After last year's Christmas post, one could be forgiven for responding to this news with a bit of (good-natured, I'd hope) ribbing, but: I've just written a new Christmas song. The world, you see, is full of un-beautiful stuff right now. And while I do still firmly believe that the contemporary American approach to Christmas is largely a manifestation of—if not even a source of—that stuff, I...
Sometimes someone crosses your path and you connect for reasons you can't explain. So... there's this guy. Gabe. I'll write more about him someday, I'm sure, but now isn't the time. (We have a class to prepare for.) For today, on his 16th birthday, here's our relationship boiled down into one 6-minute song. Happy birthday, Gabe. For what it's worth, I consider you to be the son I never...
Once a year or so, Rev. Aija lets me take the reins (and the pulpit) for what we call "Music Sunday"—a worship experience that's all about music, except when it's not. Coming up with a theme for Music Sunday is always pretty easy—there's always a song I've wanted to find an excuse for the choir to sing, or a topic I've wanted to write a song about, or a story I've wanted to tell. Except for...
My good friend Jeremy Patterson has a new YouTube interview show called the Capital Area Theatre Show. Guess who he invited to be his second-ever interviewee? Tune in below or on the show's YouTube channel to hear our milkshake-fueled conversation about art and life and idols and dreams and fears and insecurities, and why we do all that we do. (And he eventually was able to steer me back...