“What was I made for?” the Barbie movie, Grammy-award-winning song asks? (I got to accompany my daughter singing that song a month or so ago for our annual Women’s Day, by the way, what fun! And what a great song.) What was I made for? Why am I here? As I grapple with the deepest questions of life right now, already surviving past the typical glioblastoma patient at my stage, this is something I think about every day. I want every moment to count. I want to accomplish what I was put here to do. Why am I here? In a word, “worship.” Worship is what I was made for (Isaiah 43:21). Worship You My ..read more

“See As a Child” Lyric Video Recorded in 2001, remastered in 2024. This song is about stripping away the spiritual clutter and getting back to what is most essential, seeing God with trust and innocence like a child. It was written back in 2000 as I was going through major life transition, leaving my 6 year career in marketing and product management for an uncertain future in full-time ministry. Now 24 years later I wanted to re-release the song as I have been reflecting on new changes in life. More about writing the song here ..read more

Here’s a little bit about my daughter Cora Craig’s song “Realize” from her new album, “Stay Right Here.” I love this whole album. What a joy to get to work on this project while going through my recovery from brain surgery at the beginning of last year. (I am so glad music was something I could still work on when there were many other things I was unable to do.) I love the struggle to surrender in the message of this song, ultimately choosing to trust: …the foundation has been laid, help me understand and live that way. Story behind the song “Realize” Realize Lyric Video ..read more

Last week I posted a new song about the epic cosmic struggle we are in as people of faith (and I shared personally about my present health battle). I was encouraged that the song generated a big positive response and heard about some groups singing the song already! Here is a lyric video version, suitable for online worship service or groups that use lyric videos for worshiping in smaller gatherings or ministries that don’t have live musicians. God bless ..read more

I’m in my own holy battle right now with the forces of chaos that attack my very body and brain. Fighting cancer is difficult to say the least, but it helps me when I daily choose surrender. Choose to trust my Creator along my journey and frame my own struggles within the greater cosmic battle over death that I believe has already been won. The forces of evil rejoiced as the Son of Man was brutally tortured and killed, all the fury of the Chaos Dragon focused wholly upon him (Rev 12:12). But death could not hold him. He rose from the grave, he gave us his name, and a Great Commission. No matte ..read more

I love to use this space for sharing original songs written by other disciples in my church family, and today I’d like to share a catchy and upbeat song by the campus ministry leader for the Guam Christian Church called “You Are God.” This song seems super fun and easy to learn. Please try it out, and if you can send me a recording of your group singing it, send it to me and I’ll add it to this post. Below are the lyrics and the chords you will see on the video. I like how the song first focuses on who God is (v.1) and then my response to who God is in terms of personal devotion (v.2) and spre ..read more

I shared this song originally a few years about along with some of what went into writing this song.  There are many old hymns that are so appropriate for Communion but it seems that many newer worship songs are more oblique in their lyrics; I wanted a song for us to sing as the gathered church that explicitly referenced the body and blood of Christ, and gathering “in remembrance” of him.  So I wrote this song several years back for that purpose.  Finally I was was able to recently release a studio version of this song on my most recent album, “Heaven’s Declare.”  We sing t ..read more

Hello everyone! Happy Monday and happy MLK day. In honor of his legacy and his dream, I wanted to post a song I was asked to produce along with some friends of mine a few years ago for an online conference, “Let Justice Roll.” This song was an anthem of the civil rights movement here in my country years before I was born. I believe God is working among the nations to slowly bring change, and the rule and reign of King Jesus! Collectively, as the people of God, we shall overcome someday ..read more

Hey everyone! Merry Christmas!! You probably aren’t aware of this, but I quietly released a Christmas album last year (actually, part 1 of a Christmas album). Would love to invite you to take a break from Mariah Carey (no offense, I love all Christmas songs) and listen to some Savior-focused holiday songs during this festive season of celebrating Jesus’ entry to planet earth. ODD NOTE: Somehow when I was uploading and entering all the metadata for streaming services this time last year I made a mistake and coded one of the songs as having explicit lyrics (which it emphatically does not, haha ..read more

Thanks so much for all of you who continue to pray for me and encourage me in my health journey. I am coming up on one year since life changed dramatically for me, and I’m still processing and learning, living each day grateful for every moment. I wanted to share a new song today that was inspired a year or two ago by spending a lot of time in the Torah, specifically via the Bible Project podcast (which I referenced in my post last week as well). I feel like God was preparing me for my present struggle with a lot of foundational study about the ancient faith and cosmic story I get to be a part ..read more