Like many songs in the gospel canon, the magic happens on the tail end when, well, the choir and vocalists “take us to church.” This song is a prime example.

This isn’t your average country gospel song. Cassy Coots is the wife of Cody Coots, former pastor of Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name in Middlesboro, Kentucky.

Cox played a recording a church member had made of an upbeat rendition of “I Will Always Love You,” Parton’s 1974 song made most famous by Whitney Houston in the 1990s, and used it as a ...

We’ll see how that goes! What I know for sure is that the music is powerful, it touches the soul, it’s sung from the heart, and like many of you, I miss hearing this kind of music in church today.