In the near future I think we’re going to see a huge variety of fan-funding platforms for creative projects. KICKSTARTER is the platform we chose this time. Others will come and go. From my safe and comfy Nashville chair, it appears that one of the things we’ve dismantled in the music industry is the wall of […]
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In a few hours I am out the door alone in my father’s car to start a back to back string of 18 house concerts over 19 nights in 7 different states cover 4500 miles. I thought I might use this self-indulgent space to explain a bit because this tour is unlike anything I’ve done
This month I’m out with Josh Wilson and Wes Pickering on a Christmas tour through MO, AR, OK and TX all month. It’s been a surreal experience. I spend all year driving around the Southeast with a truck load of guys and a trailer dragging behind us. This time however, it’s a new set of
“Our Shalom” was born in the busy summer of 2009. Summer is always crazy for us with 8 weeks of camps stacked back to back. We usually have a day or 2 in between each camp to drive to Nashville and do laundry and rush to the next group. This particular weekend we were staying
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As a songwriter and worship leader I am constantly searching for ways to mobilize the church to accomplish the great commission through the songs I write. I found a comrade in Matt Papa. Matt and I are a part of the same team at Centricity Music and we were paired together for a co-write by
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Today I am continuing the slow journey through the new EP “Open Hands.” These songs are all born of personal experience, moments of tragedy and triumph. They are the shouts and whispers of a soul in worship. “Hold to You” was written with my publisher set us up to co-write. The creative process of co-writing
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I’m gonna take the next few weeks to step through the new EP “Open Hands” and talk a bit about the story of each song. These songs are all born of personal experience, moments of tragedy and triumph. They are the shouts and whispers of a soul in worship. “No One Like Our God” was
I spent most of last week battling a headache. We were leading worship for students at a youth camp in Florida. The schedule was relaxed and the weather was perfect but I squinted my way through a week-long melon-thumper. The problem was the sun. The wide open skies of the Florida Gulf coast reflect off
I heard this question posed on CNN this morning as commentators marveled at the worship and thanksgiving that was springing up on the streets of Port-au-Prince this morning. My limited exposure to the hurting and oppressed around the world in places like India, China, Eastern Europe and Southern Africa have suggested to me that the
I am back home from an amazing songwriting adventure in Mumbai, India. Can’t wait to share songs and stories with you. The One Most High God is drawing people to Himself everywhere I go. It may be months or years before i even understand what God is doing among 1.5 billion Indians but it was
