
Where is God today?
Doesn't he see all the starving Children?
Where is God today?
Doesn't he hear the cries of those in pain?
Where is God today?
Doesn't he care that the world is dying?
Where is God? The question should be 'Where are His people?'
Where is God? The question should be 'Where are His people?

Every morning around 7:00 the Maintenance crew (Leiva, Papi Hernandez, el mechanico, and myself) sit in a half circle on plastic chairs around the light from the open shop door. We usually start with a few songs. The main voice you hear is Papi Hernandez.


One tree in the middle of the woods comes to life.
Click here for pictures of this tree.

This song reflects our present experience trying to discern what God wants us to do. We know he has a plan, he has a path that only he can see. We need to learn how to follow him one step at a time. This is faith.






All spiritual complacency can be traced back to a lack of belief in, or understanding of, what God has done for us.
“We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.” - 1 Corinthians 2:12

This song was inspired by a vivid word picture in a song by the group Tree by Leaf. Jesus is on the streets of New York City:
"Hey got a light?" asks a girl, in her nightime flavor.
With a click of her shoes on the pavement and a turn of her head.
“Sure, don’t you know I’m all but consuming with fire?”
“I bet you say that to all the girls” and she walks away.


This may be my favorite of the songs I've written. It wasn't intended to be a song when I wrote it. I just wrote down what I was feeling at the time, which was pretty lousy and unworthy. God reminded me that that is why he came.
"Jesus answered them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.'" Luke 5:31-32

Ezekiel Ch. 16, Hosea Ch. 1,2, Ephesians 5:22-33
How would you explain to a blind person what the color blue looks like? God has the same dilemma when he tries to teach us the truth about himself. Our mental capacity and language is very limited when it comes to explaining the infinite things of God. The way God reveals spiritual truths to us is by using comparisons. The bible is full of comparisons. Jesus taught almost strictly using parables. He compared the Kingdom of Heaven to many things, from a mustard seed to a great banquet.
One of the most remarkable comparisons that God uses is that of the love between a husband and a wife. We understand that love. We understand the pain that is caused when that love is betrayed. This image gives us just a tiny glimpse of God’s love for us. And God’s suffering when we are unfaithful to him.
Ezekiel 16 paints an amazing picture of a God that gives and gives only to be rejected. You can feel his pain as the one he loves, his bride (representing his chosen people), seeks out other lovers. Using what He has given her to catch their eyes.
The book of Hosea tells a similar story. God directs his prophet to marry a prostitute so that he can experience what God is experiencing with his people. Hosea loves Gomer. She is unfaithful. He persues her and brings her back to himself. He does not give up on her. Instead he seeks her out and brings her back home. So it is with God’s love. His love is unfailing. His love is a pursuing love.