- I-MercyMe liqela lamaKristu anamhlanje, kwaye le ngoma yabhalwa yimvumi yabo ekhokelayo uBart Millard. Kule ngoma, uMillard uba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wokuba kuya kuba njani ukudibana noYesu okokuqala.
Xa sasithetha noMillard ngo-2012, wasixelela ukuba le ngoma wayibhala malunga nemizuzu eyi-10, kwaye yayiyenye yeengoma ezintathu azibhalayo apho wayeziva ngathi ‘ungumbukeli obukele ingoma ebhalwayo’ (ezinye iingoma. zaziyi 'ILizwi LikaThixo Lithethe' kunye 'Neentlungu noMphilisi'). Ngokuphathelele intsingiselo yale ngoma, uMillard wathi: ‘Xa utata wabulawa ngumhlaza ngowe-1991, wandishiya eqinisekile ukuba usiya kwindawo ebhetele. Kangangeminyaka eliqela emva kokufa kwakhe, ndandidla ngokuzibona sele ndibhala ibinzana elithi ‘ndinokuthelekelela’ kuyo nantoni na endinokuyifumana. Elo binzana lilula laliza kundenza ndibe noxolo lwengqondo xa ndicinga ngoko utata wam wayejamelene nako ekugqibeleni. Kwiminyaka kamva, ngo-1999, uMercyMe wayebhala iingoma zeprojekthi ezimeleyo. Ndikhumbula ndibuyela ekhaya ndivela kumboniso kwaye ndiphapheme kakhulu kwibhasi yethu ngentsimbi yesi-2 ekuseni. Bendizama ukubhala amagama kwincwadi yam endala, kwathi ngequbuliso, ndakhubeka kwelo binzana. Malunga nemizuzu elishumi kamva, yabhalwa ingoma. Abanye abantu bathi iyamangalisa into yokuba yabhalwa ngemizuzu elishumi, ngoxa yayisentliziyweni yam phantse iminyaka elishumi.' - Sele uza kufika yayiyi-albhamu yokuqala yeqela, kwaye le yakhululwa njengeyokuqala. Yaba yintshatsheli enkulu kwiitshathi zobuKristu, isiya ku#1 kwaye ifumana i-airplay kuzo zombini izikhululo zikanomathotholo zamaKristu.
- U-Amy Grant wanikezwa le ngoma, kodwa xa inguqulo ye-MercyMe iphumelele, wayeka ukukhulula inguqulo yakhe, eyabhalwa kancinane kwaye yabizwa ngokuba 'Cinga.' UGrant udibanise inguqulelo yakhe ethi 'Culela Uthando Olumangalisayo LukaYesu' kwicwecwe lakhe lika-2002 Ilifa...Amaculo noKholo .
- Kudliwano-ndlebe lwethu noBart Millard, wathi le ngoma yatshintsha indlela yokubhala ingoma ye-MercyMe, njengoko yayinguye kuphela umbhali ohloniphekileyo kumzila kwaye akazange athande ingqwalasela eyamzisa. Wathi uMillard: 'Xa 'Ndinokucinga Kuphela' kwaqhuma, ndaye ndahlala ndedwa kuye wonke umntu owayefuna ukuthetha nam, kuba ndibhale 'Cinga' xa ndithelekisa nokundidibanisa neqela. Ndandikwibhendi ngesizathu: ukuba nobudlelwane, sihambe kule nto kunye. Ngoko kwaba nzima ngokwenene. Andazi nokuba kuye kwabanzima na, kodwa kuye kwanzima kum. Uyazi, heyi, kufuneka wenze olu dliwano-ndlebe, iqela liza kuya ngapha. Ndifana, Ndoda, thina siyenzile, sihlala kunye.
Ndiye ndaqinisekisa ukuba ayiphindi yenzeke ngokutshintsha indlela esibhala ngayo iingoma. Endaweni yokuba ndizise umbono etafileni kwaye bongeze umculo kuyo - phantse ngathi, Kulungile, ingoma ekhoyo, mandibe iichords ezihamba nayo, engabhali umculo kangako - siya kungena studio kunye nokudala umculo kuqala kunye, kwaye ke luhlobo lwento engaqhelekanga. Ndicinga ukuba ilungile; ngumceli mngeni omkhulu kum. Kodwa ungena estudio, uqala, Kulungile, ndoda, ndicinga ukuba ivesi kufuneka ibe yinto enje, kufuneka ihambe ixesha elide. Uhamba ngokuziva. Kulungile, sivakalelwa kukuba kufuneka siye kwikhorasi, kufuneka ibe yintoni ikhorasi? Siza kukhe siyive.' - Amanye amagcisa ukurekhoda oku kubandakanya uJeff Carson, uKathryn Scott, uWynonna Judd kunye no-Emerson Drive. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
UDonovan Berry - El Dorado, AR - Oku kwaphumelela iwonga leNgoma yoNyaka kwiiMbasa zamaHobe ngo-2002.
- Ibali emva kwengoma yatshintshwa ibe yifilimu ye-2018 ehamba noJ. Michael Finley kunye noDennis Quaid.
- I-MercyMe irekhode inguqulelo ekhethekileyo yengoma ye Ndinganomfanekiso imuvi. UBart Millard uthe malunga 'Ndinokucinga kuphela (Iseshini yeMovie)':
'Ingoma ithethe lukhulu kum kule minyaka idlulileyo kwaye iphume kwisizini enzima. Indenze ndaphelelwa lithemba kodwa bekusoloko kukho into ecaphukisayo malunga nengoma ngendlela ebirekhodwa ngayo ngaphambili.
Ukuyenza ngeli xesha ukujikeleza, ngenene ndaziva ngathi kuya kuba yinto eyoyikisayo ukuyimilisela ngethoni yokubhiyozela ngakumbi, apho isidlulisa uvuyo kwinto yokuba akufuneki sicinge ixesha elide. Inalo mboniso we-cinematic kunye ne-whimsical evakalelwa ngayo kwaye ihambelana ngokwenene nendlela endiyibona ngayo ingoma namhlanje ngokwahlukileyo xa ndandiqala ukuyibhala.'
