"City of Hope" is about our home in Heaven, it's about having hope in a better future, and it is about the understanding that we have a common bond with all fellow believers across the globe and all generations. Ultimately, it is about placing our hope in Jesus and looking forward to our homecoming with Him in heaven.

I wrote "You Can Be Love" on a September day in 2015. The sun was shining and the autumn colors were starting to come out. I was taking a walk through Decker Cemetery near Blanchard Michigan. As I slowly and reverently passed each row of grave stones I read the names and studied the dates of births and deaths.

I wrote this song just before my first child was born, as I imagined what becoming a father was going to be like. I thought of how utterly dependent an infant is on his or her parents. A newborn is totally and completely reliant upon a caregiver for everything.