I wrote "That Mountain" as part of a concept CD that never got released called "Wasted Time." It was written as a prayer and turned out to be prophetic in my life because shortly after I recorded that song I became very, very ill and I subsequently went up that mountain. The CD never got entirely mastered and I went on to see the Light and live like I was dying for a while. I really came very close to passing away. I went back to what I knew and what I was taught as a child. No one is better and I mean no one. We all fall and perhaps, most of us have to go through something like that experience. However, as I went back to the basics; I opened a Bible and sought with my whole heart the Jesus of my childhood that I knew loved me, died for me on that cross and rose from the grave according to those scriptures in three days; by grace and faith he showed up for me. If you have trouble with doubt, just ask Him to show up for you, He will. I confessed Him Lord of my life and with that Lordship, I gave him what I write, sing, do in my everyday life, marriage and day job. I gave him everything and I got to tell you, He can be trusted. I remember being on my hands and knees during an extremely trying time, outside, with a thunderstorm in the distance and as I called out to Jesus in my distress, I asked Him, "do you still love me?" and the distant thunder roared. It never has stopped roaring since and the wind hasn't stopped blowing either. Praise God it's all recorded on the Youtube station Musicandmessage411 and on the videos I have going out. Once you see it you can't unsee it. You Just have to have a believing eye and ear and there are no special effects. It's all recorded on a regular cell phone and with an acoustic or occassionally, an electric guitar. Anyway, Jesus is really powerful and He is who he says He Is. He is God Almighty, for I called only upon Him by name and my subsequent recovery back to health, back to work and then the music put out since then (mostly unplugged, raw and imperfect as it is) are evidence to who He is. To God be the glory! I will never get over the unspeakable gift of Calvary, in Jesus, my Lord and how he called me up that mountain.

"Me" is a song that is haunting, longing, and deliciously dark, gently rocking you from a lonesome ballad to the heights of an operatic rock mountain. It asks one to turn and face the devastation of the burned bridges of their life and accept personal responsibility. It was written from a rock bottom of my life depicting the curious psychological twist where in a breakup one blames the other party but with any level of maturity comes down to accept their own part in the story. I, as well as all of us, can relate to how the prodigal wandered off to the far away country then came to suddenly came to himself and decided to go back home. I hear echoes down the corridors of my childhood in this song were the Father is calling his son back home. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Now, who do you think "me" is in this song? Here is "Me."