For a limited time only, Quietime Christmas will be available via Walmart.com for $7.00. Check it out along with all the other seasonal titles offered.
Of course, you can buy it at Lifeway Christian Stores, Amazon.com, and download it on iTunes too.
Every now and then (almost daily) I need to be reminded that nobody else has it all together - why should I?
NOBODY'S GOT IT ALL TOGETHER
By Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn
Working hard to tie up the loose ends
So hard to decide who you let in
Put your best foot forward with a grin
I can see the fear behind your eyes
Wondering if someone will recognize
You’ve grown tired of keeping up the lies
Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together
I have seen the darkness of my heart
And found a love that taught me its too hard
To walk through life and not let down my guard
What good is it to say please savior come
If there is nothing you need rescue from
Life is something no one has a corner on
Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together
When the parts that are self righteous
Start to disappear
Every other life is
Just another mirror
And life is way too short to run and hide
Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together
(c) 2004 Juvintud Music / St. Jerome Music (ASCAP)
Every good marriage has a time of testing and trials...ours is no different.
"Any Other Way"
Jill Phillips
Do you remember that Monday when
The world fell out beneath our feet
Both surprised that we had been
So close to losing everything
Putting one foot in front of the other
felt like such a long, hard step to take
We thought about moving and starting again
But it was something we could never outrun so we just stayed
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way
Gaining back the trust we lost
Was harder than just losing it
But if we wanted change at all
The pain was a prerequisite
So little by little, a piece at a time
We were putting back together what was left of a broken life
It wasn’t quick, it wasn’t easy
But that kind of change isn’t one that happens overnight
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way
When we first met, love was a feeling
But making it last, that’s a decision
A good decision
When we watch the kids run through the yard
Sometimes I just can’t help but think
That every bit of what it cost
Was worth it for this family
‘cause I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way
Words and Music by Jill Phillips
From "The Good Things" CD
My instrumental CDs are featured in the front counters at all Lifeway Christian Stores (150 or so) for the rest of the year. Quietime Hymns and Quietime Devotion through October. Then, Quietime Christmas until the end of the year. All at a special price. Wooohoo. They make great Christmas gifts!
Lost are saved, find their
way
At the sound of Your Great Name
All condemned feel no
shame
At the sound of Your Great Name
Every fear has no place
At the sound of Your Great Name
The enemy, he has to leave
At the sound of Your Great Name
JESUS, worthy is the Lamb
that was slain for us
Son of God and man
You are high and lifted up
And all the world will praise
Your Great Name
All the weak find their
strength
At the sound of Your Great Name
Hungry souls receive grace
At the sound of Your Great Name
The fatherless find their
place
At the sound of Your Great Name
The sick are healed, the
dead are raised
At the sound of Your Great Name
JESUS, worthy is the Lamb
that was slain for us
Son of God and man
You are high and lifted up
And all the world will praise
Your Great Name
Redeemer,
My Healer, Lord Almighty
Sustainer,
Defender, You are my King
Words and music by Krissy Nordhoff, Michael Neale
Copyright 2008 TwoNords Music, Integrity Music
This is pretty cool. I found a guy who had nothing better to do than post every possible #1 pop song for every possible day for every possible year that anyone could have been born that could possibly be alive today. Check it out.
I'm really into this new record by Sara Bareilles. I highly recommend it. Just downloaded it on iTunes. Can't get "Love Song" out of my head! Plus, I'm really intrigued by the way she was discovered via song licensing and placements on commercials.
Krissy just played the National Cherry Festival first ever Sunday Evening Faith Night! What a great venue - overlooking the Traverse City Bay and thousands of people all around enjoying the beautiful Michigan weather and scenery! 
We had a great turnout for her 6:30pm time slot. We met some great people and ate lots of Cherries!
We played along with Chris Sligh and Jared Anderson. We met some great people. Thanks to DC Cavendar and thanks to WLJN 89.9 for inviting us!
I'm looking forward to the new Coldplay album. Sounds like there are some great spiritual overtones to the album. I'm looking forward to digging into it. These guys remind me of U2.
Check out this exclusive review I just read:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1202492.ece
Just watched the first video from the album:
From Crosswalk.com today...
"According to an Associated Press report, the family of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman suffered a horrible tragedy Wednesday when 5-year-old daughter Maria was struck and killed by an SUV in her own driveway. Deepening their loss is the fact that the Toyota Land Cruiser was driven by Maria's older teenage brother, who apparently did not see his little sister." To read the full article go to Crosswalk.com.
I was so saddened to hear of the tragic death of SCC's 5 year old daughter this morning. The Chapman's have long been role models in the world of Christian music on different levels - as a family, as a singer, as a couple and as a songwriter. A winner of 5 Grammy's and 51 Dove Awards, I know he would give every single one of them back in exchange for his daughter.
For me personally, I still remember Steven being overjoyed and giving me a hug when he learned that I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior that same week. I've followed his career ever since before I started my Christian walk. A friend of mine asked me to edit a video they were doing for their Christian camp. They wanted to do a montage of video using the song "The Great Adventure". I was given the CD and immediately became a fan of Steven Curtis Chapman. His music was one of the seeds God planted in my heart in my Christian faith walk. Then, later I came to learn more about him, his family and his music working in the Christian music industry. Everything I've ever seen, read or heard about him was positive. I've personally seen him be gracious to people that didn't deserve it.
So, in this time of mourning and sorrow in the Chapman family, I mourn with them. Please grant him, his wife, his son and his family grace as they grieve the death of their beautiful adopted daughter. Having a family myself with 2 boys, I can only imagine what this family is going through. My heart, prayers and thoughts go out to them today. Chapman family, draw near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8).
Click here to read more about the Chapman's ministry, Shaohannah's Hope.
My wife, Krissy Nordhoff, sang at Gospel Music Week 2008 just a few weeks ago. Our radio promoter, Wendell Gafford, captured the performance on video with a 3 camera shoot. Here she is singing "Lay It All Down", her next single to Christian radio. Her last single, "Outrageous Love", went to #9 on Christian Radio Weekly's Inspirational Radio Chart.
