I’m sitting here with my new friend, Bryan. he’s the pastor’s son at the church where we sang tonight with the Christmas tour. Church of the Living Water was great to us, and the crowd was awesome. Also, i might add, I found a Starbucks nearby, and sang a song about it… Let’s just say, [...]

And now, here we are. It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and already our thoughts, our shopping malls, our radio stations, and our wallets have turned their attention to the Christmas season! 
Guess who already put his Christmas tree up? Me! I don’t mess around. Besides, I have to be on the road a bunch in [...]

On The Eve of Turkey A Poem by Matthew West On the Eve of Turkey I wait and I wait For the chance to see mountains of food on my plate “What will I eat first?” A good question to ask There will be so much food, am I up to the task? The butter [...]

It never fails. Every morning at about the same time, I hear this tiny little voice singing a tiny little melody through the baby monitor. She doesn’t wake up crying. She doesn’t wake up complaining. She wakes up singing the most innocent beautiful made up melody that I could listen to forever. I wish I [...]

Did an afternoon interview with Jamie and Olivia in Tampa. One of the enjoyable stops in Florida last week. This was my first visit to the station, and hopefully not the last. A woman called in to the show and told me that her little boy can sing every word to my song, “More.” So, [...]

Last week, I attempted to set a world record (along with Grant Hubbard from EMI) for consecutive meals at a Mexican restaruant. The reason for this challenge? We spent a couple days in Texas, visiting radio stations and yes, eating chips and guacamole. One of my favorite places to eat in Texas is Pappasito’s. So [...]

Made the trek out to Jon and Sheri’s ranch somewhere deep in the heart of Texas recently. Had such a wonderful time with a wonderful family. Sang some songs, some old, some new. The airline had lost my guitar the night before, but Jon had this amazing Martin guitar that he let me play. Wish [...]

Some more pictures of my recent promotional trip. Had a BLAST doing the morning show with these guys. They are crazy. check out some excerpts from the show here: http://www.thejoyfm.com/home.aspx?PROGRAM_ID=84%20

Remember my blog about the Florida feeling like a wet blanket? Well, that was about the humidity… not the people… And to prove my point, here are a few pics of the good times I have with everybody from WPOZ. I did the morning show with Scott and Tyler, even passed up Casting Crowns as [...]