Please feel free to download these songs and listen to them on your iPod.
I wrote the songs, played all the instruments, did all the singing on the album, etc. Two exceptions ... I didn't write the words for the song "Heart of Jesus", and I "borrowed" the chords of the song "Living Faith" from my daughter.
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| I Trust In You, Oh Lord |
1995. My first and only worship song. I played this a few times when leading worship at Calvary Chapel. |
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| Knowing Jesus |
1993. I'm uncertain when this was written. It was first a song named "Knowing Love". The chorus was "The love of a man / the love of a woman". And I played it with the capo on the 3rd fret -- very high. It has an Eastern music influence. After becoming a Christian I converted the lyrics to a Christian song. I struggled for a long time to find an arrangement that I was happy with. I finally settled on one in 2004. |
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| My Rock |
2006. I wrote this while recording this album. It was inspired by a book about the papacy. I wasn't planning to write a song about this topic. |
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| It's You, Oh Jesus |
1993. First written before I was a Christian (probably in 1972). I changed the words when I became a Christian. In 2004 I came up with the final arrangement. |
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| The Way, the Truth, and the Life |
2007. There was a reading in the Liturgy of the Hours (Office of Readings) by St. Thomas Aquinas. I used it as the basis for this song. I had in mind a simpler recording and production -- it was all taking so long. |
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| Return To Me |
2006. I wrote this when working on this album. Inspired by a writing by St. Jerome. |
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| Foot of the Cross |
2003. I invented a new genre. An optional intro section followed by a short song fragment. Repeat these sections a few times to make a longer song. I wrote 2 of these. |
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| Youth of Today |
1996. I wrote this for the kids in the youth group. It seemed to express their general attitude about life and my wise counsel. |
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| It's a Sunny Day |
2000. Written when in North Carolina. I was thinking about the neighbors. |
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| Holy, Holy, Holy |
1990. Based on chanting from my yoga days. As a Catholic, it works once again. |
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| Sacred Heart |
2004. I got a poster of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and wanted to write a song about it. I purchased a Gretsch electric guitar and wanted to write a song to play lead on. |
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| Heart of Jesus |
2006. The lyrics are from a Catholic prayer. I composed this on the spot and recorded it. The recording is loose. I added drums later and tried to get the rhythm to line up. |
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| Living Faith |
2006. Inspired by a writing from the Liturgy of the Hours. I recorded one of my daughter's songs and she didn't use the recording, so I did. I merely composed a song using her chords. |
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