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would you describe your ministry?
A labor of love? A desperate attempt to prove my self worth? A death
wish? I can only wish the glib wasn’t a thin disguise for
the truth. Thank you Lord for grace, for a church ministry team
that preaches to themselves the same Gospel they preach to the body,
and really desires to practice what they preach. It is a privilege
to walk and grow beside musicians and artists who love and desire
to serve God by giving their gifts and talents to the body to encourage
worship through music. All of the people involved are a joy, although
it can be discouraging when everyone you walk beside looks more
like Jesus than you do. Can I hijack this forum to make a shameless
plea for FATT (Faithful, Available, Teachable, and Talented) musicians,
singers, and tech artists who would be willing to commit to once-a-month
service of the body at large? I can’t promise a fit on a team,
but I can guarantee the Father will honor his child who gives himself/herself
away to worship. (And please do not read worship as synonymous for
music.) (Editor’s note: Shameless pleas and plugs permitted).
What inspired you to take on this responsibility?
I think maybe I was just too close when the need arose! I probably
could have escaped, but the Father was the author of the proximity,
and I guess I am just starting to learn to submit. At least I hope
that was the motivation.
How long have you been at it?
At Grace? About 6 months. Using music as a form of worship? Since
I was about 13, although most of that time I was worshipping the
wrong things.
What is there about it that gets your motor
running?
Encouraging artists to encourage worship . . . equipping the saints
and getting out of the way . . . watching God pull off miracles
EVERY week.
What person in your life has been the best
example of love?
It has to be my wife. Other than God, she is the one who knows me
best, and loves me anyway!
What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?
Give up and let Jesus take over.
What cartoon character do you most identify
with?
Bugs Bunny . . . seems I always miss that left [turn] at Albuquerque.
What are you reading?
Oswald Chambers, Sting (an autobiography), and Frankie Schaeffer.
What’s currently in your CD player?
Michael Omartian, Steely Dan, Jeff Collier (a project I am working
on), Mindy Smith, Ray Charles, Randy Travis, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme,
Chronicles of Narnia, and Adventures in Odyssey.
What’s the most exciting (or risky) thing you’ve ever
done?
Not committing suicide, getting married and having kids, and getting
involved in church music again.
What do you do to unwind and de-stress?
Sing to Daddy.
How did you find your way to Grace Church?
I was invited to Grace when we were 30 people meeting on Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 in a small Mills River office building. I have
taken full-time ministry positions and left twice, so ours may be
the only family that has come to Grace three times.
March 27, 2005
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