Eric Nordhoff - The Eternal Optimist

Quietime Christmas at Walmart.com for $7.00

For a limited time only, Quietime Christmas will be available via Walmart.com for $7.00.  Check it out along with all the other seasonal titles offered.

Of course, you can buy it at Lifeway Christian Stores, Amazon.com, and download it on iTunes too.

Dedication Video for our Daughter

The song was written specifically for our girl, Anthem, and recorded by my wife as a demo. It's called "You Could Only Come From Heaven".

Quietime Hymns - Top Instrumental Album in Christian Bookstores this week

Thanks to Lifeway Christian Stores, Quietime Hymns became the top selling instrumental album of the week in Christian bookstores for the week ending 9/20/09.  Combined Quietime Hymns and Quietime Devotion, scanned over 320 units in sales, according to CMTA's Nielsen Soundscan.  Quietime Christmas releases this week in stores nationally. 

Nobody's Got It All Together

Every now and then (almost daily) I need to be reminded that nobody else has it all together - why should I?

NOBODY'S GOT IT ALL TOGETHER
By Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn

Working hard to tie up the loose ends
So hard to decide who you let in
Put your best foot forward with a grin

I can see the fear behind your eyes
Wondering if someone will recognize
You’ve grown tired of keeping up the lies

Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together

I have seen the darkness of my heart
And found a love that taught me its too hard
To walk through life and not let down my guard

What good is it to say please savior come
If there is nothing you need rescue from
Life is something no one has a corner on

Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together

When the parts that are self righteous
Start to disappear
Every other life is
Just another mirror
And life is way too short to run and hide

Don’t whitewash the truth about yourself ‘cause
Nobody’s got it all together
If you want to be like everyone else well
Nobody’s got it all together

(c) 2004 Juvintud Music / St. Jerome Music (ASCAP)

I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

 

Every good marriage has a time of testing and trials...ours is no different. 

"Any Other Way"
Jill Phillips

Do you remember that Monday when
The world fell out beneath our feet
Both surprised that we had been
So close to losing everything
Putting one foot in front of the other
felt like such a long, hard step to take
We thought about moving and starting again
But it was something we could never outrun so we just stayed
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way

Gaining back the trust we lost
Was harder than just losing it
But if we wanted change at all
The pain was a prerequisite
So little by little, a piece at a time
We were putting back together what was left of a broken life
It wasn’t quick, it wasn’t easy
But that kind of change isn’t one that happens overnight
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way

When we first met, love was a feeling
But making it last, that’s a decision
A good decision

When we watch the kids run through the yard
Sometimes I just can’t help but think
That every bit of what it cost
Was worth it for this family
‘cause I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I wouldn’t have it any other way

Words and Music by Jill Phillips
From "The Good Things" CD

Quietime CDs now at Target.com

This is a bit of a shameless plug.  Quietime CDs are now available at target.com.  They also can be found at area Lifeway Stores, Family Christian Stores and iTunes for download.  Get em now while they're hot!

Quietime CDs at Lifeway Christian Stores

My instrumental CDs are featured in the front counters at all Lifeway Christian Stores (150 or so) for the rest of the year.  Quietime Hymns and Quietime Devotion through October.  Then, Quietime Christmas until the end of the year.  All at a special price.  Wooohoo.  They make great Christmas gifts!

Your Great Name

YOUR GREAT NAME

Lost are saved, find their way

At the sound of Your Great Name

All condemned feel no shame

At the sound of Your Great Name

Every fear has no place

At the sound of Your Great Name

The enemy, he has to leave

At the sound of Your Great Name

 

JESUS, worthy is the Lamb

that was slain for us           

Son of God and man

You are high and lifted up

And all the world will praise

Your Great Name

 

All the weak find their strength

At the sound of Your Great Name

Hungry souls receive grace

At the sound of Your Great Name

The fatherless find their place

At the sound of Your Great Name

The sick are healed, the dead are raised

At the sound of Your Great Name

JESUS, worthy is the Lamb

that was slain for us           

Son of God and man

You are high and lifted up

And all the world will praise

Your Great Name

Redeemer, My Healer, Lord Almighty

Sustainer, Defender, You are my King

Words and music by Krissy Nordhoff, Michael Neale

Copyright 2008 TwoNords Music, Integrity Music

What Song Was #1 The Day You Were Born

This is pretty cool.  I found a guy who had nothing better to do than post every possible #1 pop song for every possible day for every possible year that anyone could have been born that could possibly be alive today. Check it out. 

The song that was #1 when I was born?  "Want Ads" by Honey Cone.  Pretty cool.  

Sara Bareilles

I'm really into this new record by Sara Bareilles. I highly recommend it. Just downloaded it on iTunes. Can't get "Love Song" out of my head! Plus, I'm really intrigued by the way she was discovered via song licensing and placements on commercials.