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Release Date: June 2003 Tracks: click on track title to download mp3 clip. 1. Jesus, You’re the One For Me - The passage in Romans chapter 5 struck me as incredable. As I realized that God saw us when we were at our worst and still gave us His best to make us His own, my love for Him grew. That’s what I am talking about here. I am not sure when I first wrote this song but I remember performing it as early as 1995. 2. Micah 7 -Though these words were penned by a prophet 2500 years ago they describe life today perfectly. Often I despair when I look around and see the way that people deal with each other, then I am reminded to put my hope in God. -I wrote this for my family shortly after becoming a Christian. I comes out of an overwelming love for them and a desire to see them experience the new life that Jesus gives us. 4. KeyTo Life -So many times, Vikki and I have met people who are sincerely seeking, but they already have their answer in mind. The solution to life’s questions about meaning and purpose, they suppose (as I did) must be mystical, esoteric, or complex. Because the Gospel’s response is simple enough for a child to embrace, they assume it must be wrong. However children often enter the Kingdom of Heaven, while the “wise” scorn it. -I love my time here, but my heart is at home in heaven with Jesus. I had a great time playing all the layers of flute on this. In the short time the cd has been circulating, people seem particularly drawn to this song. 6. If We Didn’t Believe His Word -Like the jeering crowds around the ark, before the flood, many are in for a rude awaking. This is one of the two songs on this cd that were written during the time of recording it. 7. Were’nt You Going to Tell Them? 8. Tell Me Is There Anyone Like That Here? - The Kingdom consists not of those who appear well, but of the broken, who need their hearts healed. People like you and me. Sonetimes I look around the Church and wonder where all the kingdom people are. A merging of several Psalms, including 19 and 119, this song is kind of a sound tribute to my dear friend and mentor Ed Allen. I reminds me of the kind of stuff we were recording at 1st Baptist Chelsea MA in the early ‘90’s 10. Jesus, You Are -I wrote this just after the death of my father-in-law, one of the sweetest men I have ever met. I only recall tears streaming as the song came and reminded me of God’s eternal goodness even in the most difficult of times. |
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Personel Amy Parker- Amy is a dear friend and sang with us on the praise team at Morningstar. In addition to her incomperable voice and ear for harmonies, she also is great to be around. We voted her “head of the ministry of humor’. Amy sings on tracks 1, 3, 4, and 7. Dave Nelson- A man of the book, as a student at Beeson Divinity School and at the Beeson Bookshop, Dave has a double life as a smokin’ bass player. It was after playing with him at a chapel service that I knew I wanted him to lay down some tracks with me. Dave is also the bass player for University Geoff Peel- Geoff has been my right hand man running sound and video at Beeson for some years now. I am always happy when Geoff is at the board. Better still that Geoff mixing is his heart. He has a real heart to know and serve God. He has a great sense of humor and things can get pretty wacky when we get going. Matt Hampton- Matt is among my closest friends and a constant encouragement to me. His thrist to get to the bottom of the deep questions of life has led him on quite an adventure. With study in apologetics, and an advanced degree in theology, Matt is rumored to be working in a bank in Sand Mountain. |