Hi everyone.

I’m sitting in the Newark airport in New Jersey, and I’m seriously tired. It was a great couple of days on the east coast though. Thanks to all who came out to the shows! Now its back to my lovely home city of San Diego for a few days of chillin’. Ahhh, home.

I walked into a glass wall today. I was texting and didnt realize it was there. It made a pretty loud noise but no one seemed to care. No ever seems to care in an airport. You know when your in that certain state of tiredness where the world seems a bit off. Kind of like being in a dream. Then you start noticing things that you wouldn’t usually notice, like the old bald guy sitting in front of me who keeps touching his nose with his tounge while he’s reading his morning news parchment. Hmmm, I probably would’ve noticed that anyway… Kind of grossing me out.

Hey, I want your guys’ opinion on something. I just started playing around with the idea of doing a live acoustic/worshippy record. Not sure about any details other than it’ll ne pretty low key and I would want it to be an engaging time of worship with mostly my songs. What do ya’ll think? Would you guys’ be interested in having something like that? Let me know.

Anyway, thanks for reading. I was tired and bored. Now I dont feel so much of either.

-phil

Albany was cold yesterday. I didnt realize I was such a so-cal softy until all the locals noticed me shivering and told me to cheer up since it could be a lot worse. But in the midst of the cold and snow there is something special happening in the middle of the city. There is prayer and there is healing, both spiritual and physical.

When I was picked up from the airport I was not taken to the usual hotel room, but instead I was taken to a place called The Capital Region Prayer And Healing Center. Now I must admit I was a little out of my element. New place, new people. But as the hours passed and I began to connect with hearts and hear stories I saw that this place was special. Twenty-Four hours around the clock there are people praying for the region, for their families, for whatever the Lord puts on their heart. And on the top floor there is a doctor named Bob Paeglow who offers his services for free to all the surrounding community. His story has been featured in USA Today, People Magazine, and Newsweek as well as some TV shows such as 60 minutes. I am told he received a humanitarian of the year award as well.

Needless to say the Lord is using this place to share his love with the community. I played at a school a few miles away, and it was an amazing time of worship.

This is me and Bob, the doctor that I was telling you about.

There is an interesting way of thinking I have noticed within a lot of the church, and if I were to put it in one phrase it would go something like this “different things are wrong things”. You may substitute “not the best” for “wrong” if you would like. By things I mean ways, procedures, or even thought processes as they pertain to Christianity.

I’m not about to get into some big, long psychological thing, I just write this to say that I have had the opportunity to witness the body of Christ on a larger scale than I ever thought I would, and I have seen it to be a broken and beautiful thing filled with people who very desperately need the grace and love of the Father. I love to see the Lord encountering different people in different ways. I love to see Him somehow push through the weakness of the human heart and use us to make each other aware of His love. I love that He loves us.

Jesus says in John 15:12 “This is My commandment that you love one another as I have loved you”.

So here is todays challenge: Love each other. Seriously, go totally out of your way to love people and see what happens. Then come back and tell us the story here on the blog.

I look forward to hearing from you!!

Phil

Over the last few years it’s been an amazing thing to see how the songs I’ve been writing in my little bedroom have made their way into peoples lives all over the place. Being the occasional YouTube browser that I am, I’ve been able to see evidence of this firsthand. Whether it be a young student in their dorm room, or a Hungarian church congregation it’s always an honor and a blessing to literally see and hear how these songs are touching peoples lives.So I thought, “Hey, I should share some of these awesome videos with my blog friends.” So from now on, we here at philwickham.com, will be posting a “Cover Of The Month” video, or more simply put, videos of you doing Phil Wickham songs.

So grab your guit-fiddle and belt out a tune into that little mic on your video camera, upload it to YouTube, with the the words “Phil Wickham Cover” and the name of the song, and I will find it.Below is the first one, of many. I look forward to hearing and seeing what you guys come up with. Enjoy.

So there it is. Let’s see what else we can come up with.

-phil

This is my buddy Jeremy. He sings in an awesome band called The Myriad. They recently were awarded MTV2’s Breakout Band Of The Year. We ate orange chicken together.

Jeremy lives in Redding, where I played a show last night, so I’m glad we were able to meet up. There was also someone at the table who ate two full tablespoons of butter for three dollars and twenty three cents. Gross.

Anyway check out The Myriad. I toured with them last fall and we had an amazing time. Great guys and now great friends.

-phil

I was just flipping through the pictures on my phone and saw these couple photos of me and a buddy Nick at a youth camp outside of Tyler, Texas a few weeks ago. Have I ever mentioned that I love forest playgrounds? And almost as much as I love forest playgrounds, I love tire swings that are often found in said forest playgrounds.

I had a great time at the camp, got to meet a ton of cool people and hope to come back sometime soon. Thanks for having me.

-phil

Okay, here it is like I promised. Here’s the first ten songs that came up for me.

Prophecy- Remy Zero
I’m sad this band isn’t making music anymore
Demo of After Your Heart- Me
from when I was writing it
Romulus- Sufjan Stevens
Yes! One of my favorites of his
Sing For Absolution- Muse
Mmmmhm
Honey and the Moon- Joseph Aurthur
I’m glad this guy came up. I love this record but its hard to find other people who know it.
Keep The Car Running- Arcade Fire
All day long
Awaken The Dawn- Delerious?
I forgot about this one. Such a good worship song
Proof- Coldplay
A nice little b-side
Grazed Knees- Snow Patrol
I gotta be honest, not my favorite of their’s
Samskeyti- Sigur Ros
A perfect ending

Well, there it is. Thanks for playing. Have a great weekend.

-phil

Do you want to play a game?

I know there are probably several different musical tastes represented here on this blog, and it got me thinking. I want to know what you people are listening to. So here’s the game. Are you ready?

Go to your ipod, (or other MP3 musical listening device) and put it in the “shuffle” mode. Then go into the comments and share the first ten songs that your ipod (or other MP3 musical listening device) will be playing. No cheating here. It has to be the first ten songs. Type in the artist name and song name.

Later I will share mine.

-phil

I’ve never read this magazine before a recent trip to Texas. In fact I never have really even heard of it. Now that its in my hands I think I want to be a scientist.

Did you know you could send electricity through the air!? Some how I have to wonder about the health benefits of that though. I mean I’m not too sure I want to be walking through my house with all sorts of electricity flying around me. Either way I’m sure someday they will come up with a great way to charge my laptop without having to be sitting near a wall.

The future is now!

-phil