Proverbs thousands of times. He would say an encouraging word, and then we would eat breakfast and go off to school.
At the time we were quite over it. All eight of us are somehow involved in full-time ministry. 4 of my siblings pastor their own churches. It for sure instilled something in all of us.
How did you get involved with music? What was your initial connection to the ministry?
All of this is a sacrifice to God. Worship is a part of that sacrifice. My older brother has this expression “You don’t praise God because you feel him. You feel God when you praise him.” Sometimes you come into the service and you’re not feeling it. But then when you make that sacrifice you all of a sudden get swept up.
When you take the first step, that’s when you start to feel God. If you’re sitting around waiting to feel God you might be waiting for a long time.
I was a gym teacher out of college. I taught physical education for ten years. I didn’t know I had a ministry or musical bone in my body. From 21 till around the age of 30 I was involved in teaching.
Around 30 I discovered my talent for writing music. Around that time I was contemplating leaving teaching and going full-time into real estate. I was on the phone with my sister Teresa. She pastors a church in Rhode Island now. At that time I was praying for direction.
I didn’t feel like teaching was right for me. I was talking to