Sidewalk Prophets

I started playing drums when I was nine.  I loved every second of it, even practicing.  I would listen to music on the radio or old cassettes, pick out the drum parts and memorize them.  I would dream of someday playing the drums on a big stage with a band.  I even thought about what it would be like to write my own "thank yous" and to be in a photo shoot.  I was young and the only thing that drove me toward wanting to be in a band was a love for drumming.

Coming to Winter Jam 2012-13?  We're playing a brand new song called "Love, Love, Love".  We were trying to come up with a creative way to teach it to you and in the process decided to have some of our good friends help as well.  Check out the video attached to this blog and be ready to sing with us during Winter Jam 2013!

Dave recently shared some of his favorite Olympic memories and games. Take a look!

Fatherhood has changed me.

Sure, I realize that is an obvious statement. Clearly, I went from not being a dad, to being a dad; but it’s much more involved than that. It has helped me to get past myself. I’m convinced that each and every sin committed in life is founded in the elevation of the ‘self’ over others, and especially God. When Christ calls us to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31), He has no doubt that we love ourselves. This is why loving God and loving others is considered ‘the Greatest Commandment,’ because it takes us above our natural tendency to simply live life each day for ourselves. Having said that, fatherhood hasn’t taken away this daily struggle, but it certainly has helped it. When my son was born last August I was instantaneously in love. I knew that his survival was entirely dependent on my wife and I. As soon as I felt this responsibility, my attitudes, ambitions, and aspirations began to be transformed.