Passion

A lot of time has been spent in my head lately to determine what I'm passionate about. It's been hard to determine ever since a pretty bad start to a new year. Ever since I was young, I've been focused completely on music. I've thirsted and strove towards becoming a professional musician. Hours of training and dedication led me to some pretty awesome experiences in my life. I've literally played music since I was 5 or 6. I started out with the Piano lessons that a lot of kids go through and ended up adopting the clarinet and eventually dropping everything for the guitar. Then I started to sing and that is where my passion really found it's depth in my life.

Being able to sing and play the guitar was not something that came to me overnight. It took a lot of getting comfortable with my instrument before I was able to meld them together. Ever since that I've been in a ton of different music groups (bands) and that is where I've always found myself the happiest. I can truly say that my favorite parts in life are back in the days of playing with my brother and Tanner in our band The 9th Hour. We played at the Big Fish Pub, The Clubhouse and Nita's Hideaway to name a few. The best part was that we got to play what we wrote and didn't have to conform to anything that someone else said we had to play. It was amazing.

Through those opportunities I have had the chance to meet some amazing musicians and people and learn from them. I have also had the amazing opportunity of leading worship at a ton of different events and churches. It's a great feeling when you get called by a worship pastor at an awesome church and asked if you would come lead for a Sunday. It's also a great feeling to have my friends tell me that I'm good at what I do and ask me to play for them.

So what am I most passionate about at the moment?

The opportunity to be the worship leader for Stir at Chandler Christian Church.
For the third year in a row I get the wonderful chance at leading worship for UCYC this summer.
God has given me talents and I get to use them for His glory on this temporary and troubled Earth.
Writing music.
Growing with the amazing friends that I have surrounding me.
Furthering my understanding of spreading Christ's love that knows no bounds.

I will leave you with these lyrics that absolutely blow me away. They are by John Mark McMillan.
The song is called Skeleton Bones.

Peel back our ribs again
and stand inside of our chest.
We just wanna love you
We just wanna love you

Peel back the veil of time
And let us see You with our naked eyes
We just wanna love you
We just wanna love you

We want your blood to flow inside our body
We want your wind inside our lungs
We just wanna love you
We just wanna love you

Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity
On the lips of the found
And gravestones roll
To the rhythm of the sound of you
Skeleton bones stand at the sound of eternity
On the lips of the found
So separate those doors
And let the son of resurrection in.

Oh let us adore the
Son of Glory dressed in love
Open up your gates before him
Crown Him, stand Him up