I’ll cut right to the heart of truth. You have been made in God’s image. You are here for a specific purpose. He knew you before you were born. He knows every hair on your head. He knows every tear you’ve ever cried. He knows every tear you’ve held back. God loves you with an everlasting love. He smiles when He thinks of you. He rejoices over you with exuberant singing. He always loves to hear you pray. He surrounds you with His holy presence. His mercy is new every single morning. He will never leave or forsake you.

13 #sevenwordsoftruth sentences that hopefully encourage you,

Regi

I have no idea how this started. #sevenwordsoftruth

For some time now I’ve been using #sevenwordsoftruth as a hash tag on Twitter. I can’t remember the exact day or month when I counted out seven words in a statement I heard and tweeted it. But now there’s hardly a day or conversation that goes by where my ears aren’t listening for a statement that is tweet worthy (as my daughter says). To give you a few samples of my recent tweets, “If a Latte appeared I’d drink it.” #sevenwordsoftruth “A preacher shouldn’t preach if he’s high” #sevenwordsoftruth. So, you get the picture. Even now as I’m writing this post my mind is wandering off down some path of curiosity hoping to suddenly think of another seven words to share. Can you think of one? I’d love to have you join me on Twitter with a few of your own sevenwordsoftruth. Or, post them in a comment here and I’ll tweet it with your permission.

Until then,

Regi

Hey y’all,

The Christmas CD is finally here. “Holy Night” is available in my store and on iTunes, whichever you prefer. Phillip Keveren produced and orchestrated the tunes and we were able to have the City of Prague Symphonic Strings play on the album as well; all 42 of them. Kent Hooper, who engineered everything on the project sent me a link to actually watch the strings being recorded which was crazy unbelievable. We recorded the rhythm section at Playground Recording and my vocals were recorded at Kent’s home studio. I hope you’ll find the project a nice backdrop as you spend time with your family and friends making memories together. Next up: I’m recording a secular tune and will bring you more on that really soon. Hey… I hope you like the next website. We are working to update every part of the site so keep coming back to check it out. Regi

For several years I’ve talked about recording a Christmas vocal project and each year time always seemed to come and go without ever getting focused. This year is different! I’m finally doing it. All the songs have been chosen and three have been arranged by Phillip Keveren who is a friend and wonderful orchestrator here in Nashville. In fact, he is on his way to Prague where 42 string players from the Prague Symphony will be playing on three of the songs. We have chosen a variety of songs including “Silent Night”, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, “O Holy Night”, “I Wonder As I Wonder”, “Let It Snow” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”. We decided to record fewer songs but focus on producing a continual listening experience by adding musical connectors between each song. I’m excited and can hardly wait to complete the project. Hopefully after these tunes are mixed, I’m starting on a new project that I can use with worship teams and choir’s during Worship Weekends in 2012.

Keep a look out for my new Christmas project. It’ll be here before you know it.

Regi

I just returned from Nashville, Arkansas for a Worship Weekend. One part of this weekend that really struck me was the 7 churches that joined together from several denominations. Friday night included a wonderful meal and fellowship, a devotion/discussion and a time of worship through music. In addition to talking and writing about our thoughts on worship we rehearsed several songs together and presented a concert of worship on Saturday evening. We also focused on a wonderful non-profit organization (Health Clinic) that received nearly $2,000 in support from the Saturday concert. Then on Sunday I had the opportunity to lead a time of worship with the First United Methodist choir and congregation and for the first time presented a children’s sermon. It was fun to say the least. I appreciate the music director, Kristie Eggers for working so hard to put the weekend together. Knowing that people were blessed as a result made it all worth while.

If you are interested in hosting a Worship Weekend at your church let me know.

Regi