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			{{Infobox musical artist
			\| name = Carolyn Arends
			\| image =
			\| birth_name = Carolyn Bernice Jonat
			\| alias =
			\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1968\|2\|26}}
			\| birth_place = ], British Columbia, Canada
			\| origin =
			\| death_date = <!-- {{death date and age\|YYYY\|MM\|DD\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}} (death date 1st) -->
			\| death_place =
			\| instrument = vocals, guitar
			\| genre = ]
			\| occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer, author
			\| years_active = 1995–present
			\| label = ], 2B, Signpost
			\| website = {{URL\|carolynarends.com/}}
			}}
			'''Carolyn Arends''' is a Canadian ]ian, songwriter, and author. She is based in ], Canada.

			==Musical career==
	'''Carolyn Arends''' is a ], songwriter, and author based in ], ]. She is a singer and guitarist who began touring and releasing albums in ]. Her debut release (I Can Hear You) was released through Reunion Records. More recently her albums have been distributed by Signpost Music (Steve Bell). She is the winner of two ] and five GMA Canada '''.'''
			Arends began her career as a songwriter at ]. In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release that year (''I Can Hear You'') was released through ]. ''I Can Hear You'' reached No. 37 on ]'s Contemporary Christian Chart in 1996. ''Feel Free'' peaked at No. 10 on the chart in 1997.<ref>{{cite web\|url={{Allmusic\|class=artist\|id=p165567/charts-awards\|pure_url=yes}}\|work=Allmusic\|title=Carolyn Arends – Charts & Awards}}</ref> More recently her albums have been distributed by Signpost Music. She is the winner of two Gospel Music Association ] and six GMA Canada ]. Carolyn co-hosted the 29th Annual Covenant Awards in 2007 (with Leland Klassen) and the 31st Annual Covenant Awards in 2009 (with Arlen Salte).<ref>. Retrieved 2008-10-11. {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504035614/http://www.gmacanada.ca/go/site/awards/C93/ \|date=May 4, 2008 }}</ref>

	== ~~Awards and recognition~~ ==		== Discography ==
	=== ]s ===
	* 1998: nominee, Best Gospel Album, ''Feel Free''
	* 2002: nominee, Best Gospel Album, ''Travelers''

			=== Albums ===
	=== ] ===
			{{Discography list
	Arends received two ] to date. She was the first Canadian to win this honour from the ]-based ].
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = I Can Hear You
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite journal \| url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/I_Can_Hear_You/3750/ \| journal=] \|issue=30 \| accessdate=October 12, 2008 \| date=December 1, 1995 \| first=Mike \| last=Rimmer \| title=(Review) ''I Can Hear You''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|1995\|08\|15}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = Reunion Records
			\| Producer = ]
			\| Chart position= No. 37 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
			\| Tracks = "This Is The Stuff", "I Can Hear You", "Seize The Day", "Altar of Ego", "Love Is Always There", "Reaching", "The Power of Love", "You Take My Soul By Storm", "What I Wouldn't Give", "Home Fires Burning", "All Is Well"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Feel Free
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite journal \| url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/Feel_Free/3761/ \| journal=] \|issue=39 \| accessdate=October 12, 2008 \| date=June 1, 1997 \| first=Mike \| last=Rimmer \| title=(Review) ''Feel Free''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|1997\|03\|11}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = Reunion Records
			\| Producer = Brown Bannister
			\| Chart position= No. 10 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
			\| Tracks = "Do What You Do", "New Year's Day", "Feel Free", "There You Are", "This I Know", "Big Deal", "Last Thursday (Call Me Crazy)", "Do We Dare", "Good Thing Going", "Father, Thy Will Be Done"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = This Much I Understand
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite journal \| url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/This_Much_I_Understand/210/ \| journal=] \|issue=55 \| accessdate=October 12, 2008 \| date=February 1, 2000 \| first=Mike \| last=Rimmer \| title=(Review) ''This Much I Understand''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|1999\|03\|22}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = Reunion Records
			\| Producer = ] and Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "Happy", "Life Is Long", "Go With God", "Life And Death", "The Day Will Never Come", "Surprised By Joy", "One-Syllable Words", "Even The Wallflowers", "In Between", "Love You Out Loud", "In Good Hands", "We've Been Waiting For You"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio <!-- the album has 5 live tracks and 11 studio recordings-->
			\| Name = Seize the Day and Other Stories
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite journal \| url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/Seize_The_Day_And_Other_Stories/2359/ \| journal=] \| accessdate=October 12, 2008 \| date=October 1, 2000 \|issue=59 \| first=Alan \| last=Chesters \| title=(Review) ''Seize The Day And Other Stories''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2000\|04\|18}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = Reunion Records
			\| Producer = Brown Bannister, Dan Marnien, Carolyn Arends, Brad Crisler, Russ Long
			\| Tracks = "They'll Know We Are Christians", "What Love Looks Like", "Seize the Day", "New Year's Day", "The Power of Love", "Reaching", "Do What You Do", "This Is The Stuff", "Happy", "Father Thy Will Be Done", "We've Been Waiting For You", "Seize the Day" (live) (duet with ]), "This I Know" (live), "There You Are" (live), "I Can Hear You" (live), "Go With God" (live)
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Travelers
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2001/travelers.html \| publisher=Christianity Today \| accessdate=October 11, 2008 \| date= \| first=Mark \| last=Moring \| title=(Review) ''Travelers''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2001\|10\|15}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = Signpost Music
			\| Producer = Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "Eternity in Our Hearts", "Travelers (The Airport Song)", "Dance Like No One's Watching", "What We Hope For", "It's Out of My Hands", "Only Love", "River of Love", "Loving You", "I Believe", "It Has To Be You", "(I Wanna) Go Somewhere With You", "Do Not Be Afraid"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = We've Been Waiting For You
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2002/wevebeenwaitingforyou.html \| publisher=Christianity Today \| accessdate=October 11, 2008 \| date= \| first=Mark \| last=Moring \| title=(Review) ''We've Been Waiting for You''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2002\|04\|04}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
			\| Producer = Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "Moving", "Come Anyway", "The Thought of You", "Don't Forget Where You Came From", "Your Father in Heaven", "We've Been Waiting For You", "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman", "Even The Wallflowers", "Be God's", "Forever Young"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Under the Gaze
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2004/underthegaze.html \| publisher=Christianity Today \| accessdate=October 11, 2008 \| date= \| first=Russ \| last=Breimeier \| title=(Review) ''Under the Gaze''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2004\|10\|04}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
			\| Producer = Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "This Is The Moment", "Great Cloud of Witnesses", "Not A Tame Lion", "Any Given Sunday", "Getting Ready For Glory", "Under The Gaze", "Your Laugh", "Half A Million Reasons", "Fragile", "Who You Are", "Only Time Will Tell", "May You Live"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Christmas: An Irrational Season
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Carolyn_Arends/Christmas_An_Irrational_Season/18932/ \| publisher=Cross Rhythms \| accessdate=October 12, 2008 \| date=September 6, 2006 \| first=Rick \| last=Gregory \| title=(Review) ''Christmas: An Irrational Season''}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2004\|11\|02}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
			\| Producer = Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "The Irrational Season (Prelude)", "Come And See", "Do Not Be Afraid", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Christmas Must Be Tonight", "Is Bethlehem Too Far Away", "Now in Flesh Appearing", "My First Christmas", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "The Lord's Servant", "Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus", "A Christmas Blessing", "The Irrational Season (Postlude)"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Simply Carolyn Arends
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2005\|06\|}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = ]
			\| Tracks = "Power of Love", "Go With God", "Seize That Day", "I Can Hear You", "Feel Free", "Reaching", "In Good Hands", "Surprised By Joy"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Pollyanna's Attic
			\| Other info = reviews<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/pollyannasattic.html \| publisher=Christianity Today \| accessdate=October 11, 2008 \| date= \| first=Christa \| last=Banister \| title=(Review) ''Pollyanna's Attic''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.soulshine.ca/reviews/albumReview.php?arid=588 \| publisher=Soul Shine Publishing \| accessdate=October 12, 2008 \| date= \| first=Michael \| last=Hart \| title=(Review) ''Pollyannah's Attic'' ,<!-- sic -->}}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2006\|05\|16}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
			\| Producer = Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "Just Pretending", "Something to Give", "What in the World", "The Wasteland", "Land of the Living", "To See Your Face", "Everybody Wants Everything", "More is Less", "Free", "No Trespassing", "Not Alone", "I've Got a Hope"
			}}
			{{Discography list
			\| Type = studio
			\| Name = Love Was Here First
			\| Other info = review<ref>{{cite journal \|url=http://www.christianweek.org/arts.php?id=101&cat=musical \|journal=Christian Week \|accessdate=April 25, 2010 \|date=February 15, 2010 \|first=D.S. \|last=Martin \|title=(Review) ''A sweet voice that won't lull you to sleep'' \|volume=23 \|issue=23 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405105105/http://www.christianweek.org/arts.php?id=101&cat=musical \|archivedate=April 5, 2010 \|df=mdy }}</ref>
			\| Released = {{Start date\|2009\|\|}}
			\| Format = CD
			\| Label = 2B Records / Signpost
			\| Writer = Carolyn Arends
			\| Producer = Roy Salmond, Carolyn Arends
			\| Tracks = "Be Still", "Standing in the Need of Prayer", "My Favourite Lie", "Something out of Us", "I am a Soul", "Willing", "Roll it", "The Last Word", "According to Plan", "Nothing Can Separate", Never Say Goodbye"
			}}

			=== Singles ===
	=== ===
			{\| class="wikitable"
	* 2002: Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Dance Like No One's Watching"
			! rowspan="2"\| Year
	* 2003: Inspirational Album of the Year, ''We've Been Waiting for You''
			! rowspan="2"\| Single
	* 2005: Inspirational Song of the Year, "Getting Ready For Glory'', from ''Under the Gaze''
			! colspan="2"\| Chart Positions
	* 2005: Seasonal Album of the Year, ''Christmas: An Irrational Season''
			! rowspan="2"\| Album
	* 2006: Pop/Contemporary Song Of The Year, "Not So Hip" (co-written with Bec Abbot)"
			\|-
			! width="50"\| <small>CAN AC</small>
			! width="50"\| <small>CAN</small>
			\|-
			\| rowspan="2"\| 1996
			\| "This Is the Stuff"
			\| align="center"\| 3
			\| align="center"\| 23
			\| rowspan="3"\| ''I Can Hear You''
			\|-
			\| "I Can Hear You"
			\| align="center"\| 7
			\| align="center"\| 18
			\|-
			\| rowspan="2"\| 1997
			\| "Seize the Day"
			\| align="center"\| 29
			\|
			\|-
			\| "Do What You Do"
			\| align="center"\| 20
			\| align="center"\| 59
			\| ''Feel Free''
			\|}

			=== Books ===
	=== ===
			* ''Feel Free'' (1997)
	* 2005: Female Soloist Artist of the Year
			* ''Living the Questions: Making Sense of the Mess and Mystery of Life'' (], 2000)
	* 2005: Folk Album of the Year, ''Under the Gaze''
			* ''Ragamuffin Prayers'' (2000, by ], contributions by Carolyn Arends and others)
	* 2005: Inspirational Album of the Year, ''Under the Gaze''
			* ''We've Been Waiting for You'' (2002)
	* 2005: Seasonal Album of the Year, ''Christmas: An Irrational Season''
			* ''Wrestling With Angels: Adventures in Faith and Doubt'' (Harvest House, 2008)

	== ~~Books~~ ==		=== Collaborations ===
			* co-wrote lyrics for "Diamonds from the Other Side" with ] on his album: ''Waiting for Aidan'' (Signpost, 2001)
	* Living the Questions (Harvest House, ])
			* co-wrote lyrics for "Not So Hip" with ] on her album: ''Not So Hip'' (Signpost, 2005)
	* We've Been Waiting for You (])

			=== Notable appearances ===
	== Discography ==
			* ] (January 1997)
	* ''I Can Hear You'' (Reunion, ] ])
	* ''Feel Free'' (Reunion, ] ])
	* ''This Much I Understand'' (] ])
	* ''Seize the Day and Other Stories'' (Reunion, ] ])
	* ''Travelers'' (Signpost, ] ])
	* ''We've Been Waiting For You'' (Signpost, ] ])
	* ''Under the Gaze'' (Signpost, ] ])
	* ''Christmas: An Irrational Season'' (Signpost, ] ])
	* ''Pollyanna's Attic'' (] ])

	=== Songs in other projects ===
	* ''Noel'', "What Child is This", with ] and ] (Via, ])
	* ''Noel'', "Angels We Have Heard on High", with Jenny Gullen and Stephen Murray (Via, ])
	* '']: A Tribute to ]'', "Love is So Blind" (Fingerprint, ])
	* ''Awesome God: A Tribute to ]'', "Jacob and Two Women" (Reunion, ] ])
	* ''Sing Me To Sleep, Mommy'', "You Bring Me Joy" (Brentwood, ] ])

	== Notable appearances ==
	* ] (July 1997)		* ] (July 1997)
	* ] (August 1997)		* ] (August 1997)
	* ] (July 2002)		* ] (July 2002)
			* harmony vocals on "He Will Listen To You", "Rest", and "The Peace of Christ" on ]'s album ''Rest'' (Signpost, 2003)
			* duet on "One Heart" on ]'s album ''Sweet Surrender'' (Angel Cake Café, 2003)
			* harmony vocals on "Approach My Soul The Mercy Seat" and "Come Ye Disconsolate" on Glen Soderholm's ''World Without End'' (Signpost, 2006)
			* vocals on ]'s "Winter Song", "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel", ''This Christmas'' (Signpost, 2007)

			=== Songs in other projects ===
			* ''Vancouver Seeds VI'', "No Trespassing" (1991)<ref name="nC" group="n"/>
			* ''Music You Can Believe In'', "Seize the Day" (Reunion, 1995)
			* ''Noel'', "What Child Is This", with ] and ] (Via, 1995)
			* ''Noel'', "Angels We Have Heard on High", with Jenny Gullen and Stephen Murray (Via, 1995)
			* '']: A Tribute to ]'', "Love Is So Blind" (Fingerprint, 1996)
			* ''Within the Sound of Your Voice'' by ], "Has to Be You" (Myrrh, 1997)
			* ''Songs 4 Life: Renew Your Heart'', "Seize the Day" (Madacy, 1998)
			* ''Keep the Faith 2000'', "Love Is Always There" (Chordant, 1998)
			* '']'', "Jacob and Two Women" (Reunion, November 10, 1998)
			* ''Prince of Peace'', "Seize the Day" (Brentwood, 1999)
			* ''Sing Me to Sleep, Mommy'', "You Bring Me Joy" (Brentwood, April 27, 1999)
			* ''Yes I Believe in God'', "Happy" (Reunion, 1999)
			* ''Songs for the Soul: Grace'', "Seize the Day" (Madacy, 2000)
			* ''Songs for the Soul: Joy'', "Happy" (Madacy, 2000)
			* ''Rock on Christian'', "This I Know" (Madacy, 2001)
			* ''Rock on Worship'', "Father Thy Will Be Done" (Madacy, 2002)
			* ''Signpost Collections, Vol. 1'', "Dance Like No One's Watching" and "We've Been Waiting For You" (Signpost, 2003)
			* ''Sons & Daughters'' by ] and Sarah Bell, "Getting Ready For Glory" (Signpost, 2004)
			* '']'', "Something To Give" (CMC, 2007)
			* ''Sea to Sea: The Voice of Creation'', "Land of the Living" (CMC, 2007)
			* '']'', "Seize the Day" (CMC, 2008)
			* '']'', "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Lakeside, 2009)
			* ''Bellsburg... The Songs of Rich Mullins,'' "Whitewater" (Old Bear Records, 2022)

			== Awards and recognition ==
			;] ]
			* 2002 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Dance Like No One's Watching"
			* 2003 Inspirational Album of the Year, ''We've Been Waiting for You''
			* 2005 Inspirational Song of the Year, "Getting Ready For Glory'', from ''Under the Gaze''
			* 2005 Seasonal Album of the Year, ''Christmas: An Irrational Season''
			* 2006 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Not So Hip" (co-written with ])
			* 2007 Folk/Roots Song of the Year, "Everybody Wants Everything" (co-written with her brother Chris Jonat)
			* 2009 nominee, Female Vocalist of the Year
			* 2010 Folk-Roots Song of the Year: "Be Still"<ref name="nA" group="n"/>
			* 2010 CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year: ''Love Was Here First''

			;]
			* 1995 Country Recorded Song of the Year: "Love Will" (co-written with Connie Harrington and Michael James)<ref name="nB" group="n"/>
			* 1996 nominee, New Artist of the Year
			* 1997 International Artist of the Year

			;]s
			* ], Best Gospel Album, ''Feel Free''
			* ], Best Gospel Album, ''Travelers''
			* ], Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year, ''Pollyanna's Attic''

			;Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)
			* 2003 Female Vocalist of the Year
			* 2003 Inspirational Album of the Year: ''We've Been Waiting For You''
			* 2005 Female Soloist Artist of the Year
			* 2005 Folk Album of the Year, ''Under the Gaze''
			* 2005 Inspirational Album of the Year, ''Under the Gaze''
			* 2005 Seasonal Album of the Year, ''Christmas: An Irrational Season''
			* 2007 Folk Album of the Year, ''Pollyanna's Attic''

			;]
			* 2010 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Recording of the Year: ''Love Was Here First''

			== See also ==
			{{Portal\|Music\|Canada}}
			*]
			*]

			== References ==
			;Notes
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			<ref name="nA">
			For the 2010 Covenant Awards of October 29, 2010 Arends also received nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year, Folk/Roots Album of the Year: Love Was Here First, Inspirational Song of the Year: "Never Say Goodbye", and Jazz/Blues Song of the Year: "Roll It".
			{{Citation needed\|date=January 2012}} <!-- similar to note C below -->
			</ref>

			<ref name="nB">
			She was the first Canadian to win this honour from the US-based ].
			{{Citation needed\|date=January 2012}} <!-- similar to note C below -->
			</ref>

			<ref name="nC">
			Vancouver Seeds is an annual talent contest run by the Vancouver, British Columbia FM radio station ].
			</ref>

			}}

			;Citations
			{{Reflist}}

			==External links==
			* {{Official website\|http://www.carolynarends.com/}}

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Latest revision as of 14:46, 10 September 2024

Carolyn Arends
Birth name	Carolyn Bernice Jonat
Born	(1968-02-26) February 26, 1968 (age 56) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Contemporary Christian
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, producer, author
Instrument(s)	vocals, guitar
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Reunion, 2B, Signpost

Website	carolynarends.com

Musical artist

Carolyn Arends is a Canadian contemporary Christian musician, songwriter, and author. She is based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

Musical career

Arends began her career as a songwriter at Benson Music Publishing. In 1995, Carolyn began touring and releasing albums as a singer and guitarist. Her debut release that year (I Can Hear You) was released through Reunion Records. I Can Hear You reached No. 37 on Billboard Magazine's Contemporary Christian Chart in 1996. Feel Free peaked at No. 10 on the chart in 1997. More recently her albums have been distributed by Signpost Music. She is the winner of two Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and six GMA Canada Covenant Awards. Carolyn co-hosted the 29th Annual Covenant Awards in 2007 (with Leland Klassen) and the 31st Annual Covenant Awards in 2009 (with Arlen Salte).

Discography

Albums

I Can Hear You (review)

Released: August 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
Format: CD
Label: Reunion Records
Producer: Brown Bannister
Chart position: No. 37 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
Tracks: "This Is The Stuff", "I Can Hear You", "Seize The Day", "Altar of Ego", "Love Is Always There", "Reaching", "The Power of Love", "You Take My Soul By Storm", "What I Wouldn't Give", "Home Fires Burning", "All Is Well"

Feel Free (review)

Released: March 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
Format: CD
Label: Reunion Records
Producer: Brown Bannister
Chart position: No. 10 US Top Contemporary Christian Albums
Tracks: "Do What You Do", "New Year's Day", "Feel Free", "There You Are", "This I Know", "Big Deal", "Last Thursday (Call Me Crazy)", "Do We Dare", "Good Thing Going", "Father, Thy Will Be Done"

This Much I Understand (review)

Released: March 22, 1999 (1999-03-22)
Format: CD
Label: Reunion Records
Producer: Dan Marnien and Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "Happy", "Life Is Long", "Go With God", "Life And Death", "The Day Will Never Come", "Surprised By Joy", "One-Syllable Words", "Even The Wallflowers", "In Between", "Love You Out Loud", "In Good Hands", "We've Been Waiting For You"

Seize the Day and Other Stories (review)

Released: April 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)
Format: CD
Label: Reunion Records
Producer: Brown Bannister, Dan Marnien, Carolyn Arends, Brad Crisler, Russ Long
Tracks: "They'll Know We Are Christians", "What Love Looks Like", "Seize the Day", "New Year's Day", "The Power of Love", "Reaching", "Do What You Do", "This Is The Stuff", "Happy", "Father Thy Will Be Done", "We've Been Waiting For You", "Seize the Day" (live) (duet with Mac Powell), "This I Know" (live), "There You Are" (live), "I Can Hear You" (live), "Go With God" (live)

Travelers (review)

Released: October 15, 2001 (2001-10-15)
Format: CD
Label: Signpost Music
Producer: Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "Eternity in Our Hearts", "Travelers (The Airport Song)", "Dance Like No One's Watching", "What We Hope For", "It's Out of My Hands", "Only Love", "River of Love", "Loving You", "I Believe", "It Has To Be You", "(I Wanna) Go Somewhere With You", "Do Not Be Afraid"

We've Been Waiting For You (review)

Released: April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)
Format: CD
Label: 2B Records / Signpost
Producer: Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "Moving", "Come Anyway", "The Thought of You", "Don't Forget Where You Came From", "Your Father in Heaven", "We've Been Waiting For You", "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman", "Even The Wallflowers", "Be God's", "Forever Young"

Under the Gaze (review)

Released: October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04)
Format: CD
Label: 2B Records / Signpost
Producer: Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "This Is The Moment", "Great Cloud of Witnesses", "Not A Tame Lion", "Any Given Sunday", "Getting Ready For Glory", "Under The Gaze", "Your Laugh", "Half A Million Reasons", "Fragile", "Who You Are", "Only Time Will Tell", "May You Live"

Christmas: An Irrational Season (review)

Released: November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
Format: CD
Label: 2B Records / Signpost
Producer: Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "The Irrational Season (Prelude)", "Come And See", "Do Not Be Afraid", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "Christmas Must Be Tonight", "Is Bethlehem Too Far Away", "Now in Flesh Appearing", "My First Christmas", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "The Lord's Servant", "Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus", "A Christmas Blessing", "The Irrational Season (Postlude)"

Simply Carolyn Arends

Released: June 2005 (2005-06)
Format: CD
Label: Provident-Integrity
Tracks: "Power of Love", "Go With God", "Seize That Day", "I Can Hear You", "Feel Free", "Reaching", "In Good Hands", "Surprised By Joy"

Pollyanna's Attic (reviews)

Released: May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
Format: CD
Label: 2B Records / Signpost
Producer: Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "Just Pretending", "Something to Give", "What in the World", "The Wasteland", "Land of the Living", "To See Your Face", "Everybody Wants Everything", "More is Less", "Free", "No Trespassing", "Not Alone", "I've Got a Hope"

Love Was Here First (review)

Released: 2009 (2009)
Format: CD
Label: 2B Records / Signpost
Writer: Carolyn Arends
Producer: Roy Salmond, Carolyn Arends
Tracks: "Be Still", "Standing in the Need of Prayer", "My Favourite Lie", "Something out of Us", "I am a Soul", "Willing", "Roll it", "The Last Word", "According to Plan", "Nothing Can Separate", Never Say Goodbye"

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions		Album
Year	Single	CAN AC	CAN	Album
1996	"This Is the Stuff"	3	23	I Can Hear You
1996	"I Can Hear You"	7	18
1997	"Seize the Day"	29
1997	"Do What You Do"	20	59	Feel Free

Books

Feel Free (1997)
Living the Questions: Making Sense of the Mess and Mystery of Life (Harvest House, 2000)
Ragamuffin Prayers (2000, by Jimmy Abegg, contributions by Carolyn Arends and others)
We've Been Waiting for You (2002)
Wrestling With Angels: Adventures in Faith and Doubt (Harvest House, 2008)

Collaborations

co-wrote lyrics for "Diamonds from the Other Side" with Steve Bell on his album: Waiting for Aidan (Signpost, 2001)
co-wrote lyrics for "Not So Hip" with Bec Abbot on her album: Not So Hip (Signpost, 2005)

Notable appearances

Parachute Music Festival (January 1997)
Cornerstone Festival (July 1997)
Kingdom Bound (August 1997)
Cornerstone Festival (July 2002)
harmony vocals on "He Will Listen To You", "Rest", and "The Peace of Christ" on Glen Soderholm's album Rest (Signpost, 2003)
duet on "One Heart" on Greg Magirescu's album Sweet Surrender (Angel Cake Café, 2003)
harmony vocals on "Approach My Soul The Mercy Seat" and "Come Ye Disconsolate" on Glen Soderholm's World Without End (Signpost, 2006)
vocals on Jacob Moon's "Winter Song", "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel", This Christmas (Signpost, 2007)

Songs in other projects

Vancouver Seeds VI, "No Trespassing" (1991)
Music You Can Believe In, "Seize the Day" (Reunion, 1995)
Noel, "What Child Is This", with Brent Bourgeois and Derri Daugherty (Via, 1995)
Noel, "Angels We Have Heard on High", with Jenny Gullen and Stephen Murray (Via, 1995)
Orphans of God: A Tribute to Mark Heard, "Love Is So Blind" (Fingerprint, 1996)
Within the Sound of Your Voice by Amy Morriss, "Has to Be You" (Myrrh, 1997)
Songs 4 Life: Renew Your Heart, "Seize the Day" (Madacy, 1998)
Keep the Faith 2000, "Love Is Always There" (Chordant, 1998)
Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins, "Jacob and Two Women" (Reunion, November 10, 1998)
Prince of Peace, "Seize the Day" (Brentwood, 1999)
Sing Me to Sleep, Mommy, "You Bring Me Joy" (Brentwood, April 27, 1999)
Yes I Believe in God, "Happy" (Reunion, 1999)
Songs for the Soul: Grace, "Seize the Day" (Madacy, 2000)
Songs for the Soul: Joy, "Happy" (Madacy, 2000)
Rock on Christian, "This I Know" (Madacy, 2001)
Rock on Worship, "Father Thy Will Be Done" (Madacy, 2002)
Signpost Collections, Vol. 1, "Dance Like No One's Watching" and "We've Been Waiting For You" (Signpost, 2003)
Sons & Daughters by Steve Bell and Sarah Bell, "Getting Ready For Glory" (Signpost, 2004)
28th Annual Covenant Hits, "Something To Give" (CMC, 2007)
Sea to Sea: The Voice of Creation, "Land of the Living" (CMC, 2007)
GMA Canada presents 30th Anniversary Collection, "Seize the Day" (CMC, 2008)
Sea to Sea: Christmas, "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Lakeside, 2009)
Bellsburg... The Songs of Rich Mullins, "Whitewater" (Old Bear Records, 2022)

Awards and recognition

GMA Canada Covenant Awards

2002 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Dance Like No One's Watching"
2003 Inspirational Album of the Year, We've Been Waiting for You
2005 Inspirational Song of the Year, "Getting Ready For Glory, from Under the Gaze
2005 Seasonal Album of the Year, Christmas: An Irrational Season
2006 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, "Not So Hip" (co-written with Bec Abbot)
2007 Folk/Roots Song of the Year, "Everybody Wants Everything" (co-written with her brother Chris Jonat)
2009 nominee, Female Vocalist of the Year
2010 Folk-Roots Song of the Year: "Be Still"
2010 CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year: Love Was Here First

GMA Dove Awards

1995 Country Recorded Song of the Year: "Love Will" (co-written with Connie Harrington and Michael James)
1996 nominee, New Artist of the Year
1997 International Artist of the Year

Juno Awards

1998 nominee, Best Gospel Album, Feel Free
2002 nominee, Best Gospel Album, Travelers
2007 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year, Pollyanna's Attic

Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)

2003 Female Vocalist of the Year
2003 Inspirational Album of the Year: We've Been Waiting For You
2005 Female Soloist Artist of the Year
2005 Folk Album of the Year, Under the Gaze
2005 Inspirational Album of the Year, Under the Gaze
2005 Seasonal Album of the Year, Christmas: An Irrational Season
2007 Folk Album of the Year, Pollyanna's Attic

Western Canadian Music Awards

2010 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Recording of the Year: Love Was Here First

References

Notes

Vancouver Seeds is an annual talent contest run by the Vancouver, British Columbia FM radio station CFOX-FM.
For the 2010 Covenant Awards of October 29, 2010 Arends also received nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year, Folk/Roots Album of the Year: Love Was Here First, Inspirational Song of the Year: "Never Say Goodbye", and Jazz/Blues Song of the Year: "Roll It".
She was the first Canadian to win this honour from the US-based Gospel Music Association.

Citations

"Carolyn Arends – Charts & Awards". Allmusic.
GMAC 2007 Covenant Awards. Retrieved 2008-10-11. Archived May 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Rimmer, Mike (December 1, 1995). "(Review) I Can Hear You". Cross Rhythms (30). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
Rimmer, Mike (June 1, 1997). "(Review) Feel Free". Cross Rhythms (39). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
Rimmer, Mike (February 1, 2000). "(Review) This Much I Understand". Cross Rhythms (55). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
Chesters, Alan (October 1, 2000). "(Review) Seize The Day And Other Stories". Cross Rhythms (59). Retrieved October 12, 2008.
Moring, Mark. "(Review) Travelers". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
Moring, Mark. "(Review) We've Been Waiting for You". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
Breimeier, Russ. "(Review) Under the Gaze". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
Gregory, Rick (September 6, 2006). "(Review) Christmas: An Irrational Season". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
Banister, Christa. "(Review) Pollyanna's Attic". Christianity Today. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
Hart, Michael. "(Review) Pollyannah's Attic ,". Soul Shine Publishing. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
Martin, D.S. (February 15, 2010). "(Review) A sweet voice that won't lull you to sleep". Christian Week. 23 (23). Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2010.

External links

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