![]() You know, I thought about seven years ago when I lost my father, you know, this is the most devastating thing. ![]() All I have to depend on and to lean on is my faith.ĬOBBS LEONARD: (Singing) That it's going to work out like I knew it would. And I just had this thought, man, but I got to keep believing. MARTIN: The song is called "You Gotta Believe." And the more we talked, the more Tasha revealed how much she, too, needed to hear this message.ĬOBBS LEONARD: My husband and I, we were in the middle of making several decisions about life moving forward. And that's a pretty good segue way to the song Tarsha wrote for us because to start a new venture in the middle of a pandemic, you really do got to believe.ĬOBBS LEONARD: (Singing) I just gotta believe there is goodness around the corner and something better is in store for me. MARTIN: The lead pastors of a blossoming virtual - for now - church. We're going to share some encouraging words with you, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And so we put out a flyer saying, hey, guys, meet us on Zoom this Thursday. And we felt the pull to just launch, like, a Bible study online. I mean, was that just a horrible coincidence that was the time frame you had - you were just going to stick to it or did you start it because of the pandemic?ĬOBBS LEONARD: We felt like this is a moment where people really need God. And last spring, as the pandemic was raging and everyone else was scaling back, they decided to take the plunge. She and her husband dreamed of starting their own church. MARTIN: And over time, Tasha came to embrace that vision for herself. But my father actually - he was really cultivating the communicator in me, the preacher, teacher. ![]() MARTIN: Last year, Billboard magazine named Tasha Cobbs Leonard gospel artist of the decade, but Tasha says her father, the late Bishop Fritz Cobbs, had a different vision for her.ĬOBBS LEONARD: (Laughter) He loved gospel music. And from that moment until this one, I have been leading worship.ĬOBBS LEONARD: (Singing) I hear the chains, I hear the chains falling. And I looked at my parents like, OK, there's something special here (laughter). And when I opened my eyes, people were crying, people were in worship. MARTIN: But one day, when someone from her youth choir didn't show up, Tasha had to cover.ĬOBBS LEONARD: And I had to end up singing the song "Now Behold The Lamb" by Kirk Franklin. ![]() MARTIN: She's been at it since she was really little.ĬOBBS LEONARD: Man, probably 6 years old, and I sang "I Believe The Children Are Our Future" at a kindergarten.ĬOBBS LEONARD: So maybe I was, like, 9 because I was singing at my cousin's kindergarten graduation.ĬOBBS LEONARD: And after that, I literally did not sing lead in front of a crowd until I was 15 years old. The soul-stirring setlist included her 2013 global sensation “Break Every Chain,” 2017 hit “You Know My Name,” and “The Church I Grew Up In,” an offering from the new LP out today.COBBS LEONARD: (Singing) There is power in the name of Jesus. They also dive into a conversation about how they expanded their family via adoption after struggles with infertility, and balancing their work and home life.Īdding to a very exciting release, earlier this week Tasha Cobbs Leonard made her debut at the legendary Grand Ole Opry for an emotionally reverent three-song performance. ![]() Cobbs Leonard was also joined by her husband, Kenneth, who sat down with Hall for a candid conversation about finding purpose and keeping faith. Through the highs and the lows, we have a consistent friend and father in God.”Īhead of HYMNS release, Tasha Cobbs Leonard appeared on the Tamron Hall Show to showcase and discuss her new LP, giving a breathtaking performance of “The Church I Grew Up In” that made Tamron erupt in tears and praise. “I want to remind people that even when we feel undeserving, He sees us and we’re the apple of His eye. “I want there to be an overwhelming sense of God’s love and kindness and grace towards us in these songs,” says Tasha Cobbs Leonard. ![]()
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