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on being taught my own songs
One of the delights of “doing what I do” is when someone else teaches me my song. This happens so often, and in so many ways. It happens in the recording studio, when we’re crafting an arrangement of a song that, in many cases, I’ve been singing for a...
read more“Detectives of Divinity” CD has arrived!
It’s here! The new CD has arrived! You can: – download the album from iTunes. – buy the physical CD online with credit card (via IndiePool). – buy the CD over the phone (via MennoMedia: 1-800-631-6535). – buy the CD with a cheque via snailmail, directly from SmallTall Music....
read morearticle re: 10 years of smalltallmusic
Here’s an article that appeared in Christian Week a bit...
read morechildren, youth and a new kind of christianity
I have been invited to lead music in worship at a conference next May in Washington DC called “Children, Youth and a New Kind of Christianity.” The event is being organized by Dave Csinos and Brian McLaren, and here’s the event’s home page, with a video clip of Brian...
read moresneak peek of new cd cover
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover design for the new CD… working on the finishing touches of the audio and graphic design… should be released in a few weeks (you can pre-purchase the record here)… What do you...
read morenew cd coming soon – you can pre-order it now
Wednesday is the last recording session for the new CD… then it’s on to mixing and mastering, design work and manufacturing… The CD is available for pre-purchase (at a crazy low price for multiple copies) here. Pre-purchasing the record helps to fund it “up front” (much appreciated!), guarantees that...
read morea wee bit of video
Some folks have been after me for a long time, saying I should have more of a “video presence” on YouTube and so on. The world of video, at this point, is rather beyond my comfort zone, and has not been a priority for me… But some friends from...
read morechoosing the right songs
This past weekend’s adult Sunday School class in Wadsworth, Ohio was a new experience for me. The congregation is in the midst of a visioning and discernment process, seeking to have open eyes, ears and hearts for “God’s good plans for us” (Jeremiah 29:11). The pastor and I had...
read moreinfiltrating iowa
(The following has been reconstructed from top secret files and the memory of several key agents. Well, one in particular. We have reason to believe it is a reasonably accurate depiction of the sequence of events, if not an exact transcription of actual conversations and timelines. The phone lines...
read morebreathless in boulder
I’ll admit, I was getting nervous before the show in Pueblo, Colorado. A sequence of very large men in cowboy boots and hats had come up to me, saying things like “So you’re the PROFESSIONAL musician! Looking forward to hearing the way the PROS do it…” And so on....
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