by dsiverns | Jan 20, 2009 | Living
‘Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to think about yourself!” I heard this on the radio the other day. It was the start of an ad for some kind of crazy sale with deep-way-below-retail-unheard-of pricing – you know the kind. Something’s...
by dsiverns | Dec 23, 2008 | Songwriting
So I had more of a productive day than I thought I might today. I managed to sneak into the studio at the church and pound out two demos. One is the song “Why Me” which I’ve written my last two blogs about, so see those if you want to know the...
by dsiverns | Dec 22, 2008 | Christmas, Songwriting
Why Me 2 AM, it’s dark and it’s cold Trying to stay warm by the fire It’s a dirty job; I’m despised by the world They all say we shepherds are liars The wind stood still, the grass began to shake I thought they’d come to bring us justice They said a boy, a King, a...
by dsiverns | Dec 21, 2008 | Christmas
I’ve been thinking about the Christmas story a lot lately. Part of that is that I work in a church and I’ve been involved in churchy stuff like a big Christmas production and planning for the Christmas eve service and all kinds of stuff like that....