For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put in my pocket.

Music has always been a location for me to run to, whether it's through someone else's song or my own. I can observe my own planet from this foreign land and things make sense within the telescopic lens of song.

I'm continually wrestling with the idea that there are certain things in this world that simply don't fit. The idea that I have this longing for beauty and truth, and yet I'm also attracted to things that are very dark the lies that exist within me and outside of me.

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write to tell the truth.

Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life.

My challenge is, do not run away from the hard questions. Truly ask yourself what's worth living for in this life.

Jesus Christ's mercy and power indwells us and gives us the strength to make a positive difference.