I haven’t written on this blog for over two years. When I started it, I knew this might happen. I’ve had the desire to write, but the need to be more fully invested in other things has taken precedence. I’ve continued to share thoughts regularly on my Facebook page, but I’m feeling like it’s time to begin blogging again in earnest. There’s so much happening in my life and in my world that I want to share about and process, and this blog is going to be the primary place where I do that going forward.
The direction of my life has shifted in some pretty big ways since I launched this site in 2017. My focus as a musician has turned towards leading worship and writing original worship music. (This is a story in and of itself, and one which I’ll share here in detail at some point in the not-too-distant future.) In the past year and a half, all of the songs that I’ve written have been worship songs. I still have the desire to write and perform folky singer-songwriter stuff, but it really feels at this point like the wind of God’s Spirit is blowing in my sails the most when I’m leading worship and writing worship music. That’s where the doors are opening and the momentum is building right now. I have more than an album’s worth of what I feel are really solid worship songs written, and there are plans forming to go to studio this winter to record and then release a few of those songs.
Meanwhile, I’ve been involving myself quite a bit in local ministries. I’ve been on staff part-time at Feed My Starving Children in Aurora, IL now since the very beginning of 2018. I’ve also been volunteering at World Relief DuPage/Aurora for a couple of years now, and last fall my role increased to where I’m helping out in their warehouse for approximately ten hours every week. These callings have been incredibly rewarding and, far from drawing energy away from my songwriting, have instead brought new freshness and energy to my creative life. They’ve also done wonderful things for my emotional and spiritual health. In addition, I had the opportunity to serve as a worship leader at a local church here in the Aurora area called New Life Montgomery from the beginning of 2018 up until this last Sunday. Although my commitments there are have come to an end and I’m now seeking membership at another local church, I’m grateful for my time at New Life and for the ways I’ve been challenged and enabled to grow through my role there. I’ve continued to serve at Crossroads Christian Youth Center as their worship leader, and after many months of serving alone, God’s beginning to raise up new leaders from among the students and young adult leaders to come alongside me. I’m excited for the opportunity to pour into these gifted people and grow with them in leading our students in the praise and pursuit of God through Jesus Christ.
All that to say, a lot of very formative stuff has been happening in my life over the past two years, and that’s why I’ve been inactive here. However, at this point I really feel like the Lord is releasing me to “go public,” and the timing is right if I’m going to pursue a life’s work in music and writing. I’m going to be building this blog, along with my new YouTube channel, as a public platform for ministry and engaging with the world around me. There’s going to be all sorts of new weekly content, mostly focused on the topics of worship and Christian living, with a large helping of lifestyle content on the side covering anything that’s personally interesting to me. I’m into a lot of different things (from survival to swing dancing). I’m also in the process of establishing some better habits and rhythms in my life in the area of health and fitness, and just generally growing into adult life. I want to share a little bit about what’s working for me.
Thanks for following along and being a part of the journey! I love real talk so I hope you’ll feel free to jump in and engage here in the comment section, whether we’re friends in person yet or not. Take care!
~Andrew
Andrew Micah 