You Are a Child of Mine (Galatians 4:6-7)

There have been many times in my life when I have heard voices saying you'll never been good enough, you don't really matter, you are nobody special, if people really knew you they wouldn't find you worthy of their time.  The evil one has a way of distorting and down playing the story and the role that God has imprinted on your heart.  This is a song about the voice of God breaking through and defeating the other voices reminding us that we are His children and that He made us in His image and that He rejoices in us.


Everywhere (Psalm 139:7-10)

I wrote this song one night before getting on the tour bus last spring.  I had just come from the chapel where I write all my songs, and it just hit me all at once.  I drove around the parking lot for about a half hour circling the bus because every time I tried to stop I would come up with another line.  Everyone was watching me pull into a parking spot and then drive off again.  Pull up and then drive off again.  You have to take them when you get them.


Do You Even Know Me Anymore (Ephesians 5:25)

I have a friend who outwardly seemed to have it all...family, good job, car, nice house, etc...  However, he could not see that the most important things in his life were slipping away right in front of his eyes.  He, like so many men, had allowed society to tell him that his self-worth was in what he did or what he could buy.  It was almost too late before he saw that all his wife and children really wanted was his heart.


Letters From War

My Great Grandma, Ebba Forsberg, lived to be nearly 100 years old.  When she passed away Great Aunt Dolly and my cousin Ed put together a scrapbook of her life.  In it I found a letter that her son wrote her while he was away in World War II.  That letter and her diary became the inspiration for this song.


Time That is Left (Psalm 90:12)

This is a song that was inspired by the life of Vann Webb.  Although his life ended too soon, it was filled with the most important things:  laughter, love, friends and family.  We never know the day or the hour when God will call us.  So we live fully, letting go of the past and straining towards the ultimate goal in which Christ Jesus has called us.


Running Just to Catch Myself (Psalm 46:10)

I'm in a small group for men called "The Man's Group."  I played this song for them and after they all stopped laughing my friend Don said, "You know, that sounds a little too much like my life."  We talked about how we stay busy and do lots of things busy are we really using our lives to do God's best work?  Are we slowing down enough so that we can take part in life instead of life taking us apart?  Ironically, I have been in the studio and really busy these last three months and would like to take the opportunity to tell my small group hello and that I plan on coming back when I don't have so much going on.


It's Been a Long Time (Galatians 1:10)

I've spent 32 years of my life looking for my validation in everything from winning awards, performing well in front of other people, and staying away from things that I couldn't do without being successful.  I stopped getting my worth from others and started getting it from God and took a look and discovered something for the very first time.


He Will Carry Me (Psalm 40)

This song was not originally going to be on this record.  It was meant for another project but I never forgot about it because I listened to it one night about a year ago over and over and over again when I had been so discouraged.  I was holding on to it like a life raft in a storm in the middle of the ocean.  I really believe in this song and believe in what is says.


Just to Know You (Philippians 3:7-11)

I love the first line of the second verse.  "I will live like a Man who will love with abandon."  I guess I want my whole life to look like this verse.  To pursue God and His purpose for my life so much that He will say well done when I finally see Him face to face.


Closer to You (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

This song was inspired and written to celebrate the life of my friend Lacy Yowell Ould who passed away this year at the age of 31 after an intense struggle with cancer.  This song came into my head as I was jogging the morning of her funeral and my eyes just started filling up with tears.  I still have a voice mail on my phone that I left myself that morning as I was singing the song so that I wouldn't forget it.  Lacy walked through her cancer with her eyes focused on the promise of Heaven knowing that she could withstand each day of the trail because it lead her one day closer to God.

I would also like to dedicate this song to Cheri Alford and her family.  Cheri was an incredible mother and wife and a great example of faithfulness on her journey home.  It was an honor and a privilege to share in the life of someone who had such a rich aroma of Christ.