“Winter is that season where life just slows down a bit,” Brandon Lake tells Apple Music. “It’s a time for healing, for reflection, for finding your center again, and, yeah, for growth.” The South Carolina singer-songwriter and worship pastor has assembled this Winter Warmers playlist to help you do all of that. Expect atmospheric, comforting, and nourishing tracks that feel like the perfect soundtrack to quiet evenings and frosty days, from artists including Death Cab for Cutie, Chris Stapleton, Iron & Wine, Ed Sheeran, Bon Iver, Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard (from 2007’s moving film Once), and Lake himself. “Just like the roots of trees that dig deeper and stronger in the cold, this is when we can grow the most, too,” says the singer. “This playlist is packed with songs that inspire me to lean into all of that. Soak up those moments with the ones you love, make the most of them, and hold ’em close while they’re here.”