Todd Agnew in San Francisco, CA (California)

Todd W. Agnew Age 48

Cordova, TN | San Francisco, CA | Seneca, PA

Also known as: Toddagnew

Todd Agnew lives as a rocked-out reminder of God’s presence throughout all time, as lifted straight from the verses of Job 38. But it’s the album’s opener and closer that Agnew uses to remind us of the dual nature of living life as a manifestation of the Creator who set us on this spinning globe. “The record is really bookended. It begins with ‘Something Beautiful,’ a song where you’re told that you’re a reflection of something. God makes you a reflection of something beautiful. “And it ends with ‘My Jesus,’ where the last line is ‘I want to be like my Jesus,’” Agnew says. “The question always is, if you’re a reflection of something, what is it going to be at the conclusion of your life? It may be movies, it may be books, it may be the relationships you have, it may be your job, but you’re reflecting something out to the world. Why not let it be a reflection of Jesus?” Reflection has become a natural part of Todd Agnew’s life across his time in the public eye, having to recount repeatedly his life as an adoptee (a reality addressed on the track “New Name”) or his experiences as a youth and worship leader in his hometown of Dallas or his penchant for rarely wearing shoes while performing. That self-examination helped refine the songs on Reflection of Something and helps Agnew define his own role going forward. “What I’ve found is the only thing that can give life to giving interview after interview is the fact that when it all comes down to it, it’s a story about God’s faithfulness, and that is worth telling,” he says. “Now, answering the ‘Why don’t you wear your shoes?’ question 40,000 times, that’s not worth talking about. But the story about what God’s done in my life and my ministry, that’s definitely something worth talking about, especially being a worship leader and thinking about what God’s taught me through that. “Part of my calling is to see Him glorified in peoples’ lives, and part of the way that happens is by sharing what’s going on in my life and they get to celebrate that with me,” Agnew continues. With that in mind, Agnew feels simultaneously at ease and excited to set these songs out to the public, even with the expectations the success of Grace Like Rain set upon him. “You start asking these questions like ‘Can I do this again?’ or ‘Can I do what everybody is expecting of me?’” Agnew says. But recounting the story of God’s faithfulness again and again brings it back to ‘Was that what it was about the first time?’ ‘Were you trying to figure out what people wanted?’ “No, I was out there trying to see God glorified by ministry, I was trying to make music that honored Him, and God took it and made it do what it did for His glory,” he continues. “I hope that’s what happened this time, too. That doesn’t mean He’s going to make it a hit, but it means He’ll take care of the end result. I can trust Him with that, just like I trusted Him with the first set of songs.” Trust and maturity. Life lived and lives led. Seeing, hearing and doing. Todd Agnew’s music reflects all this and so much more. It’s a Reflection of Something.