When I think of Spirit, I think of that mysterious force that pulls us into being, into becoming, into love. That can get political rather quickly.

I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like.

Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.

If leading worship is just about bringing a group of people into a room so we can get goosebumps and sing songs together, there's not much value in that. But if leading worship is a means to an end, that we leave this place as a different kind of people, as part of a new humanity that God wants to create... then that matters.

The danger of art created to rise above the noise is that it may end up being noise itself.

I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.

It's hard to make a living in music, so a lot of times in the arts it's safer to kind of fit into a box.