This month’s blog is a moment to step into the way back machine! In 2014, I had the opportunity to release my first album, Carry On. It’s something I haven’t mentioned much here on the blog (or the accompanying…
Read moreMar 6 2024
Mar 6 2024
This month’s blog is a moment to step into the way back machine! In 2014, I had the opportunity to release my first album, Carry On. It’s something I haven’t mentioned much here on the blog (or the accompanying…
Read moreDec 6 2023
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…
Read moreAug 2 2023
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…
Jul 5 2023
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him. Nahum 1:7
Alright, we’re about half-way through 2023 and I feel like it’s time for a bit of a spiritual gut-check…
Read moreApr 5 2023
I hear the Savior say,
"Thy strength indeed is small,
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all."
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed…
Mar 1 2023
As I sit down to pen this month’s blog (and what also doubles as the opening podcast episode for March), I have a lot on my mind. God is stirring. He’s moving in hearts and moving in places that have…
Read moreDec 15 2021
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 us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let…
Dec 8 2021
What Child is this Who, laid to rest
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste, to bring…
Oct 13 2021
(Every year in October, I take some blogs from over the past few years that have resonated perhaps more deeply and repost them as the blog of the week. Praying that this content will be a blessing to you --…
Read moreDec 23 2020
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories…
Dec 16 2020
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the…
Dec 9 2020
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel
O come, Thou Day-Spring
Come and cheer
Our spirits by…
Dec 2 2020
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing
Joy to the World,…
Read moreOct 7 2020
(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…
Read moreSep 16 2020
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
We are at the half-way point of this month and continuing on in this series on prayer. This has not been so much a series about what prayer looks like…
Read moreAug 26 2020
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that He [Jesus] was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she…
Read moreJun 17 2020
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
…
Read moreMar 25 2020
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, and do life…
Read moreFeb 12 2020
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does…
Read moreJan 22 2020
As we move through this month (is there any month that feels longer than January?), we are looking at the year stretching out before us. I mentioned it before in this series’ opening blog (Moving Into A New…
Read moreDec 18 2019
(Originally posted 12-27-17)
Ever have one of those songs that so perfectly sums up the Gospel that it leaves you a mess every time you hear it? I’ve got one that I play every year at Christmastime: Bebo Norman’s “Born…
Read moreDec 11 2019
(Originally posted 12-13-18)
I have a dilemma every year around Christmas. My dilemma is this: my wife is a not much of a gift person. I mean, she likes getting gifts and won’t turn up her nose at any…
Read moreNov 6 2019
Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength. It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. Charles Spurgeon
A couple of months ago…
Read moreFeb 21 2019
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,…
Read moreDec 13 2018
I have a dilemma every year around Christmas. My dilemma is this: my wife is a not much of a gift person. I mean, she likes getting gifts and won’t turn up her nose at any well-intentioned purchase. But it’s…
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