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...
song fire sparks
Most of the time a spark of beauty or truth will start a fire of a song but fires rarely produce goodness on their own ... you need to control them and put them to work.
idols phones definitions
What you do with your life is ascribing more to what you invest your time in. If you spend a lot of time on your phone, you're ascribing more worship to that. Anything can become, by that definition, some form of idol or deity or ultimate worth in your life.
generations bigger
I wanna be a part of the generation that throws out money, throws out time, throws out all that we are against something bigger than ourselves.
parent good-things call-me
It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.
running powerful thinking
I think that we’re a culture that runs away from death, for good reason. Nobody really wants to think about the fact that we’re going to be lifeless food for worms in a coffin someday. But at the same time, I feel like knowing that you’re going to die can be an incredibly rewarding, powerful knowledge. It inspires us to live in ways that we wouldn’t if we were ignorant. I feel like that has inspired me to care about every breath. For me it’s not a morbid curiosity, it’s just wanting to make sure that every moment I have here on the Earth while I am breathing is accounted for.
mean pride people
I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.
world pockets belief
Hope is not something you can just place in your back pocket or put your fingers around – it’s the belief in a world that has yet to exist.
powerful believe different
If we truly believe in an all-powerful God, then there's going to be beauty and truth to be found in all sorts of different places.
fighting water looks
I look for places where there's no one out on the water. I'd rather surf a wave to myself than fight a crowd.
pain substitutes spite
Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is in spite of pain.
dying looks body
My dying planet needs to see what the body of Christ looks like.
decision debt obedience
I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that.
song writing guitar
Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your hands. Because there's nothing between you and the melody; it's just a great lyric.
silent reason
There’s a time to be silent - to build up a reason to sing again.