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Paga is the first new studio album from Kelly Willard in eleven years. The veteran praise & worship singer/songwriter was a featured soloist on over two dozen praise projects from Integrity, Vineyard Music and Maranatha! Music. She sang duets and background vocals with artists like Twila Paris, Fernando Ortega and the late Keith Green, in addition to cutting nine of her own solo projects. Yet, there was a time when Kelly walked away from a vibrant ministry because of her commitment to family. I couldn t travel, be there for my marriage and children and be everything the public wanted me to be, she explains. I was being pulled in too many different directions. Caring for her family included serving as caregiver for her mother, who suffered for ten years with Alzheimer s. As if that wasn t enough, it was during this time that Kelly was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Then, in 2004, her entire life seemed to unravel. In less than one year, her marriage failed, both her parents died, and her teenage daughter, Haylie Grace Willard, who also struggled with bipolar disorder, took her own life. Many people would have given up after a year like that, but Kelly never did. And through it all, she never stopped writing songs. Not songs of bitterness, but songs about leaning into the loving hand of God and trusting Him for every need. Kelly explains, Most of the songs on PAGA are either a desperate, heartfelt cry for closer communion with God, or a declaration of the truth about Him that I already believe deep within, similar to the many times when David, in the Psalms, cried out to the Lord for help with the challenges he was facing, only to end in a proclamation of Who he knew God to be. Named after the Hebrew word meaning sacrifice for the purpose of intercession, Paga features songs of submission and living by faith in the One who loves us more than we can fathom. Musically beautiful and spiritually powerful, Paga is an album that will inspire listeners toward a deeper relationship with our Creator and Lord.