Why are there so few opportunities to worship the Lord together? It’s so wonderful, so amazing and makes us (hopefully) more like Jesus. As we praise we are filled with more of the Holy Spirit. He baptizes us anew. We…
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Stand Up Among Us
Jesus told us that where two or three are gathered in His name He would be there. The problem is, most of the time we make Him sit in the back while we do our thing. This is a prayer…
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Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
I Am Known
Sometimes life can get pretty lonely. It can feel like you’re the only person in the world — the only one who’s going through what you’re going through. But then there’s the truth that God knows me. He knows everything…
Tagged with: charis-acoustic, demos, live-video, Music, new-songs, recording, songwriting, studio
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Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
I’m Hungry
This week, I’ve got a wonderful worship song that I hope you’ll enjoy. I love doing it in this slow, contemplative way. I could sing it for hours! (thanks Harold Greene). It was written by Kathryn Scott from the Vineyard in…
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What New Music Do You Love??
So, I want to listen to some new tunes that are amazing and I need you to clue me in! What songs / albums / artists do you absolutely love right now? What do I HAVE to hear? Leave your…
I’m Breaking the Speed Limit
Thanks to my friend Lani Brandon for letting me use her keyboard this week. I wrote this tune after getting a few speeding tickets…seems I can’t speed without getting caught! Download MP3 here. Play here:
Tagged with: country-music, demos, keyboard, live-video, Music, new-songs, recording, songwriting, studio, youtube
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One of those days
Wednesday was not a great day. Nothing bad happened. It just wasn’t good. Have you ever had one of those days? I stayed home from work to wait on the exterminator (another long story…) who never came. I tried to…
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Posted in Just My Opinion, Life and Living, Music
Posted in Just My Opinion, Life and Living, Music
Love Song for Olivia (11 Years!)
This past Saturday was our 11th anniversary so I did what any good songwriter does [:) ] and wrote her a song. If you’re interested, the last anniversary song I wrote Olivia was “Like This” from my album State I’m In. Let…
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A Little Garth…
A little change of pace this week. I’ve played you eight new original songs in-a-row so I thought it would be fun to do a cover. This is the first Garth Brooks song I learned to play. It’s very James…
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Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
One Day I’ll Learn from Goodbye
This week I’ve got a new song that I wrote a couple years ago with my friend Chris Roberts. Chris is in the band One Flew South and is an all-around great guy. I’m actually going into withdrawl beacuse we…
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Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
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