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I've started writing for my next project and an interesting theme keeps showing up...endings. Not in terms of finality, but endings as the start of something new...something better. I don't usually write a whole lot about resolution. I'm usually more drawn to the struggle, the process. And that's still in these new… Continue

The new album releases today! I am anxious to share these songs with everyone. I hope that you, in some way, connect. They are human songs; stripped of pretense...at least as much as possible with my experiences and filters. After my own "interruption" two years ago, I was determined to write without censoring myself. That's where lines like "I am a liar. I have always been." from the song Risk or "For being a slave to everything but us. For choosing drinks instead of love." from I Forgive come… Continue

Two years ago my pleasant little life was interrupted. Everything had been rolling along great and then...I woke up one day and couldn't walk for a while. Over the next week or so, I started passing out and forgetting things. This wasn't supposed to happen. It was definitely not in the plan. I mean, I had a great career, great friends and family and I just started writing and recording again. Not to mention, I had been experiencing a spiritual awakening. I mean "God, this isn't right!"… Continue

This makes me more than mad
Even now, I’m accusing in my head
I should be extending mercy
But all I see is red

I need forgiveness
I want my family back
But it’s easier to feed this anger
Go on one last attack


Those words are from the bridge of a song called "My Family Fell A… Continue

So often, when I read a blog post, it is someone ranting about something. One person firmly believes that his/her thoughts are correct and someone else's thoughts are not. Whether it's on "myccm" or some other place, blogs are full of arguments and judgements...and there certainly is a place for that. We need discussion to work out right and wrong, good and bad-in terms of art, music, movies, relationships, or life in general. But the more I study, read, learn, create and live; the more I realiz… Continue

Art. Music. Justice (orignally posted on myspace Oct. 21, 2008)

This was truly a profound evening...beyond seeing an artist I've waited to see for 17 years...(Charlie Peacock) . I have been involved with the cause to end human trafficking and modern day slavery through donations, resources, etc. The cause of the oppressed has always been inside my nature. Though I'm not one to be greatly affected by cause presentations. But tonight, I was deeply moved by the music, the stories, the images and t… Continue

This World of Ours


As I sit here on a Sunday night, I find myself in a reflective mood. I always try to prepare myself for the week ahead. As some of you may know, I am in the business of mental health. On a daily basis, I hear stories that should shock, disturb and move me. But, mostly I numb myself to what I hear. I think if I allowed myself to truly feel it all, I would not be effective. My emotions would overtake my logic; my compassion would turn to enabling. I am not a "bleeding heart" b… Continue