Monthly Archives: December 2025

Dear Friends and Family, Three years ago, I recorded a song called “Gloria” with my friend Jonathan West. Lately I’ve been thinking about that recording again—where it came from, and what it still means to me. This song was born during the 2020 COVID season, in the middle of those strange, quiet months when theContinue reading “Day 11 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Gloria”

I was surprised when my dad told me that “I Know a Savior” had never been recorded before. While some of his other songs talk about the Christmas story in poetic, storytelling ways, embedded at the heart of this song is genuine personal human experience expressed in the “I know” phrases—“I know a trouble, IContinue reading “Day 10 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – I Know A Savior (Whisper)”

In my imagination, I see God walking through the door of an old barn while a person (maybe me, maybe you) walks through a door on the opposite side. The two keep moving closer together until God reaches out His hand to greet the person. They shake hands and start a conversation. That represents GodContinue reading “Day 9 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Shakin’ Hands (The Visitation 1989)”

I’m enjoying the recent stories and movies about the life of King David. He’s growing in popularity again. Since Jesus is from the lineage of David, it seems worthwhile to know about the life and writings of David. The incarnation story is grounded in history and family is a large part of the story. Here’sContinue reading “Day 8 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Sling of David (The Choices Project)”

Happy second Advent Sunday to you. Back on Tuesday I played at Dulling Hall with my father and friends Mike and Allie Murphy. Full transparency I don’t normally enjoy playing in my hometown. I’m kind of like Jesus – (go read Mark 6:4 if you don’t know it already). But man it was a specialContinue reading “Day 7 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Joyful, Joyful (We Believe) by SingKairos”

Dear Friends and Family, I am writing to you while sitting at a Mediterranean restaurant in Conway, Arkansas, with my dad. This is what the 37 Days of Christmas is all about: a couple of American guys enjoying something that first took place in another part of the world, and then telling everybody they knowContinue reading “Day 6 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Sophia”

I was riding a plane when in the aisle next to me, a little child reached his arms up to his dad and said, “Abba, abba”. Linguist teach that the term, “Abba” does not mean “daddy” but more of an intimate respectful term…but hearing a little toddler say it, well it was quite tender. AndContinue reading “Day 5 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – ABBA To Me (The Choices Project)”

Gloria Gaither helped me write this song – or perhaps I helped her, don’t remember who brought the idea to the other person. She was moved by a couple of testimonies that was shared in her home church by families telling about how their children were used by God to bring spiritual healing. It remindedContinue reading “Day 4 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – And A Child Shall Lead Them (The Visitation 1989)”

We often talk about what is the best gift to give to someone. God has given us gift after gift, blessing after blessing, yet none better than bringing Himself to earth – dare say moving into our neighborhood so he could swing by and let us get to know Him. Emmanuel, You Came was writtenContinue reading “Day 3 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Emmanuel, You Came (The Visitation 1989)”

Is this the best song every written? Nope!Is it written about the best live ever lived? Absolutely! “born of woman and Jehovah into a family living under law” and perfectly he lived! – Doug Star Child Is Given | Lyrics The silent night was brokenThrough pains and sounds of birthOur God appearedIn barren darknessStar ChildContinue reading “Day 2 of 37 Days of Christmas 2025 – Star Son Was Give (Whisper)”