"My name is Tommy Preson Phillips, I’m 27 and I have been writing and playing
music for about a decade now. I’ve been in and out of allot of bands, and have
followed the Lord since I was a child. He has now brought me to a place where
I never meant to go.

These songs are a documentary of my spiritual journey over that last 2 years,
and are a written account of where the Lord has brought me in my life. I hope
it blesses you in some way.

This album is entitled “The Observant and the Anawim”. The word
“observant” is an english translation of the Hebrew word “tsadiq”, and it’s basic
meaning is “one who adheres to the whole law of the Lord”. This tsadiq person
would have been a Jew and would be awaiting the day of the coming Messiah.
The “Anawim” was a group of poor jewish women who would also be very
observant of the law, and would spent parts of their day on the steps of the
temple crying out to the Lord for oppressed peoples to be liberated, the poor
to be provided for, the enslaved to be freed, for justice to flow freely and for
the Messiah to come and redeem all of creation in a miraculous way.
In essence, the title of this record refers directly to Joseph and Mary... this is
who they were, but in another way, I would like it to represent the younger
generation today who desires to truly follow Jesus in ways that have been
forgotten, or seen as unimportant.

These songs were all written for the church that I am the pastor of,
Watermark, and were written for our studies in the books of Acts and
Galatians. I have many more songs, but these are a cohesive collection meant
to go together.

Hopefully, in time, you will hear the rest of them. I have many more stories to
tell."