I didn’t really grow up in church. My parents told me early on that faith—if and when I decided to know Jesus or get baptized—would be my choice. I always had this feeling that something was missing, but I couldn’t figure out what it was.
In 2013, I moved to Florida to study show production and touring. One of my instructors said, “You should try working for churches—they pay well.” I laughed it off at the time, but that simple comment (even though not entirely true) ended up changing everything.
After working at a few different churches, I started feeling this pull to move back home. Around that same time, my supervisor took another job, and I figured maybe it was God giving me a nudge. For the first time, I talked to God and said, “If this is really what you want me to do, show me and make it happen.”
I started looking for audio jobs in Iowa and came across one at Lutheran Church of Hope. Honestly, after a friend described the typical Lutheran church—organ, robes, hymns, liturg...