On the heals of “The Family Bible” and “Music” (The Family Bible EP released in July of this year), Tom is debuting a Christmas song. The song If It Weren’t For Jesus is written by Shane McCauley and features Tom’s vocal delivering the lyrics. The words remind us what Christmas is all about – the amazing gift of Jesus who chose to take on human form to ultimately provide the atoning sacrifice for our sin as the Lamb of God. It tells us that without his coming there would be nothing to celebrate – no Christmas at all.

Tesco Productions was not involved in any of the recording on this song, but Tom came to me to create the CD release. In the midst of all the tradition, distraction and commotion surrounding Christmas time, may we each refocus on the real source of it all and why we have great cause to celebrate.

Tesco Productions was recently contacted to record another audiobook, this time with Amy Mecham reading her book Trusting God with Every Breath. Its extended title expounds on the content by saying “Find Hope for the Ups and Downs of Life“. This book is a daily devotional for women which begins each day with a Scripture reading, followed with some thoughts pertaining to that Bible verse, and then concludes with reflections to contemplate or actions to take. Each day’s read is only one page long, so in 366 pages (leap year included) you’ve had some encouragement, admonition and thoughts for everyday.

Amy spends her days teaching, composing her blogs and posting to her YouTube channel. You can find more information about her and purchase the bound printed version from BroadStreet Publishing which released her book. It also can be found at Amazon or any retailer handling Christian books.

I was honored to be chosen for recording this compelling read, and once the files are touched up here they’ll be sent across the way to Hampshire, UK for editing and final processing. Thank you for sharing your story and encouragements with so many.

This month I had the privilege of recording an upcoming new book release, So God Made a Grandma. The book is a compilation of over 100 short stories about grandmas, written by dozens of women authors (including the narrator) and read by Leslie. The read took us down paths of lessons taught and learned, examples displayed and taken to heart, intertwined life stories, recipes, memories and much more. The short pallets of text are organized into 10 categories of “grandma characteristics”, with several authors providing input on those topics based on their experiences of a grandma – theirs or another they know or knew well.
As we worked our way through the reads some were funny, others quite amazing, some could seem even tragic – yet hopeful, there were those that provoked memories of our own grandmas with gratitude and appreciation, and some were sad at least at one level as we reflect that life gives us one go around – and people and opportunities move on. With my wife and I at the grandparent stage, the book gave pause to be intentional in cultivating and capturing the moments with each other and our younger generations. There’s limited time for those connections and for passing the baton to the next leg of the race.

From our Midwest origin, the audio files were sent to One Audiobooks in California for editing and processing. It was a privilege to partner with them on this very compelling read.

Leslie’s book can be pre-ordered on her site link, where you can also find her prior book So God Made a Mother. Leslie’s website (herviewfromhome.com) has many articles, resources and purchase opportunities that are well worth checking out.

Thank you to One Audiobooks and Leslie for choosing Tesco Productions for your “next chapter”.