Jon Foreman
Jon Foreman
Jonathan Mark Foremanis the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim Foreman on bass guitar...
simplicity great-things
It's a great thing to see the strength of simplicity.
thinking worth-it
Think deeply about life, it's worth it!
answers dangerous
The unasked questions are the most dangerous to answer.
jesus differences giving
Jesus Christ's mercy and power indwells us and gives us the strength to make a positive difference.
song space pockets
For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put in my pocket.
hands surfing hurricanes
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing.
lying wrestling dark
I'm continually wrestling with the idea that there are certain things in this world that simply don't fit. The idea that I have this longing for beauty and truth, and yet I'm also attracted to things that are very dark the lies that exist within me and outside of me.
We were meant to live for so much more,
song believe love-you
I think that to believe is to acknowledge that it's a choice in that present tense and that doubt is always an option. You’re not dealing with a fact like one plus one equals two—I’m gonna choose to believe that. It’s kind of one of those things where you are choosing to believe that someone loves you. That is always going to be your choice. So for me, I think that’s what makes the faith that I have volatile and explosive and dangerous and troubling. That’s what most of my songs are about.
our-world order true-life
Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life.
live-life way-to-live opinion
In my opinion, the best way of showing someone the best way to live life is by living it.
thinking way-to-live records
I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc. These are impossible demands, however, and they can never be satisfied. Letting finite others define our worth is a horrible way to live. Only the Infinite Other [God] has the authority to do this.
glasses rocks people
The easiest thing to do is throw a rock. It's a lot harder to create a stained glass window. I used to get upset at the people who threw rocks but now I'd rather spend my time building the stained glass windows.
faces kind bittersweet
The life, when we're aware of beauty, is kind of a bittersweet thing, it's a transient reminder of eternal beauty, which someday we will be face to face with.