by Isabella Kim
On May the 16th of 2025, Josiah Queen, American Christian contemporary musician, released his newest song “Two Wooden Beams”. Josiah Queen is best known for his song “The Prodigal” and was a nominee for the New Artist of the Year of the 2024 GMA Dove Awards.
“Two Wooden Beams” is a song that talks about God’s love. Most of the lyrics speak of Jesus’ crucifixion and how his death is the greatest act of love.
The song starts with the first verse where the speaker asks ‘What is love?’ Josiah then paints the picture of Jesus, battered, bruised and bleeding on the cross. In the pre chorus the speaker explains how he is not worthy of the love Jesus showed on the cross. In the verse that follows the chorus, the speaker asks, ‘Where is love? Where did it go?’ and then goes on to say that the world we live in does not have true love.
Josiah discovered his passion for songwriting at 9 years old when he accepted Jesus in his life. At 18 he started to share his songs with the world on social media platforms such as Instagram and Tiktok. Later he released “I am Barabbas” which earned him 2M views on TikTok. Soon he landed on the “Top 50 Hottest Christian Songs” and his most popular song to date is “The Prodigal” which has “reached over 82M global streams and over 80k UGC uses with over 50M views on social content utilizing the track”.
In an interview with KLOVE, a christian radio station, Josiah reveals the story behind why his songs are a mixture of folk/country/americana/worship. He explains that most of his inspiration came from other artists such as UNITED, Phil Wickham, Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Mumford & Sons and Caamp. These bands influenced Josiah’s music style and are also the reason behind why the banjo is his favorite and probably most used instrument in his songs.
This song in particular really shows how powerful and wonderful the love of Christ is. It shows the cost of our sins and what it took to save us. It also reminds us how there isn’t any other love like the love of God.
Not only does this song clearly illustrate the story of how we are saved but it’s also very catchy. “Two Wooden Beams” is definitely worth adding to your playlist, with Josiah’s outstanding vocals, instruments and lyrics. You can find his songs on streaming platform such as Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Apple Music and SoundCloud.
