Storytellers: “All Things New”

The story behind the song “All Things New” is very different from many songs that I write.  In one way, this song idea has been developing for a long time, but in other ways, this song took a short time to actually finish. When I had a weeklong class up at Southern Seminary back in January 08, I took my …

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Storytellers: “May Your Life Be”

For the upcoming worship CD (out next Sunday), there are four originals coming out of the songwriters at North Side.  I thought it would be helpful for you to hear the story behind the song.  So, stay tuned for this “Storytellers” segment. Today’s edition features a guest blogger, none other than the uber-talented, John Kennerly.  John wrote a song a …

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CD Track List

Well, I have been so thrilled to hear how excited some of you are about the new North Side CD coming out.  Either you are making me feel really good or you are truly anticipating getting a copy in your hands.  Either way, thanks for the encouragement! The CD, entitled “The Time is Now” will be released Sunday, October 12th …

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CD is in the Mail

That’s right!  North Side’s worship CD is officially in the mail on its way to be mastered and duplicated!  I feel such a sense of relief to have that task done, but even more than that, I am extremely happy with the way it turned out.  Anthony, the band, and the singers made this project even better than I imagined …

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Crisis of Belief

Another great Sunday today.  We have one more week of Experiencing God after today, and this series has been huge in the life of our church.  Each week, I hear more and more of all that God has been doing in the lives of people at North Side.  People are truly living with their eyes wide open and God is …

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Studio Video #10 – Interpretive Movement

Studio work is going great. The North Side crew has been cranking it out with Anthony over at Addeybug and we are getting real close. All the instruments are tracked (unless we hear something else we need), and the majority of vocals are done. We went through five vocalists yesterday! We had already gotten three, and now we have four …

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Speaking Through Circumstances

I love getting together as a church on Sundays. Today was another great day! In our series, Experiencing God, we arrived today at the message, “Speaking Through Circumstances.” This is such a needed message. Overwhelmed with the circumstances in our lives, it is normally hard to decipher what God is trying to say. When you see a commercial on TV …

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The Epic Shack

Sunday is going to be a pretty stupendous day for North Side. First, this is the Sunday before school starts which normally means that everyone comes off of summer vacation and comes to church all on the same day.  Normally, this is the largest day attendance wise next to Easter all year.  So, we look forward to seeing everyone together …

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Studio Video #9 – Pickin’ and Grinnin’

This next video chronicling the studio development for the upcoming North Side worship album is of JT himself, Eric Bryant. Eric is working on the arrangement and recording the acoustic track for “God of This City,” a fabulous worship tune penned by a band called Bluetree out of Ireland. I make a cameo in the video as well, and somehow …

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