With featured artist, Tracy Layne, "You Lift Me Up" is a reflection on human suffering and God's sustaining love. Cowritten with Craig Colson, Francesca LaRosa, Jesse Manibusan and David Rohrer. The third of Greg 2025 releases published by OCP Music on OCPworshipDML.com.
"Lead With Your Love" is a sending song rooted in John 13:35, "This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another" (NABRE). The second of his three releases published in 2025 by OCP Music on OCPworshipDML.com.
Greg's recording of "The Table Is Long" co-written with Christ Muglia. The first release of his three pieces published in 2025 by OCP Music. Sheet music available on OCP's Digital Music Library, OCPworshipDML.com.
This special-edition single of "With Our Eyes on the Cross" co-written with Sarah Hart features the Avila Soul String Quintet from Greg's music video rendition.
A performance of my Advent tune "Come To Us" from my album Eyes On The Cross. This simple and tuneful Advent song of praise is great for all ages. Based on the O Antiphons, "Come To Us" is a versatile addition to different types of liturgies throughout the entire season of Advent. It can also be used during the Christmas season, with an alternate Christmas refrain. This performance is with the Avila Soul String Quintet at my home parish of St. Philip Catholic Church in Franklin, Tennessee, where the song has been a standard since I wrote it.
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Whether enjoying in the car or incorporating into your celebration of the liturgy, Greg Walton’s Eyes on the Cross will delight listeners of all ages. And he wastes no time in getting to the core thematic elements of his Read more
Whether enjoying in the car or incorporating into your celebration of the liturgy, Greg Walton’s Eyes on the Cross will delight listeners of all ages. And he wastes no time in getting to the core thematic elements of his latest collection. Opening with a soft piano ballad, he explores love, forgiveness and inclusion, while focusing our attention toward what is perhaps the greatest symbol of God’s love: the cross. Greg calls us to not only find comfort in Christ’s great sacrifice, but guidance as well. He writes, “While it’s a sign of our redemption through Christ’s sacrifice, the Cross is also a great example of where love leads.” Through all the noise that seems to fill our lives, in the cross we remember our purpose and mission.
Greg also addresses inequality in this collection, calling attention to the need for charity and service. This can be found in “Givin’ It All Away,” as well as his “Tune of Ignorance.” In this song, Greg’s lyrics mimic a daily routine in our modern world: quick and rhythmic, from one subject to the next. He notes that many of us move through our lives choosing to face away from the pain and suffering that surround us. And it is our ignorance that, in many ways, turns us away from God.
Yet, there is hope. When we make mistakes, when we feel as though we have failed ourselves, he urges us to turn to the cross. In “Come to Us” Greg sings, “Unworthy to taste from your heavenly vine / But your word will heal us; come light divine!” We need Christ’s help to help those around us. In this way, through our actions, we can glorify him.
May 1, 2025
“Mom Hug,” which depicts the Virgin Mary embracing a rainbow-colored sheep, a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community, was commissioned by AlwaysGodsChildren.org from the artist David Hayward (aka Naked Pastor). Three out of my five…
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Aug 27, 2024
Join me with Always God's Children - Nashville on an 11 day pilgrimage through the shrines of Italy—Milan, Padova, Venice, Florence, Assisi, and Rome, October 7-17, 2025. My wife, Mary, and I have five children. Three are LGBTQ+. Being…
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Apr 23, 2024
Here is the audio of my workshop, "Issues Facing LGBTQ+ Families," from the 2024 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. I share my experience accompanying 3 LGBTQIA+ children along with some bonus kiddos, statistics impacting the LGBTQIA+ community, and the stories…
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Apr 10, 2022
Here is the YouTube playlist for my 3 part series, "Making LGBTQ Parish Ministries Work" from my 2022 workshop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles at its annual LA Religious Education Congress, the largest pastoral ministry conference of…
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Feb 14, 2022
Announcing the release of a free resource by, JesusGlue Ministries, Inc., called "Always God's Children," a meeting template for establishing a safe environment where LGBTQ+ Catholics, their families, friends, and allies can find kinship. Having a…
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Sep 25, 2020
I am super excited to have released Eyes on the Cross, my first ever collection published through OCP.
I’m constantly learning from the Cross. While it’s a sign of our redemption through Christ’s sacrifice, the Cross is also a…
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Feb 27, 2020
I was honored to speak at the 2020 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress on "Accompanying LGBTQ Youth and their Families." God has gifted my wife, Mary, and I with proximity to the LGBTQ community through our children and others that…
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Mar 11, 2019
Many people who meet me ask me about the wooden symbol I wear around my neck. It’s called a Heart Tau. It is a Franciscan Tau cross rooted in a heart, the symbol and habit of the Brothers and Sisters…
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Nov 21, 2016
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink."
—Matthew 25:35
In partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), seven Spirit & Song/OCP composers went on a goodwill tour of Ghana, praying and…
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Feb 10, 2016
I'm happy and excited to announce my partnership with MissionEighty5™ Music. The debut album, "Scandal of Mercy" (©2016 MissionEighty5 Music), features the original songs of myself, Ike Ndolo, Steven Joubert, Paul J. Kim, American Idol contestant, Thomas Muglia, and…
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Dec 17, 2015
Now available on my online store, King of My Heart: 9 studio recordings of my original worship songs and a bonus track, "Looking for You," a song about solidarity and community.
I graduated from college to immediately direct music…
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