Seventeen months after our first child mdash a boy mdash was born along came a little girl I was overjoyed at the thought of having a daughter but I was also a bit uneasy because while I knew a few things about little boys this was uncharted territory We named her Sarah and one of my privileges was rocking her to sleep so my wife could rest I rsquo m not sure why but I started trying to sing her to sleep and the song of choice was ldquo You Are My Sunshine rdquo Whether holding her in my arms [... more]

Years ago I listen to a preacher tell the congregation Don't you want to go to Heaven Well who doesn't But is that the reason I trust Christ If the whole point of this is fire-insurance then why are we left on this earth With that in mind I wrote down Heaven's Not the Reason At the piano I developed a melody and then asked my long-time friend Hank Martin to help me finish this song When Gracie started her project RESILIENT we dusted this song off and she and our friend Scat Springs sang it together If you want [... more]