Music Review | “Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly” By Pat Barrett

From Chris Tomlin’s Bower & Bow partnership with Capitol CMG comes the next project by worship leader and songwriter Pat Barrett, his second full-length album titled Act Justly, Love, Mercy, Walk Humbly. The “Build My Life” and “Good Good Father” writer brings a 17-track album of easy-on-the-ears reflections about life in our world and the God who created it. Infusing Jackson Browne like vocals with lyrics intended to encourage and uplift, this Scripture-inspired album features worship veteran Chris Tomlin partnering with Barrett on the worship chart “As For Me” and new comer
Harolddd on the blues/jazz sounds of “Lightning.”

With each successive track, you discover new songs for your particular worship environment. There are songs included that could be quickly incorporated into your gatherings at the coffee house (“So Real,” “Lightning,” “Slow and Steady”), pub (“Heavenly”) or the traditional church setting (“Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly,” “As for Me,” “By the Spirit,” “No Weapon,” “This is the Day,” “Praise Upon Praise”).

More: There is an incredible variety of styles for your listening pleasure and God’s honor. With 17 tracks, there is something for most modern worshipers to embrace as they enter God’s presence.
Less: With all of this music, the instrumentation, even with the diverse tracks, seems to make the album less nuanced.

Learn more about Pat Barrett here.

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Randy Cross

With a passion for people and all things musical, Randy joined Trinity’s staff in September 2002. He and his wife Tammy have been married since 1986. Their family includes 3 daughters, 1 son, 3 grandsons, and 1 granddaughter. “Worship as a lifestyle” is the driving philosophy to Randy’s ministry at Trinity. He serves as support personnel in the multigenerational ministries of Trinity in an effort to show others that “worship” involves more than just the musical aspects that are so many oftentimes associated with the word. He is a member of the Arkansas Master’Singers, where he sings tenor and plays french horn. Randy also plays french horn and trumpet in the ASU-Beebe, Symphonic band. He can be seen on his Youtube channel Cross & Kin and is the author of the weekly blog Tuesday’s Musical Notes.