One of very few songs, if not the only song, I've ever done with a shuffle feel, this is a love song about a fictional, probably even idealistic, woman, who loves perfectly. Based on the biblical passage known as the Love Chapter, Romans 13. All music and vocals by me.

Love Is

Do you ever feel like you're not steering the boat, like maybe you're a little bit at the whim of the wind and waves, so to speak? In your Christian life, you can find direction with God. That's what this song is about. All music and vocals by me.

Drifting Away

This is the original version of the song, written by Sam Hill (no joke =) and me, that ended up, slightly edited, on the More Than Words album, Return To Me. Kenny McMinn, Sr. is playing the acoustic rhythm guitar, Shane Kelley is on the electric guitar, and the rest of the music is by little ol' me! I'm singing all of the vocals. This was recorded somewhere around 2004.

Jesus Was Around

This is a song I wrote and recorded back in about 2004, I believe. It is about how we can't run from God. It sort of reminds me of the story of Jonah, without the great fish. All music and vocals by me.

Inescapable

The song was written in 1997 or 1998, but this version was recorded around 2004 or 2005. It might be about eternal security, not in the sense of the idea of "once saved, always saved," but more along the lines of the unfailing nature of God, and how He can be depended upon always. I'm not sure about that, though. =) All music and vocals by me.

Forever

It's a simple question, really. It's kind of like the way you can catch more flies with honey. In fact, I think the idea behind this song and the idea behind that phrase are one and the same. Put aside the negativity, and start loving some folks, even the ones you have to try really hard to love. You know, the ones who make it oh, so difficult. =) What about it? Recorded about 2003 or 2004. All music and vocals by me.

What About Love

A look at the life of Jesus through the eyes of a shepherd who was there at his birth and his death

Wonders I Have Seen

This song has a little wordplay in it, as symbolized in the picture I chose for it here. Certainly, as a "fallen" human being, I "fall down" all of the time! And those words, in this song, have that meaning. They also have a different meaning when they're taken with the six words which come after them: "at the foot of the cross." I fall down at the foot of the cross. Do you? All music and vocals by me, except the elec. and bass guitars, which were played wonderfully by Shane Kelley. Recorded around 2004.

I Fall Down

This is one of my top ten favorite hymns, and it was only a matter of time until I did my own arrangement. I did all of the music and vocals. This was recorded in 2011.

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