“Throughout those years following our exit from the church, I really questioned faith and what relationship I would have to organized religion at all,” Jonas said, “which is something that I can say now knowing that my relationship with my God is totally intact and that my belief is totally intact.”
Today, Nick Jonas is among the most popular solo artists and the Jonas Brothers are among the most popular pop groups in the world.
In Lake and Jonas’ new single, the artists speak about being a “poor preacher’s prodigal son.” The lyrics are as follows:
Picked up the Book for the first time in ages
Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages
My life is a story I struggle to write
But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?
So who am I? Who am I?
Am I just a poor preacher’s prodigal son?
Troubled child, running wild
Chasing the glory instead of the One
Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?
So who am I?
Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?
Like every good story, you learn from the loss
And I lost the plot every time I played God
I live in a moment You already wrote
It’s proof that I’m someone, yeah, someone You love
I see trauma, I see worthless, You see something You can work with
I see weakness, I see failure, You see something good on paper
And I’ve seen ashes turn to beauty, I’ve felt heaven working through me
I’ve seen panic turn to power, felt Your peace in my darkest hour
What grace is this? Called me by name again and again and again and again
And what grace is this? Crossed out my shame, forgives me again and again and again and again and again
I’m ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
I’m ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
I’m ink in the pen in the hands of the Author
