My first feelings at Christmas. I need to be reminded of where to place my focus.

The Form Of Man - The story of Jesus' birth in layman’s terms and his astonishing purpose for coming.

I wrote this one year at a Christmas banquet that went long. I ran out of songs I knew how to play, so I wrote it backstage on break. It’s mostly about the ‘aftermath’ and the one gift that keeps on giving.

I had to dress this one up for my own taste, it was a standard at every Christmas Eve church service that I remember. Meant to be sung by a cast of 'little angels' in that Christmas pageant.

My own composition. Written about a transcendent moment with one of my kids. Whose words mean more than gifts could ever bring. That card is framed and sitting in my office two decades later.

This was a staple in our Christmas caroling back when it wasn’t dangerous to go door to door singing songs of Joy and Peace throughout the world.

How could I not record the most recorded song of all time at Christmas? But then nothing speaks to tranquility and peace of soul like this song. Here I ‘fancied it up’ for the sake of the project. But the truth is, it’s best song without music at all.

I heard Miles Davis do this on trumpet, a reverently sophisticated presentation of the most world changing event ever. I have no idea of his personal convictions about faith in Jesus. But to tell the story of the beginning of salvation in a jazz format has its own conviction.

Ever wonder what a Heavenly Host might sound like singing? This is the biggest production piece I’ve ever recorded. Using a one hundred voice choir and a live orchestra, it’s movie soundtrack quality but a little hard to pull off on tour on a humble man’s budget.

This song has a lonely feel to it. Perfect for the lack of fanfare that came with the birth of Christ. Just another day to those who were living unaware.