OK, it probably needs to be said if you haven’t picked up on it by now:  I love Christmas music.  Every year around December, you’ve probably noticed the blogs and podcasts and things I share on social media (if…

Christ Be Magnified - Cody Carnes

Were creation suddenly articulate
With a thousand tongues to lift one cry
Then from North to South and East to West
We'd hear Christ be magnified

Were the whole Earth echoing His eminence
His…

(Originally posted 3-25-20) 

If you’ve followed a little of my story and kept up with these blogs, you know I love music.  I love being on the listener side:  being able to consume music, blog and post about music…

Into Faith I Go - Pat Barrett

I've never been good at change 
If I'm honest, it's always scared me 
But I can't deny this stirring deep inside me 
Now I know it's time to stop resisting 

…

Living Hope - Phil Wickham 

How great the chasm that lay between us 
How high the mountain I could not climb 
In desperation, I turned to heaven 
And spoke Your name into the night 

Then through the darkness,…

O Come All Ye Faithful - Derek Charles Johnson

O come all ye faithful 
Joyful and triumphant 
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem 
Come and behold Him 
Born the King of Angels 

O come let…

Confidence - Sanctus Real

Endless Alleluia - Cory Asbury

I Wanna Go Back - David Dunn

Leaning In - Carrollton

Music Monday: Paul Baloche - For Unto Us (Christmas Worship Live from London)

Music Monday:  Modern Day Cure - Confident (single) 

Release Date:  October 27, 2017 

"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."  Psalm 27:13 

For the husband…

Music Monday:  Weston Skaggs - Stories For Christmas! 

Release Date:  November 3, 2017 

There are really 2 categories of people when it comes to Christmas music.  There are those who ascribe to the idea that nothing should be…

Music Monday:  Ryan Clair - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (The Valley) single 

Release Date:  August 4, 2017 

If a song can be an introduction to an artist (a “hand shake” of sorts), then it has…

Music Monday:  Grace Rising - The SOZO Sessions (Live Acoustic EP) 

Release Date:  October 15, 2017 

Maybe it’s just me, but I find it exciting when one of my favorite bands releases a live project.  Don’t get me…

Music Monday:  John Mark McMillan - Mercury & Lightning 

Release Date:  September 1, 2017 

And the wilderlove is hidden within us 
And we reckon with it 
And we wrestle with it 
The wilderlove is hidden within us 
And…

Music Monday:  Thine Worship - Tread Upon The Heights EP 

Release Date:  March 31, 2017 

In an ever-changing music industry, it seems artists are looking at new ways to bring music to listener’s ears; ways which are bucking…

Music Monday:  Alisa Turner - Self-Titled EP 

Release Date:  August 25, 2017 

An artist’s heart is readily apparent through their music; the degree of authenticity and genuineness always comes out in the final product.  It’s easy to tell…

Music Monday:  Wildfires by Stephen Christian 

Release Date:  July 28, 2017 

I’ll admit I started geeking out and turning into the fanboy that I am when I heard that Stephen Christian, the former lead singer and frontman…

Music Monday:  Songs of Heaven & Earth: Volume 1 by Corey Voss 

Release Date:  July 28, 2017 

Whenever I have the opportunity to talk about an upcoming or recently released project for #musicmonday, I’ve made the effort…

Music Monday:  We Say Yes by Housefires  

Release Date:  June 2, 2017 

There’s something about raw and organic worship that speaks to me; both profoundly as a worship pastor and also as someone just looking to connect to…

Music Monday:  Join the Song, Vol. 1 - Erik Michael 

Release Date:  March 3, 2017 

In starting this bi-monthly music review column, I did not fully realize some of the places it would take me or the…