Although I’ve been writing songs since the age of 9, I didn’t write my first spoken word piece until I was in my late 20s. I had no clue what I was doing, but knew there were words swirling around my head that couldn’t be set to music, but needed to land on the page.

From a young age, I felt deeply that I was somehow not enough and too much, all at the same time. My own name always felt wrong—Jamie means to supplant or replace. This seemed contrary to the felt obligation to live for others, the need to stay out of the spotlight.

But y’all listen up. We’ve got a lot of replacing and supplanting in this world that needs to happen. The lies others have spoken over us, the misconceptions that have ruled our minds, the identity sought in the approval of others. My journey of writing is about uprooting lies and opening space for God's truth to take root. Someone once said that our voices are our greatest weapons. By God's grace, my voice will not be used as a weapon...my voice will be used to speak hope. 

MY JOURNEY OF WRITING

WHY I WRITE

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