Archive for July, 2009

July 29, 2009: Denver Airport Thoughts

At the moment, I’m stuck in the Denver airport. Bad weather… go figure. Anyway, it’s all good. We found this good little restaurant here in the airport that surprisingly has great fish tacos. Add that to the list of “things you don’t expect to find in an airport.” Hey, maybe that’s a book idea I [...]

: Give This Christmas Away

Matthew West and Amy Grant celebrate Christmas in July by recording “Give This Christmas Away” with producer Brown Bannister at his Franklin, Tenn. studio. The song and Operation Christmas Child music video, to be featured on the upcoming VeggieTales DVD, Saint Nicholas – A Story of Joyful Giving that comes out on October 3rd, will [...]

July 23, 2009: Amazon Sale – Today Only!

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: Veggie Tales Christmas

Check out this trailer for the Veggietales Christmas movie. The line “What if December looked different this year,” is from the song “Give This Christmas Away,” that will be in the movie and released to radio this year. I wrote it, and recorded a duet with Amy Grant! How cool is that?! And now, without [...]

July 19, 2009: 700 Club!

Be sure to tune in to see Matthew sing and talk about The Motions on the 700 Club with Pat Robertson this Tuesday morning. Check your local listings for the time. For more information Click Here.

July 17, 2009: WGN Morning Show

Tune in to WGN to see Matthew perform live on the morning show! He’ll be on between 8am – 9am today – Friday, July 18th. Check it out!

July 16, 2009: Tanner’s Leukemia

This past week, my wife and I learned of a little 7 year old girl in our town who has been diagnosed with Leukemia. My wife has a great big heart, one of the many things I love about her. She called this family and asked if we could bring them dinner. Minutes after meeting [...]

: My Thoughts on the Bus

I’m on the bus right now, somewhere in Minnesota. Playing Sonshine Festival for the first time. Watching the world go by from the back lounge, and it looks like a beautiful day in the midwest… We have a day off in Chicago tomorrow, which means we’re going to get to catch a ball game. Looking [...]

July 15, 2009: About.com Feature!

Be sure to check out the feature on The Motions that just went up on About.com. Matthew did a Q&A with writer Kim Jones about “The Motions” and how it applies to various areas in all of our lives. There will be a new Q&A every day for the next 6 days. Check it out! [...]

July 13, 2009: “Nothing To Say” TV World Premier on Gospel Music Channel

I wanted to tell you all about something really cool happening on Friday. The TV world premier of my documentary “Nothing To Say,” is going to be on Gospel Music Channel this Friday, July 17th @ 9pm central. Write it down…put it on your calendar…get your Tivo ready! I’m really excited about it and wanted [...]