And on that day when my strength is failing; the end draws near and my time has come. Still my soul will sing Your praise unending ten thousand years and then forevermore

An old pop music producer once said that there are really only four kinds of song a person can write: "I love you/I hate you/go away/come back!" That's a funny observation.

The church has been under-fathered and over-mothered.

I love the intensity of the Psalms. No-one ever sounds bored about God or about life in the Psalms.

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

Worship songs can't just be rooted in culture - they won't be deep enough. They have to be rooted in scripture.

I love to say that not only is the throne room of God a place of reverence, it's always a place of refuge. So when everything else in life seems to be shifting, or breaking and shaking apart, there's a place that is always stable, safe, and constant. When we draw near to God in worship, and approach His throne, we tap into that. It's a very re-assuring place, where we're reminded that there's a God on His throne, and even when we don't understand everything, we can trust it to Him.