The words of this spontaneous song are an outflow from a silent retreat I recently completed. The retreat’s purpose was to rest and simply be, listening and letting the Lord finish His sentences. To come and linger is a theme for me this year. As a mom of sweet littles, it can be challenging for me to make space to sit and be still. But my family needs me calibrated to Love every day. It’s in these moments when I wait with God that I find what is most important for the day. I receive daily...

Improvised Lyrics: “Bare feet runnin' down a dusty road. Little boy, where you gonna go? Bare feet runnin' down a dusty road. Oh little boy, the places that you'll go. I call you a somebody. Oh don't ever think that you're nobody. My son, you are somebody. You are my son. Oh yeah, my beloved one. Oh oh. You've worked hard all your life. You're so faithful to your wife. And I love the way you love me. It puts me on my knees. Oh yeah, it puts me on my knees. Oh oh. Every song you’ve sang to me,...

One of the great honors of Voice of the Bride is when our singing to God transitions to God singing through us. These unique, personal songs have brought great encouragement, revelation, and a realization that our Father loves us even more than we can imagine. We get a glimpse of the tremendous heart of Love for the person or group we are singing over.These moments remind us of how the Psalms were written as musicians and singers played skillfully in the presence of God. David’s psalms were...

Seed Songs Studio Album Preview - Track 4: “Pour My Love On You” // Lyrics: “My heart says yes to You, to You, God. My heart says yes to you. I just want to pour my love on You. Just want to pour my move on You. You did not spare expense in Your extravagance. All creation sings to You. To the Poet of Process, I give you full access. Here’s all of me, here’s all of me. And where I open up, You heal with Your love. Here’s all of me, here’s all of me. And the one thing I can bring is my heart to...

Seed Songs Studio Album Preview - Track 3: “Lord of Hope” // Lyrics: “Jesus, Jesus, Lord of Hope, ooh. Oh, the future that You wrote, ooh. My past can’t say who I will be. The cross has healed my history. My past can’t say who I will be. The cross has sealed my victory. Out of the ashes, I’m a testimony. Your heart is healing and Your yes has set me free.” Songwriters: Kalyn Burke and Garett Reding 2016. Producer: Garett Reding, 2023. Seed Songs album performed by Kalyn Burke, 2023.

Seed Songs Studio Album Preview - Track 2: “Cherished and Loved” // I originally wrote this song for my daughter when she was a baby. It wasn’t long until I realized that God sings this song over all of his kids. So, this song is for you. You are invited to receive this song as Father God (you might call Him Abba, Pappa, Daddy, Papi, or another loving name) singing over you. I want the whole world to know they are truly cherished and loved. // Lyrics: “Cherished and loved, cherished and...

Seed Songs - Studio Album Preview - Track 1: “Burning with the Wise” // Lyrics: “You will find me with my eyes looking to the skies. You will find me with my lamp burning with the wise. Precious oil, Your anointing. Holy Spirit, come. Continually fill me. Wake up, my soul! Can you hear the midnight shout? ‘Cause revival is a wedding. And the Bride is ready now. I’m coming in to meet You. And Your arms are open wide. I’m coming in to meet You. To see the love burning in Your eyes. I’m coming...

I’ve carried these songs with me—some for many years. Each telling the story of a journey, a reality, a revelation, a relationship. Seed Songs is a sowing. Simple, yet complex, a single seed holds the mysteries not only of its own fulfillment but of everlasting generations. I pray these songs will grow into anthems of identity and anchors of love. May you sit in the shade of the trees that take root. And share the sweetness of fruit revealed. May these seed songs ride living breath to find...

Instrumental

Improvised Lyrics: “Ooh, ooh, oooh gratitude, oh, I pour out to you, my gratitude. Gratitude, oh oh gratitude, I pour out to you, oh yeah. Let my thanks be a song, yeah, let my thanks be a song, let my thanks be a song of gratitude, yeah. Gratitude, I pour out gratitude. I have so much thanks for you. I’ve gotta pour out my gratitude. Yes, I thank you for being my rescue. Oh you ride across the heavens to come and rescue me. Oh, yeah, oh, oh, ooh. Well You have many names and you...

Improvised Lyrics: “You don’t stand alone in my refuge; I’m standing here with you. You don’t stand alone in my refuge; I’m standing here with you. (Mmmm…)”

Improvised Lyrics: “(Oh yeah…oooh) I stand still next to you, next to you, yeah. I stand still next to you, next to you. I stand still next to you, next to you, yeah. I stand still next to you, next to you. You comfort me, you comfort me, yeah. I stand still next to you, that’s where I’m moved. That’s where I’m moved. When I stand still next to you, it’s where I’m moved. Yeah, it’s where I’m moved. When I stand still next to you, it’s where I’m moved. It’s where I’m moved. When I...

This song began as a written idea and we let the rest come spontaneously. // Written and Improvised Lyrics: “You’ve always been my rescue. I’m finding new ways to love on you. So come and stay, come and stay a little while. You’ve always been my rescue. I’m finding new ways to love on you. So come and stay, ooh, just a little while. Just a little while, yeah. You’ve always been my rescue. I’m finding new ways to love on you. Come and stay just a little while. You’ve always been my...

Improvised Lyrics: “There’s nothing you can’t do, no. Yeah. There’s nothing you can’t do. When the winter melts away, melts away, ooh oh. Yeah, there’s nothing you can’t do. Aslan is on the move. Yeah, on the move, yeah. Yeah, on the move. ‘There’s nothing you can’t do, no.’ You’ll hear him say. ‘With me, there’s nothing you can’t do, no, every day, yeah. I have equipped you. I have equipped you. And I will gift you with everything you need. Yeah, I’m on the move.’ Aslan’s on...

Improvised Lyrics: “Fill the night with your sweetness. And I’ll fill it up with mine. Fill the evening with your gentleness. And I’ll fill it up with mine. Ooh ooh ooh, let’s make this night divine. Ooh ooh ooh, yeah let’s make this night divine. (Oooh…) Any night can be divine. Fill this night with your sweetness. And I’ll fill it up with mine. Fill my heart with your gentleness. And I’ll fill you up with mine. Ooh ooh ooh, let’s make this night divine. Ooh ooh ooh, yeah every...

Improvised Lyrics: “We come together laughing. No one makes me laugh like you. It doesn’t matter what happens, I know I’m safe here with you. We come together laughing. No one makes me laugh like you. It don’t matter what will happen. ‘Cause I know that I’m safe here with you. Yes, I know that I’m safe here with you. I know I’m safe here with you. I’m so safe here with you. Yeah, I know that I’m safe here with you. I’m so safe here with you. Yeah, I know that I’m safe here with...

An instrumental walk through an awakening winter.

A song of a father. // Improvised lyrics: Well I went up to Boston with you on my mind. Looking in the shop doors to see what I could find. I gotta find something that will speak to your heart. Cause I know you’re coming soon and I’ll be ready from the start. And I say, Oooh, my girl, yeah. Yeah oooh yeah you’re my girl. He says, Oooh you’re my girl, yeah, ohh. Now I’m a great Papa, I’m a father of you. I know what you’re like and I love everything that you do, yeah. Just like a little kid,...

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