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I’ve joined a group on Facebook called “Christian Musicians, Artists, Songwriters and Worship Leaders” and have enjoyed some of the questions that have been posed. What’s made it so enjoyable is that it’s given me the opportunity to wrestle around with questions and issues I’ve been thinking a lot about over my last 10 years
Dr. Hsu, a beloved teacher and mentor from my alma mater, passed away this past Friday. I’m still trying to sort out how I’m doing with it. There’s been a heaviness that has settled over my heart these last couple of days since his passing that’s been hard to shake, even in this season of
Braving Hurricane Irene, we headed up to Bloomsburg, PA this weekend for a Saturday evening concert at Bloomsburg Christian Church and a Sunday morning worship service at their church plant, Catawissa Christian Church, led by my good friend Derick Valencik. Despite the fact that Derick and I have been best of friends since college, were
I had the absolute pleasure of leading worship and doing a mini-concert of song and testimony at Crossroads Community Church this last Sunday. I went into the service knowing that it was going to be a special morning for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I had met with their lead pastor, Mike Haub, a couple
Carrying on in the series (to check out the initial post, go HERE), here are two more petite poems written this last week. Decisions Consciously Choosing Back & Forth Impact & Worth Answer’s Obvious But Wrestling Ensues Do I leave a victor Or the abused Flailing under floggings Of my own design Whippings, wailings Justified
I have a small moleskin calendar that I keep with me in my pocket at all times. I get inspiration at the most random times. Today I thought, “Why not fill the empty pages with “Petite Poems” … little moments of inspiration?” Restrictions are often one of the best things for art, because they give
I have 3 free tickets to give away for my gig this coming Saturday (23 July 2011) at The Rusty Nail in Ardmore, PA. To celebrate the heart behind my debut album, “Between Redemption and the Pain“, I’d love to hear your stories of where you saw glimpses of redemption in the midst of pain.
“The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort toward wholeness. The great male artists have somehow or other retained this wholeness, this being in touch with both intellect and intuition, a wholeness which always has to be bought at a price in this world. How many artists, in the eyes
In celebration of my son, who made me a father for the first time this year, I wanted to share the song I wrote for him a couple of days before he was born. As I was preparing for his birth, I was reflecting on the incredible truth of God’s love for us mirrored in
Beginnings can be deceiving. When I think of a beginning, I initially think of the start of something, as though what is beginning did not exist before and will be in existence from this point forward. But this is rarely the case. Beginnings are much more specific markers along a journey than the total beginning
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