Loving Scotty

I met Scotty today. He was holding a cardboard sign, standing in the center divide of the road. I pulled up to the red light, called out to him, and offered him a clean pair of socks with a granola bar wrapped inside (homeless people always want and need clean socks!). He gladly took it. I asked his name, then if I could pray for him. He let me pray. What happened after the prayer touched my heart in a powerful way. Brace yourself...

A truck had pulled up behind me. As Scotty walked away, the man in the truck rolled down his window and handed Scotty an apple and a sandwich. Scotty thanked the man and walked away. The man turned back in his truck, and then handed out a bottle of juice and an orange. Scotty again thanked the man and walked away. The man in the truck noticed I had been watching the exchange and smiled at me. I smiled back and gave him a thumbs up. He gave me one back.

What touched me today was this thought: love is contagious! I am always more likely to jump in and help someone if I see someone else doing it too. But it's gotta start somewhere. When I worked at Starbucks, one person would pay for the car behind them, which would start a chain of cars all paying for the drinks behind them. Amazing to watch, but someone had to be first. Go infect someone with a little love today. It's likely they will pass it on.

New song! And FREE music!

It's here! It's finally here! OK... here's the story:

I took my high school students (I'm a youth pastor) up to Hume Lake for summer camp. While there, they offer loads of activities to do during the afternoons, one of which is to go into their professional-grade studio for an hour. I thought that was a great deal and asked two of my students if they would want to record with me. They said yes!

So we practiced a song I had written in 2004 but had never recorded in a studio. We got the recording at the end of the week, and I finally finished the artwork, so here's my new song!



I hope you enjoy listening to it! If you want, you could buy it for only $1! You'll get that song, but you'll get SO MUCH MORE! With the purchase, you get:

• a download of the song "see"
• a high-res back image with all the song credits and a couple extra pics
• a second front cover, only available here
• "Come Here Squirrels", an exclusive bonus track never before released!

Along with that, I've put up all my other music, available for download. Click on an album cover or title to go listen to it. See You There is FREE!

Here's some pics of us in the studio: