As of March 22, 2009, these are my ten favorite songs. 1. My Deliverer (3) Mandisa (listen) 2. Still My God (2) Avalon (listen) 3. Forgiven and Loved (5) Jimmy Needham (listen) 4. Free to Be Me (7) Francesca Battistelli (listen) 5. Create Again (1) Aaron Shust (listen) 6. You Found Me (new) Big Daddy Weave (listen) 7. The Motions (10) Matthew West (listen) 8. God You Reign (4) Lincoln Brewster (listen) 9. God In Me (9) Mary Mary (listen) 10....

For the past two nights, I’ve been leaving my Macbook Pro, Machiavelli “Macky” MacMcIntosh, at the office as part of a more concerted effort to spend more time with my wife and kids. It hasn’t been easy – and right now, it’s kind of a fail, because I’m still online, albeit on my wife’s Macbook, haha! – but this is an issue that is very close to my heart. My dad had me at 46. We didn’t...

As if I weren’t already giddy enough  from Mandisa’s shout-out! God has seen fit to take my Thursday to the next level by just throwing blessing upon blessing in my face! You are rocking my world, Father! On Radio&Records.com, the Christian AC charts are showing the progress of my favorite songs, which softens the blow of Christian radio’s woeful reaction to Aaron Shust’s spectacular Create Again as well as the...

Warning: the blog entry you are about to read may result in your losing a little respect for me by virtue of my being a total fanboy. I beg your forgiveness and ask you to indulge me. Imagine your getting a message from a celebrity person who’s made such an impact in your life, but said person was totally unattainable, totally unreachable. This is like Raft3r getting a personal message from Janet. Or Cathy getting a personal message from...

Yahoo! I ordered Freedom! :D My Mandisa collection is still complete! And this one has an autograph!! Thanks to a very kind, generous aunt who will ship it to me here – take that, you selfish people at Chordant/EMI! – I will have a copy of Mandisa’s Freedom in less than two months! HA!! With autograph! Thanks to my beautiful, generous, ever-giving wife, too! Baby, you’re so wonderful! YESZ!!! I heart my God! I heart my...