I wrote Artist's Lament a few years ago, to try to express all that we try to say through the things that we create. I've put two different versions here, because they're a little different. I don't really know which one I prefer. There's something about each one that I like.

My friend Carlos is filled with beautiful words of Love, and he gave me these words to use for making this beautiful song. I hope you love it like I do. Mucho Gracias, Carlos, mi amigo!

Well, what can I say. It's true.  :)

This song was born from my own Roman Catholic background, and inspired by the great (if not wild) love affair God has had with Humanity through the ages. I can only hope that this gentle song can in some way bring a sense of that love to each person who hears it. 

Steven is a military man stationed in Saudi Arabia. He wrote a poem several years ago, and told me that reading it brings him comfort. When I read it, it started singing, so I asked him if he would kindly let me sing it. He said, "yes." Thanks, Steve!

Written in 1860 by William Whiting of Winchester, England,  for a student who was about to sail for the United States.  The melody, published in 1861, was composed by  fellow Englishman, Rev. John Bacchus Dykes. The fourth verse was anonymously written in 1955.

I love singing in foreign languages. This one is in French. It's about the assurance of seeing the vision of Mary as we approach the Eternal. I found the song in an old French Catholic hymnal years ago, and sang it just because it was beautiful, though I didn't know what it meant. Then I learned how beloved the song was among my elders, and love keeping it in my repertoire.