I was recently informed by Goodreads which books I finished reading in 2014. On that page I can boast a modest ten books, but you’d need more than just the fingers on both hands for the actual count – for some reason it didn’t show up Alistair McGrath’s biography of C.S. Lewis, which I read … More 2014: My Year In Books
Since Dan Lank and I announced that we’ve written a new song for Christmas, we’ve had hundreds of listens through our Bandcamp page, with lots of great feedback from friends, family and strangers! I’m pleased to say that the song is now also available to buy on iTunes for the princely sum of £0.79 (English … More New Xmas song now available on iTunes and YouTube!
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
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
The difference between networking and relationship-building is the difference between being self-serving and other-serving.
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
Hi folks The good people at Crown Lane Studio offered the competition prize of a music video shoot, and I was very pleased when they announced that I had won it! I decided to go for the first song on my latest EP, called “You Are With Me”. So here’s me performing it, shot nicely … More New Music Video “You Are With Me”
This week Melvyn Bragg’s show on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time discussed The Trinity. If you’re anything like me and you enjoy a bit of history and theology, this is one not to miss. It offers a great historical introduction to the topic but advances quite far (as far as it can in 45 minutes) down … More The Trinity
I’ve just blogged about Justin Brierley’s show on Premier Radio, ‘Unbelievable‘, so forgive me for continuing to riff on the same material (ie. things other people say rather than my own thoughts), but I caught up with the latest episode via podcast, this time asking “Was Jesus just a Rabbi?” (Click to listen) This is … More The Children’s Gospel
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