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Come Away was originally titled "Come Away with Me." I hadn't even heard of Nora Jones at the time, but when I did, I humbly changed the name of my song to "Come Away." Like Nora's song, it too, is a love song, but a love song to God who loves us with eternal, sacrificial love.

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Humbled and Bow Down prayerfully keeps our eyes trained on the Savior of our life; "seeds that have died have been sown, return to find their heavenly home." We, the created, have the privilege of continually drenching ourselves in the extravagant love of Christ, holding up the banner of His love over our lives, knowing that our life's culmination will be face to face intimacy with Christ..

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She Saw Jesus, the theme song, was written as a tribute to Pari who was my daughter, Nibha's, roommate in school for a short six weeks. Pari had to deal with a terminal illness at the age of fourteen. She discovered that giving into the will of God meant receiving the fullness of the love of Jesus. She grew to treasure His company more than life. Her prayer became that of Jesus, "God, not my will, but Yours." The song was written for Pari. Her story made a powerful impact on my life. My daughter, Sheva, and I sang this song at Hebron School, in April of 2005, for Pari's memorial service.

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My Redeemer Lives is inspired from the words of Job. As I meditated, I had an image of a person climbing out of his grave, which was emptied of its dirt, wearing a miner's hat with a light on it. He's eyes to the blind and feet to the lame, the lamp on my head to walk out of the grave. Job was fearless because he knew that the grave was not his last destination. He knew that one day he would stand side by side with God and see Him face to face.

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Rocks Begin to Grow stretches our imagination... rocks shouting. (That was God's crazy idea.) I began to imagine rocks growing, rocks singing, and rocks dancing. If the rocks can shout, than nothing is impossible for God. May we not be put to shame by God who dares to make rocks shout out praises to Christ if we are slow to do it.

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Yeshu ko Dekha is the translation of the song She Saw Jesus into Hindi. It was recorded separately and is introduced with the voice of an Indian classical vocalist. The translation was done by Shagun Johri, who took much time and effort to do an excellent job. If you understand Hindi, you will appreciate this song.

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Confession song was written when a friend met Jesus. She made a confession of His love and faithfulness; a confession of daily faith to live by.

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Responsive Reading 101 is a "takeoff" from Rocks Begin to Grow. It lightens the heaviness of church liturgy. Its fun, not rap (My hat off to those who are talented with rap.)

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Jump or Dive? The bouncy tune of this song contrasts with the seriousness of the lyrics... resurrection. Jump or Dive? was written for my daughter, Sheva, who harassed me endlessly by complaining that I'd written a song for everyone except her, until I was finally forced to do so.

At a family reunion Sheva was coaxed into playing a diving board game called Jump or Dive. One must run out to the end of the board and bounce. Someone shouts either "jump" or "dive" and the victim must comply. Sheva accepted the challenge and leapt off the diving board, performing a very disgraceful belly-flop into the water. When she surfaced, she was laughing and wearing a shy smile on bright red cheeks.

The lyrics were inspired from an event that took place when she was a Senior in high school. As a Senior in high school, Sheva made a similar leap when she stood up and confessed before students and staff her faith in the God who claims to be The Resurrection and the Life by praying for the healing of a child near death. Sheva stood up and did not waver in her confession of a God who heals, aware that she would be ridiculed for what she believed in. Her faith was in a God who promises us "life." One of the song lines in Jump or Dive? claims that the resurrected Jesus doesn't know a word called DEAD!

Pari''s life proved that death is a defeated enemy. Life always presents challenges which force us into making choices in faith... are these challenges and trials purposefully planned, measured, and weighed by the Author of Life? Are we humbled and bowed down enough to confess our need for a redeemer? Does God really ask us to "jump?" Taking that leap into the unknown can be a gamble, but choosing not to leap may be the bigger gamble. When Pari leapt, she did not sink or swim... she sailed, because She Saw Jesus.