A B O U T

Amy Courts is a pastor, singer-songwriter, musician, writer, and activist based in Minneapolis, MN where she lives with her spouse and child. Amy grew up in Denver, CO the youngest of four preacher's daughters. After graduating in 2003 with her B.A. in Biblical Studies, she moved to Nashville, TN where she independently produced and released two albums and toured with Jennifer Knapp and Derek Webb among numerous other indie artists. After a near-death childbirth experience in 2011, she and her family moved to Minneapolis where she spent the next five years as a stay-home mom, worship leader, and singer-for-hire. 

In 2017, after a six-year hiatus from creating and performing original music, she and her spouse fulfilled a decade-long dream of co-creating and -producing a collaborative album as the duo Fireworks on Ferris Wheels for which they enjoyed critical acclaim and indie radio success. Amy also performs in a number of Twin Cities based bands, including with world-renowned guitarist Billy McLaughlin as part of Simple Gifts and The Young and the Rest.

In the fall of 2018, Amy was offered a full-ride scholarship to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN where she earned her Master of Divinity in Justice & Reconciliation while working with numerous local arts-based, humanitarian, religious, and para-church organizations to address systemic injustices against marginalized communities through musical, theological, and political activism centered on economic, environmental, healthcare, and education justice. 

You can find transcripts of Amy's sermons, meditations, and new songs written during her pastoral internship in Richfield, MN right here at Written Things.

M U S I C

all music is available for sale via bandcamp and everywhere digital music is sold or streamed.
(click on images or song titles to listen.)