Hannah and I recently spent four days locked away in our home studio recording the song “God of Wonders” and filming the whole process. The result is what some are calling a VideoSong.  Basically, here are the rules we gave ourselves for recording and editing: What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). If you …

Here’s a new song that as written by the very wonderful and talented Willa Gregg. She’s a fantastic musician and an up and coming songwriter. She also happens to be a wonderful photographer, and you should definitely check out here work here: http://sootc365.tumblr.com . The footage in the video is by a guy named Andrew Bodrov. He’s known for his …

Happy Groundhog Day everyone! to honor this momentous day, here’s a song that I recorded last Groundhog Day with the one and only Andrew Osenga. Enjoy

It’s been a wild couple of weeks here in Nashville. Thankfully, my home was spared and I didn’t lose any of my belongings. However, the community at large is still reeling, and there is so much work to be done. I have spent almost every day of the last two weeks cleaning out flooded houses, ripping up soaked carpet, tearing …

I’m not sure what it is, maybe the time of year or maybe just the time in our lives, but these last couple months have been a bit of a dry season for a lot of people I’m close to.  A lot of us have been out in the wilderness when it comes to jobs, our prayer life, our worship …

This past week turned a lot of people’s lives upside down.  As I watched the precious people of Haiti digging each other out of collapsed buildings, my hearts was wrenched out of my chest.  Earlier in the week, I was scrolling through high-resolution photos of the devastation on the Boston Globe’s website and had the song “Oh You Bring” playing …

Paul McCartney is somebody who knows a little bit about songwriting.  He once said this about making music with other people: “When you find someone you can talk to, that’s special…when you find someone you can play music with, that’s really something.” That’s how I feel about writing songs with Lindsey Jones.  Every time I’ve ever sat down to write …

Hey guys, Sorry I haven’t blogged in a long time. It doesn’t mean that I haven’t had anything going on. I’ve actually been extremely busy, and I will have some exciting stuff coming your way soon (new record anyone? shhhh…it’s a secret). In the meantime, I recently had the honor of interviewing a fellow songwriter who has influenced my own …

Allow me to be honest for a few moments.  Faith has always been something that’s come fairly easily for me.  God has blessed me with the knowledge of his presence since I was very young, and when the times have come to make big decisions, God has always been right there to prompt my heart in the right direction.  Whenever …

http://vimeo.com/5239013 The video pretty much speaks for itself. The “marshmallow test” is one of those classic illustrations of how we deal with temptation, but let me expand on it for just a moment. It seems no matter how old we get, the way we deal with the temptation of sin has little difference from the way 7-year-olds deal with resisting …