Will the people you love follow you home? “I’m Going Home” (Radio Edit) by JD Littlewhiteman (Remix by Heather Jean Kipf) is about how standing in the Jordan River changes a person. Heather Jean Kipf felt that change the moment she stood where John baptized Jesus, and the feeling never left her. She went home wanting to write about a river. What came out instead was a song about everyone she loves. Heather emphasizes that “we write as a team, but this particular song primarily reflects my own (Heather’s) experience and faith journey.” That’s the heartbeat behind “I’m Going Home.” The Jordan becomes more than just water. It symbolizes the line between this life and the next, the moment we “fall at His feet” and “touch those scars that saved my life.” Heather doesn’t hide her struggles. Her family saw her faith as giving up on reason, “trading knowledge for religion.” She answers that “Jesus broke my prison and gave me wings to fly.” This freedom can look like foolishness to oth...