I was in a hotel shower scrubbing up before heading to Creation Fest Northwest when the melody and first verse of a song hit me. Later that day, in a trailer backstage, the second verse was written by the power of the Holy Spirit and many M&Ms.
That was weeks ago. Weeks before I really understood… 
I’ve written before about how much the old hymn Just As I Am has helped me out. I pay it often. Well, one day, during a sound check someplace a few months ago, a new chorus to it came about between the verses. I’ve tried it out a few times on unsuspecting crowds this Summer… 
I’ve got a new job. In addition to playing and speaking on behalf of Compassion and leading Compassion Bloggers, now I’m the “leader of worship leaders” at WellSpring Christian church in Spring Hill, Tennessee – a small church that meets together in an elementary school cafeteria and has met my family’s need for community for… 
Regie’s lyrics make me want to write better and make me never want to write again. That’s how good they are.
I first met Regie when I was working in a small office at a music publishing company. He had an intense way about him, restless, his dark brown eyes open a little too wide on… 
I feel like I’m inoculated from the power of music. I’m rarely moved by a song anymore. A hazard of being a music maker maybe. But God has moved me through this song… 
Lora and Doug are friends from church. She owns a salon in our little town and he builds stuff and writes songs for people like Montgomery Gentry and George Strait.… 