Usually when I write songs, I come up with some kind of hook, roll with that to write a chorus and a verse, and finally finish off the second verse and bridge later. Once it's done, I title it with what seems most natural and I'm on to the next song. Very structured. Not so with this one. The first thing that came to me was the title. It was a specific topic that God was teaching me about and I realized that, in order to write this song, I had to learn that lesson. In August

It started with the first verse. Several years ago I wrote verse 1 of this song while sitting at a piano in the Green Room at my church, but the creative juices stopped flowing after that. "Believe" is one of those songs that took a REALLY long time to write. And by REALLY long time, I mean 2 years. During those 2 years I lived through a lot. I made great friends then lost them, bought a house and lost it, bought my first dog and had to give him up, had to deal with deep offe

I grew up as a strong Christian and had a childhood that was mostly wonderful. I can’t remember my family ever missing church on Sunday and, while I’m thankful for an godly heritage and great family, that familiarity with church made it easy for me to start taking God for granted. I had reduced The Almighty to nothing more than a really nice guy and good friend who would listen to me when I needed Him to. Oh, how small my faith had become. But God has a way of reminding us of

"Mile After Mile" was actually inspired by some dear friends of mine. I was so deeply moved by their commitment to God and by how they live their life on mission, and I liken them to them being missionaries everywhere they set their feet. One day their journey took an unexpected turn and, as they packed up and moved away, I gave them a recording of this song. The song was written for them, but it was also so much for me. I’ve found that life is a journey, an adventure; and yo

"Mercy Says" was the one song from this EP that took hardly any time to write. As a matter of fact, it really only took about 10 minutes. For much of my life, I've struggled to see value in myself. I see the flaws, I see the scars, I see the wrong things I've done and the mistakes that I've made. The day I wrote this song I just couldn't get out of my head how much I don't deserve what God has given me. I felt so unworthy and found myself asking questions like "Why on earth w