs, because my own language and understanding and relationship with God are different. I feel like I understand God as a Father way more than I ever did before. That gives me a really new perspective writing songs that I want to communicate.

CCM: You talked about a change in lyrical approach and perspective as a mother, but on the new album, were you looking to go new musical places as well?
KWS: This new record was recorded in the studio, and the only other albums I’ve done in the studio were a Christmas album and then the album I did with my husband. That one was completely different since it was acoustic and just my husband and I. All of my solo records and all of the Jesus Culture records have all been done live. I wanted to go into the studio on this one because I wanted to convey the emotions and vulnerability of these songs and this album. I felt like there were going to be several things, little nuances, in the way I would sing that would not be captured in the live setting.

photo: Katherine Kaufman

Honestly it was a little intimidating for me because I’d never recorded in the studio in this way. I felt a little bit nervous about it and I had to talk myself into it. I had to say, “Okay, Kim. You’re 35-years-old. You’ve been doing this a long time. You can do this. You can step away from the way you’ve always done it and tried something new.” I had to be my own cheerleader in all of this. [Laughs]

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