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But, I was so blown away. You know, there's so many people who, when they take the stage, you're clearly at a show that's about them. But when Rich was singing and playing his songs, it was almost like he was part of the audience as well and we were all participating in something so much bigger.
Yeah. Man, that's a good way to put it.
Well, we need to wrap up soon, but I was reading through your song stories and noticed that they all kind of have Scripture references as far as what you were reading that inspired that particular song.
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Uh-huh, Yeah.
So, one could assume that the Bible plays a pretty important role in your life and in your songwriting. Can you tell me a little bit about how it's impacted you?
Well, the Scriptures. . . I daily spend time mulling over them and wrestling with them and meditating upon what I've been reading that day. I tend to really get infatuated with chunks of Scripture. You know, like, John 10, John 14, Matthew 25, Lamentations 3, Galatians 5, just chunks of Scripture. And the first chapter of 2 Peter and all that stuff, hopefully, becomes a part of you and yes, it spills out of you into song. If I'm gonna go to the trouble of writing a song, there's going to be big parts of me in it and hopefully a big part of me is the Scriptures and how they are affecting me. I'm not a big Bible thumper or anything, but I'm a firm believer in the Scriptures being our lifeblood. For me that's. . . I have a hard time functioning when I'm not immersed in the Scriptures each day, because during my life. . . It's the witness to Jesus. Scriptures direct our attention to Jesus. They are the very Word and Jesus is the Word made flesh.
Yeah, definitely.
So yeah, they're going to be intertwined and very instrumental to my songs. I spend weeks being impacted by Scriptures like Galatians 5:25 - "Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk by the Spirit". My gosh. I'll probably be turning that around in my head for the rest of my life. Romans 8:32 - "For He who did not withhold His only son. . . won't He continue to give us all things." Everything. I used to think that meant chocolate chip cookies, silver-lined clouds and care bears, but it's all things. Everything else that comes our way, you know? The rough, the smooth, the easy, the hard, all things. And He'll use it all to construct us into the person He would have us to become. I get stuck on things for a long time. That's probably not the best answer to your question, but that's. . .
No, it's a good answer. It's good stuff. Now to finish things up on a different note. With all the touring and the songwriting that sprouts up out of everyday living, what do you do for fun?
