On a cool late summer evening a few weeks ago in the Northern Galilee, as the sun dawned on the first International indie music festival in Israel, I met up with my childhood friends Yoni and Josiah Wolf (from the indie rap band WHY?) in a hotel room to have a long chat about faith, …
For years I struggled in life. I was torn. I was drawn to one culture, but I was a part of another culture. A childhood in suburban America gave me a deep love for the beauty found in independent rock music, in skateboarding, and in the modern Western mythology found in films, art, and comic …
In the summer of 2015, I was on a family vacation to England. At some point, I was sitting in a cafe with my laptop. I opened up Spotity to listen to music. There was a recommendation to check out the album “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan. I decided to check it out. At first, …
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Fatherhood is a strange thing. I am a father. I also have a father. Plus, I have a Heavenly Father, and a handful of other people who have been like fathers to me in life. Have I treated them well? I remember being angry at most of them. But if I’m angry at all those …
“And the archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, ‘Take me away, for I am severely wounded.’” – 2 Chronicles 35:23 [NKJV] 2017 was the year I turned 40. It was a hard year. There was so much I wanted to do, so much I planned to do. So I tried …
A few years ago, I had almost stopped making music altogether. I was burnt out and in debt from running a record label and playing shows. One day I locked the door to my office-slash-record-shop and started a new job the next morning. But over time, it was harder and harder to not make music. …
I recently went over all the songs I recorded over the years, and I picked out my three favorite ones. These are songs that I love both because of how they were written and how they were recorded. I think they’re great songs that sound good, too. You can get them for free here. …
This is my take on the song “Holy Ghost”, by John Mark McMillan, from his 2014 album, “Borderland”. JMM is one of my favorite artists nowadays, and I really enjoyed his recent album, “Mercury and Lightning”. I like his songs about the human condition, and man’s relationship with God. Enjoy! Thanks for checking out my …
10 years ago this month, in 2008, I left an office job and began serving in full-time ministry. My responsibility was to facilitate corporate worship in a ministry center in Jerusalem, Israel. It basically means leading worship, or playing music. By that time, I’d already released a couple albums of my own music. But the …
