PROOF

For those questioning me about the last post :)

Opening for The Almost and Ivoryline

I remember it was my senior year of high school. I was riding in a jeep along the beach on a rainy day between the cliffs of Ireland and listening to Underoath's "Some will seek forgiveness, other escape" (I was actually there and I hope it makes me sound pretentious). They were the soundtrack to my highschool days and "They're only chasing safety" remains to be one of my favorite albums of all time. I have been blessed with the opportunity to open up for Aaron Gillespie of UNDEROATH and THE ALMOST this Halloween night. I'll be sure to post more info when the date gets closer. Also supporting them is IVORYLINE. They have a great new record out yalls should check on Tooth and Nail records.

Much love!

Bagpipes in the worship set anyone?

I have been obsessed with bagpipes since I was a kid. I come from an Irish Catholic family from Boston and I have always loved the tradition. It became a whole new obsession when I saw Braveheart. I decided that there will be bagpipes at my wedding as well as my funeral. Then i went to a high school that had a bagpipe band, and as you can guess, my obsession grew even more. I listen to the theme song of Braveheart on a daily basis as I believe every man should. Ever since I became a worship leader it has always been in the back of my mind. As the church, we are called to be creative because we come from the first Creator. I am always excited to throw something into worship that makes it a bit different, something that is beautiful and creative to display and offer to our God. This past weekend at CCV I was able to call my buddy Tim who was actually on the Bagpipe team at the highschool I went to. He was excited and so was I. You can watch the worship set by clicking THIS link. Enjoy!!!

"Jeremiah Mullins Live" DVD. Washappenin?

It's comin my friends. In March I had a great time doing the live worship. We have run into a million problems in the post-production phase of the DVD, but I just got the green light with many things, so were hittin hard. Busy week for me in the studio workin on mixes with The guys at Focus group. I'll keep you updated. Just wanted you to know it's comin :)

The Valley

This past sunday I was happy as can be to play with THE VALLEY at CCV on Sunday night. I miss playing with these guys(plus girl) a ton. We released the Valley record last October and it's crazy to see where God has taken all of us. Blaine has been working with various artists and playing guitar, James is the worship pastor for a new church in the OC, Chris Fink has been called to lead worship at a church in Vegas plus has a baby on the way, Lance is teaching away, Ashley is now the head worship leader at CCV, Matt's photography business has been taking off and is joining James in the OC, and lastly, the Bierman has taken up tons of opportunities in traveling, film, and photography. I have been blessed to work with these guys for years now. These nights we all get to play together are special moments in time. Glad my lady was there to take a snap of all of us together because I don't know when the next time will be.

As far as The Valley goes, it will change, it will evolve, but it will not go away. With all of that said, more details to come.

WELCOME to the new website/blog

If the bright yellow sign hasn't spoken loud enough, I'm Jeremiah. Nice to meet you if we haven't yet. Feel free to take a look around the page. The title tells of the truth. I am working on a new record that will be out this winter titled "The Mouths of Lions"......and my name is Jeremiah. Named after my great plus great irish grandpops who shined shoes during the Gangs of New York era when he came over here in the 1840's. This is a place I will be posting news on the record, thoughts, attempts at funny pictures, and discussion questions. I am never happier than when I am in the process of recording an album. So I'm excited for this season of my life and to see what God is gonna do. Also, excited about all of you being a part of this and posting your thoughts, ideas, and responses. ALSO excited about the frosty I am going to eat before bed. mmmmmmmm

"Hairiest man alive" The Story Behind "Angels"

Angels Is by far my favorite song on the record. I wrote the melody for it while humming around the den area playing a game of pool with my cousins in Boston. This song was almost not put on the record as well. It is obviously the most “secular” work on the record because it has no direct reference to God and to be honest, that scared me. I worried in my prideful mind that this would be my most popular song on my record and that I would be known as a secular artist because I didn’t mention God and then I would win a Grammy and then every time I would look at the Grammy it would sing to me “Way to go, you forgot about God”. I was quickly humbled by people close to me by the words of “Your not good enough to get a Grammy” It brought me peace about the situation. My friends make fun of me constantly saying that they can picture hearing “Angels” as a redemption moment on a cheesy drama television show when a girl gets saved by a mad criminal with a creepy moustache. I guess I’ll have to agree.
The line that gets most critiqued is definitely “For at least today”. People will ask me questions like, “are you saying God won’t save you tomorrow?”, or “are you saying you have doubt in God?” It honestly makes me chuckle because that couldn’t be farther from the truth. However, I am happy about the responses. I am glad I didn’t write a song that is breezed over, but that God wrote a song through me that causes people to say “Wait, what is he saying?” causing them to dig deeper and find the more beautiful truth inside of the song.
The story is about a friend of mine, a friend I will call Brad. Brad is a tall fellow who walks on his tippy-toes while wearing a favorite college basketball shirt. Not to mention the hairiest man alive. The thing I love most about Brad is that he wrestles with the truth, making sure it is as sharp as his initial thought. He is the kind of guy that has faith in God, until a question arises about God that would shake his faith in God, and he would not believe in God again until that philosophical, intellectual question was answered. As you can imagine, he was a hard person to keep on one side of the fence. Brad and I would have many conversations over many years that usually resulted in searching for answers to his questions. My line to him was usually “I don’t know, but we can find out together.”
We started having conversations about the love of God. Is it real? Can it be comprehended? Brad was struggling with his faith one day because he had his latest question that he was yet to find an answer to. He gave me a ring on the phone and finally asked me, “How could an all loving God send someone to hell?” I looked up an answer quickly on Google while I had him paused with many “HHHMMMs”. I quickly found an answer for him and he ended up telling me that because his question was answered, he had faith again. I couldn’t help but think to myself, “you have faith again? For atleast today you have faith again, until the next question arises and doubt falls on your lap.”
Brad and I would continue to go on many hunts for the answers to his questions. Because of the truthfulness of God, every single question Brad could come up with, we could find an answer for. After a while, this situation started to get me down. I know Jesus wanted him to realize he has already found what he is looking for. I could Imagine God reaching out to Brad saying, “You will not find a question that hasn’t been asked, or answered. You will not find a truth in this world that does not ultimately lead to me. I AM God, and it has been revealed to you time and time again. I love you, Please stay this time”.
The answers to the questions we would search for I like to think of as angels. They were sent down to bring Brad out of his doubt, to provide him with truth, and to get him out of the lies of this world that cause him to lack faith, and to get him back into the secure arms of our Jesus.
Eventually, Brad stopped coming to me for answers, stopped returning my calls, and our relationship was gone. I had heard from a mutual friend of ours that he has completely lost his faith in Christ, and would consider himself today as an atheist.
I have a hope in Christ that Brad will return to faith one day. I have great faith in this because I know that he is still searching for the truth, and the path to the truth ultimately leads to the cross. There is a line at the end of the song that says “I am getting saved today.” I wrote that line, in hopes that Brad will say those words from his own mouth one day and commit his life to Christ again, not for just today, but for eternity.