Hey guys, just thought I’d let you know that I am in the preliminary stages of a new album. (!) Nothing is concrete yet, but I thought it’d be cool to let you know what’s happening along the way, so look for updates here and on my facebook music page. Here’s the deal right now as it relates to the next album. I’m still deciding what kind of album this will be. Right now there are really two choices.

1) I have a bunch of songs on close family relationships that I’m dying to get out to the world. I really think the themes are pretty universal. In my head, I hear them as very organic, mostly acoustic in nature.

2) There are also several songs that I think are more church-oriented, songs you’d hear in a worship service. I’m really excited about these as well, cause I think they are probably more friendly to most congregations than any I’ve ever put out before. There is also the potential for some of them to rock, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.

So, my dilemma is that I really do have two different albums. The problem is, the album about relationships wouldn’t be as marketable to most of my current “fan-base” (for lack of a better word). What I mean is, it’s a lot easier to sell a “worship album” to people who know me mostly for my worship stuff. I’m still working through it, so pray about that for me, will ya?!

Ok, that’s it for now, don’t want to overload ya. I’m heaps excited about it. I feel like this is what I was born to do, so that’s very cool. Alright, see you soon. More updates to come.

Nothing fancy today, folks, just thought I’d share a little acronym I’ve come up with. I am not the most disciplined or organized person in the world, but I’m getting better. S.T.A.Y. simply stands for

Spend Time Alone with Yahweh

I use it to remind myself just how important it is to spend that time alone with the Maker and Savior every day. It’s on my little schedule I’ve made up for myself under a certain block of time.

It’s amazing how easy it is to forget or to think I can handle even one day or hour or minute or second by myself. I need Him moment by moment.  Hope you make some time in your daily routine to S.T.A.Y.

You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You. (Isaiah 26:3, Amplified Bible)