CONVERSATIONS MARION HALL, formerly Lady Saw, traded the dancehall stage and explicit lyrics for the pulpit and sermons. Since making that life change in 2015, she has released two gospel albums, helped to restore vulnerable women through Marion Hall Ministry, and began a church in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister Hall spoke to Joy Full about life and ministry.
JOY FULL: After experiencing multiple rapes, molestation and physical abuse, how can you pick up the pieces of that broken life? MINISTER MARION HALL: Because I’ve tried everything else. I’ve tried man. I’ve tried money. The fame was there. The popularity was there. The friends was there. They were socalled friends because when I took on Christ, I start see people disappearing, shedding off like you have some clothes on you just shedding off. They just disappear. JF: You were a successful Grammy-award winning artist. Do you ever desire to return to that time in your life? MMH: It’s not like I’m perfect, but now I’m walking really on the straight line. I ain’t playing with God. When you look at what God has taken you through—all the mess—you can’t go back. I think I was at the edge of hell about to go in and God just came and got me. You try this. You try that. But it never worked. And when you try Jesus, then that’s when it works. When the Bible say, ‘oh taste and see that the Lord is good’ and you get a taste, you don’t need anything else. This walk is so sweet because you can trust God and you know that God will never leave you or forsake you. He is your rewarder because you diligently seek Him. The joy of the Lord, I realize, that it’s really my strength. So, when I have Christ, I’m not lacking anything. I don’t feel down or depressed.
