Lots of great things going on…

It’s been a minute since I said anything. I’ll take a few minutes and share a little with you.

I was invited to sing at the Afr’Am Festival in Norfolk, VA. Last year they invited me to sing but it didn’t go so well. We didn’t get to do a sound check before we took the stage so it was a very uncomfortable set. Our mics sounded horrible on the stage. We were told that the sound was very unbalanced in the audience. The crowd sorta got with us but they couldn’t really hear the singers. So, it was challenging. This year was totally different. Ike Owens (my friend and brother) and the sound company for the event conducted a solid sound check right before we took the stage. I also wrote out (actually I created a diagram for) exactly what I wanted out of each mic and gave it to the FOH engineer as well as the monitor engineer. They gave us exactly what we wanted and we were very happy. The performance was seamless and very comfortable.

This week I attended the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference for my first time. I’d heard about it ever since moving to Virginia. It was a tremendous experience. It was so awesome being in an auditorium with over 5000 preachers and ministers, listening to lectures on ministry from some of the greatest ministry minds in the country. It was also amazing being preached to by some of the greatest preachers in the country. It was a revival for my soul. Ironically, it made me want to write better songs. Wow!

While at the conference I had the privilege of speaking with Micah Stampley before he performed in concert. I’d already been an admirer of his gift and anointing. Now that I’ve spent some time around him and his wife, I am a total fan. He is very real about his relationship with Christ. Unfortunately, I can’t say that about every artist in the Gospel music industry. But I can vouch for him. When Micah sings about “Holiness” being what he longs for, he’s not just singing a melody. This is his conviction. And it comes across very clearly. I LOVE IT!! God used him to answer a big question I had in my head and to give me direction in an area that was very puzzling. It was providence.

While backstage, I had the opportunity to meet and service an officer of one of the largest Christian music distribution companies in the world. Who knows what God is doing?

This is just a little of what’s going on. I’ll share more later.