I was catching up on Carrie’s blog today, and I was embarrassingly behind due to holidays and camping and work and blablabla. Anyway, I read the entry where she mentioned that Sam loves the song “I Can Only Imagine” by Mercy Me. She also linked to the YouTube video.

I really love that song. That may surprise people, but it’s my favorite Christian song. It probably surprises people that I even HAVE a favorite Christian song. 🙂 (Actually I have two. “Mary Did You Know” is the other.)

Anyway, as much as I like the original, I still remember the first time I ever heard it, four years ago on Canadian Idol when Kalan Porter (who eventually won and has been the most successful CI winner to date, and is still my favorite competitor overall) sang it as his own song choice the week there were no themes to stick to. He got a bit of flak from one of the judges for singing a Christian song, and none of them seemed to love it other than his upper register, but it gave me goosebumps when I listened to it – partly because I just loved his voice and partly because it’s a great song.

So for Carrie, here’s the live Kalan version. The only misfortune is having to listen to the fangirls screaming here and there but they aren’t too bad. I really wish he’d release a cover version as a single.

Enjoy!