Last week I celebrated my 25th birthday. It was fun—good time spent with friends and family. As usual on my birthday, I started thinking about my life, what I’ve accomplished, what I’d like to accomplish. Sometimes this is depressing. But the truth is, I am very content with where I am now. Contributing to this contentment is a sense of artistic growth.

About a month ago I played my very last show at Apostle Credo Coffeehouse, which has been an important venue to me since I started performing my own music about a decade ago. Because it was a special show, I decided to make the concert a trip down memory lane, choosing something from every important phase of songwriting during that 10-year period. The process was fun and extremely rewarding, as I realized how utterly blessed I have been - not only to be able to write, perform and record my own music - but also, to have experienced the things I have that led to the writing of those songs. Performing that concert was almost like my life in review.

Now I am in a new phase. A Dallas phase. This weekend we have a real gig in Dallas, at Labyrinth Walk Coffeehouse. All the details can be found at my website (see link above). I would really love it if you would come to the show, as I embark (God-willing) on another quarter-century of life and music.