Summer of 2008 At a small church in Lynwood, Ca, I was music director for quite some time. That summer they were reconstructing the church alter. I helped redesign the stage and it came out pretty good, I was happy with it at least. One night at rehearsal I presented a new tune from hillsongs. …
As a church musician should you get paid to serve at church? That’s the long heated debate. Just to let you know I don’t get paid the cheddar at my home church Oasis. The main music director is on staff and gets paid of course. I do get paid to play at a small church …
As a music director, If there is one thing I could have done correctly in the beginning. That one thing would be to qualify the new band members and make sure to not let any crazies in. Over 10 years back I was chosen to become music director for my church. To make a long …
I know one church you can avoid. I watched something interesting on YouTube the other day. I always tune to a show called “the comfort zone” with evangelist Ray Comfort. They post their shows daily on YouTube. Well…the last Show I watched talked about atheism becoming a religion. Sunday Assembly is the new atheist church …
When I was a kid learning how to play music I would practice for hours and hours each day. When the time came around for me to join the worship team at the tender age of 12. All I thought about was trying to impress others and show off my skills. I also remember when …
The other day after church I came back home opened the door turned on the lights and nothing happened. Turns out there was a power outage throughout the whole neighbor affecting over 1600 residents. I was like, NOOOOO!!!!! I’m gonna miss my favorite show Breaking Bad:(. The outage went on for 48 hrs. Which completely …
Throughout my entire musical career I’ve always encountered other musicians who were not christians always try to stump me with difficult questions about God. They would always mock me because they thought my beliefs were illogical. Until I realized that I didn’t know much about my own beliefs. I was taught what to believe but …
Every minute of every day I thank God for the blessings he has for me whether I’m going through hard times or even the best of times. I always take time to worship him in song, walking through my neighborhood, or driving to church right before worship team practice. Don’t forget to engage with Jesus …
