06/09/2026
It has been a spring full of some good music! Different genres and experiences, but all amazing!
Christianā¦..folk popā¦..folk rockā¦.and Christian again. The kids went to the 1st,2nd, and 4th.
The 2nd left them with questions.
The 2nd was a Tuesday evening unplugged concert with one of our familyās favorite singers. An Irish singer we āmetā at another concert where he was the opener. It was in a tiny venue, a small bar like atmosphere.
The girls needed to use the restroom and as they were in the bathroom they became fearful. Profanity was written all across the bathroom walls from a slew of different patrons. As they read the walls they realized this was not their normal āChristianā environment they are used to.
We had no idea what the venue was like when we snagged the tickets. We simply knew it was an early Tuesday evening concert with a clean singer we all love and sing along to all the time.
āI donāt feel like this is a safe place Momā, my middle child said as she looked at the walls and then back to me. I assured her we were safe but pangs of guilt began to well up.
Nothing inappropriate was happening but the space made them uncomfortable and for that I felt badly.
And then I realized there was a lesson here.
I explained to them that even though the walls were riddled with profanity that we were safe but that this evening was a good example of why we have to be the light.
āIt feels dark here right?ā I askedā¦ā¦.āYesā, the girls repliedā¦..āSo, where does our light shine the brightest? ā¦.In the darkness right?ā
The truth is we canāt impact the world with our light if we are always in the light. We arenāt called to the easyā¦..we are called to light up the dark spaces. And thatās hardā¦..and can be scaryā¦..but nonetheless, the darkness is where the light shines brightestā¦ā¦and where the people need it most.
That little dingy bar like venue may have initially felt like a parenting mistake but it ended with a call to the great commission.
