In some of the best worship songs we bring our praises to God - yet at the same time also end up preaching to ourselves.

I love the pursuit of songwriting, and I've seen what songs can do in people's lives. Some of the stories that come back from songs flying around the globe are so encouraging.

As a writer of worship songs, I have a hunger to write deep songs of passionate reverence to God. Yet I'm aware I cannot sing before I have seen. All worship is a response to a revelation--it's only as we breathe in more of the wonders of God that we can breathe out a fuller response to Him....the key to a life of passionate and powerful worship comes from seeing God.

We can always find a reason to praise. Situations change for better and for worse, but God's worth never changes.

In heaven we will sing free of all the shame, sickness and sorrow that we encounter in the here and now.

As we begin to face up to the holiness of God, our lives resound with that very same anthem, here and now upon the earth.

One thing it makes me realize is just how similar we all are, around the globe. The details may be different, but every human heart is touched by themes like hope, comfort and mercy.