New focus on latest Leeland album 'Love Is On The Move'
THERE IS a new emphasis on social justice on the latest album by
America's progressive rock band Leeland. Speaking prior to the release of
'Love Is On The Move', the band's 21 year old leader Leeland Mooring spoke
about how attending Hillsong Church's 2008 conference inspired the
band's vision. "One of the speakers at the conference spoke about
worship and justice. After his message, he played a clip of Bono
giving an acceptance speech for an award he received for the work he's
been doing with Africa. And Bono actually started preaching and
saying, 'God is with the poor and with the needy, and if we want to be
with God, we need to follow him to the poor - where the poor play
house inside of cardboard boxes.' He just went off. It was very
anointed and it ministered to me a lot."