Flying Over The Tulips & The Hope Of Easter: A Chat With SPIRIT 105.3 Artist Leanna Crawford From Camano!

March 31, 2026·14 min·1 clip

Leanna Crawford reveals she flew over the Skagit tulip festival in a small plane, calling it like looking down at heaven.

The interview begins with light seasonal small talk: Crawford is calling from Baton Rouge on a sunny day while Seattle is cold. Host Erica mentions the Skagit County tulip farms opening early, prompting Crawford to share a story about flying over the tulip fields in a small plane with her pilot brother-in-law, which she describes as looking down at heaven. She plans to visit the tulips with her nieces during the upcoming Easter trip home. The two briefly discuss Easter dress traditions and Easter basket memories from childhood, including competitive Easter egg hunts with extended family. Erica turns the conversation toward Easter theology, asking what the cross means to Crawford. Crawford emphasizes the importance of Good Friday services as a way to center oneself before the celebration of Easter Sunday, describing it as essential to sit with the weight of the crucifixion before the joy of resurrection. Erica frames Holy Saturday as a metaphor for people who are in the middle of a painful or uncertain season of life and asks Crawford for an encouragement. Crawford responds directly, saying God has not forgotten those who are waiting, that their testimony will eventually help others, and that the middle of hard seasons is where trust is built. They then discuss the wonder experienced by the women who went to the tomb on Easter morning, who did not yet know the story's ending. Crawford expresses joy that Christians now know the full story and get to celebrate accordingly. The host brings up Crawford's song Stillwaters and a social media post highlighting the word 'surely' in Psalm 23 as a definitive promise rather than a conditional one. Crawford affirms that the word points to a firm divine promise even when circumstances are unclear. Crawford then shares her faith story: she came to faith at four years old and had a defining moment in high school when she was baptized in a river at church camp, forgetting to tell her parents, and was overwhelmed by emotion while sharing her testimony. She describes Jesus as a steadfast friend throughout her life. The conversation shifts to married life with NBA player Cody Martin, noting their 19-inch height difference as a recurring visual comedy. Crawford explains she knew nothing about basketball before marrying Cody and learned it through him. She recommends attending live games as the best way to appreciate the sport, and notes the parallel pressures of the music industry and the NBA that create mutual understanding in their relationship. The interview closes with Easter greetings.

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A short, sunny Easter chat that turns tulips and weather into steady encouragement.

Leanna Crawford's Easter-week conversation starts with Seattle weather and Skagit County tulips, then settles into a quiet turn toward waiting on God.

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