In 1990, we finished a home to resale during the Red's wire to wire season. We passed this church & sign every time we went there to work. I wrote it down on a piece of paper and finished the song about 20 years later. It's my modern day hymn.

I was wanting to write a Christmas classic that talks about all the emotions, traditions and
expectations we have of the holiday. I would love to hear someone like Michael Buble sing this.

The story of Jesus has epic moments where God answered His peoples' prayers. They longed for a Messiah: He sent the answer as a baby in a manger. This song covers thousands of years up to Jesus' return. I can see this being used as a choral piece.

Classic comparison of an hourglass to the time one has in their own life set to a lively bluegrass track. It takes a serious subject and presents it in a enjoyable way as people get into the music.

Christmas was a big deal for our family and each of our homes looked like a Christmas store when decorated. I've missed that and the traditions we grew up with. I was thinking about what Christmas in Heaven would be like & wrote this.

As a child you think of heroes as super humans in costumes who have special powers. But then you mature and find out the real heroes are the everyday people who step up to be there when needed. I wrote this to honor my heroes, my Mom and Dad.

Once you're saved, what happens then? We tend to forget about mentoring new Christians to help them learn to grow in the knowledge and grace of God. That's what this song is about.

I heard Connie Harper's testimony after her last battle with cancer and she ended with she was glad she served a God who can take care of it all. No matter what we are facing in life, we are blessed because He is right by our side loving us through.

This is the story of the prodigal son from his point of view.