Travis Cottrell
The Match
On a Monday morning in 1998, after the second-ever Beth Moore Living Proof Live event, the women's events department at LifeWay Christian Resources received a fax from Beth Moore.
In big handwritten letters, Moore had written: "It's a match!"
The "match" was Travis Cottrell, who had taken the stage as worship leader for Moore's event. Today, after well over 100 Living Proof Live events, Cottrell's worship is synonymous with the conferences.
Travis remembers having doubts about leading worship for the popular Bible teacher and author. "Why don't you get a woman?" he asked Faith Whatley, who was then coordinator of women's events at LifeWay, sponsors of Living Proof Live. "But they had an idea that the balance of personalities would work. They nailed it."
Called to Worship
Travis, a native of Boone, North Carolina, attended Appalachian State University for two years before transferring to Belmont University in Nashville to study music and embark on the road to fame and fortune. As he tells it, God had another plan.
Following graduation, he worked at a music production company and began to write songs. His first, "It's Only Thunder," was featured on Larnelle Harris' I Choose Joy album. He then published "Waiters," a youth musical about waiting on the Lord, which became the year's best-selling youth musical.
Leading worship for youth at Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, Travis began to understand God's story for his ministry. "Watching them fall in love with Jesus helped me realize that I was called to lead people to that place of intimacy with Christ," he said. A short time later, he found himself leading stadiums full of women in worship for Moore's Living Proof conferences.
"Beth's heart … her true love for Jesus is so contagious," Travis said. "She loves those women; it's what her events are all about — loving the women and pointing them towards the Cross."
Podcast: Travis Cottrell and Beth Moore
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The Music
Travis has produced several worship album projects. You can read about some of his worship collections below. Visit Travis' website www.traviscottrell.com for more great music, pictures of the family, tour information, and the latest news on his blog.
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Travis, his wife Angela, and their three children — Jack, Lily Kate, and Levi — live in Franklin, Tennessee. "They are my place of rest," he said. On weekends that he is not traveling, Travis can be found "singing in a deep sea of tenors in the choir at Thompson Station Church in Thompson's Station, Tennessee, and loving every minute of it."
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meray10452: LifeWay has not produced an accompaniment track for this song. You might try visiting Travis' website at www.traviscottrell.com. His online store lists several full accompaniment albums. The song you're looking for might be included in one of them. (~Ed.)