BST's Blog

Tonight we head back into the studio. We are recording Fernando Ortega's "When All Thy Mercies" and Avalon's "You Were There". None of us have the freakish voice of Jody though. I wish the label would just let him come sing it on our record. We're excited for Jody and Stephanie. They are also expecting and are due around the same time we are. They'll be great parents.

Our good friend from Disney, Charles, is coming tomorrow to hear us record. We're glad he's here. He came in for GMA week and stuck around to visit some family. Can't wait to have you join us, man!

Thank you for all the wonderful birthday remarks to Sheryl--they were all so nice (well, almost all). She is such a gift to me and I know to many others. Praise God for her life!

I got an email today from an old college friend, Drew Anderson. I haven't talked with him in probably 12 years. His mother died last week and he wrote to tell me that some of the ZOE CDs helped to soothe her over the course of the last days of her life. It was very encouraging and humbling.

As we go into the studio tonight, it's we are once again faced with the conviction that this is NOT about us. We are but small vehicles that the Spirit is using to touch lives. We'll never know how some of this music impacts people--and it's really better that way. It's God's thing and He'll do what He wants to with it. It's always really humbling to think that God can take what happens in those hours at the studio and turn them into holy moments for His glory later. None of us--not one single ZOE member-- misses that profound truth. We know it's not us. That's why we continue to seek your prayers for this project. We know how important it is that we approach this in a way that honors the Lord. Please keep praying! We're almost done.

Have a great weekend, blog family!