I was really privileged to be able to take part in a new series of films which Graham Kendrick has been releasing over the last few weeks, including song stories and performances. I was brought in to help tell the story of how ‘Holy Overshadowing’ came about, which you can see below. This song has … More New Song Story video – Holy Overshadowing
As usual I would like to keep this brief (as an excuse for lack of effort to research much while I write) but this will probably end up proliferating anyway, so there. Read on, and do the research yourself, o thou internet user. This morning we had the pleasure of hosting Michael Hardin at our … More Michael Hardin and the ‘new view’ of the atonement
To All My Scottish Friends, I love you all. (I’m talking to you, James Palmer.) You brought us whisky, haggis and a sizeable helping of gumption. I observe that Scotland’s high proportion of Calvinists is, oddly, inversely proportional to the pervasive graciousness of Scots, albeit accompanied as it often is by a supreme level of self-confidence. … More To All My Scottish Friends
I remember having a hard time explaining to Joe Blanchard who Charles Wesley was. I met Joe at the Christian Union but he went to a different church on Sundays. “He wrote hymns,” I started. “Hymns?” “Yeah. Old worship songs!” “Oh right! Like ‘How Great Is Our God’?” “Um, no, not that one.” “Oh right. … More Who Is Charles Wesley?
Last week I went into the The Neighbourhood studio in Greenwich for two days with a good friend of mine, Dan Moyler. Dan has cool, round, thick-rimmed glasses which he wears with an air of quiet confidence. This confidence is well-deserved; as a fledgling audio engineer he’s already working across a circuit of top London studios. Recent … More EP 2014 progress update
I’ve just come back from Ichthus Revive 2014 where we were so privileged to welcome Argentinian revivalist Carlos Annacondia and his team for his first ever visit to the UK. I’m shattered now so will keep this brief: I introduced a song called “This is the day of salvation” at the conference, so for anyone … More New song – lyrics and music on the way
The difference between networking and relationship-building is the difference between being self-serving and other-serving.
Just over three years ago (in the same month of May) I wrote a post which has received some of the heaviest traffic on this blog, perhaps barring one on the correct interpretation of Revelation 19:10. I can’t explain the popularity of the latter, but for the former I think I can have a go. … More Did the Father turn his face away? Part 2
Hi friends This is just a quick post to announce that my good friend Mark Pierce and I have launched a brand new blog for musicians everywhere – MusiciansRepublic.net! We will be featuring tips and tricks for playing, recording and marketing your music, plus news, reviews and interviews regularly appearing! We’re hoping that both amateur hobbyists … More New Music Blog launched!
We seem to have a tendency in modern worship songs to want to write simple statements like “God, you’re so good,” or “Your love is so vast” or something – statements that try to capture how big and how wonderful this love of our God is as we’ve discovered it. Often though, if you’re anything like … More Singing “Our God reigns” in a world of genocide
Ben David Trigg 