My belief in God is not necessarily common knowledge. Many of you know me from my music and though this music may be laced with questions and hints regarding my faith in God, it is all still very vague. My relationship with Him has been full of twists and turns, ups and downs, and curses and praises. However this relationship is in fact very real.
I’ve detached myself in recent years from many of my fellow believers and from the entire universal church. I will leave the reasons for doing so private but know that with detaching myself life has been harder and left me more exhausted.
Within the past few months I have been compelled to join my brothers and sisters in life once again in as many ways as possible. Which brings me to my reason for writing this entry.
I am setting up a tour, in July, where I will only be playing for churches and the congregations which occupy them. This is called “The Confession” Tour. It’s time for me to bring what I do to my family. One reason for me backing away from the Church was because I couldn’t/wasn’t allowed to be myself. I wasn’t free to have the pain I feel be present. I wasn’t free to struggle in the ways that I do. Call it what you will, put a term to it, but I don’t care. I’m over it. I am open and honest with the entire world but have yet to be with the Church. The time has come for me to do this.
So, as dramatic as this all may sound, don’t let it be. This is a very simple tour, like every other, but instead of playing my music and sharing my life in bars I will be doing so in churches.
If you know my music you probably feel that this venture may get awkward at times. Well so be it. I grew up surrounded by christian music and it didn’t help my life in any way. I had no artist to look up to that could break down the reality of life for me in their music. I don’t claim to have this power but I do know that I don’t butter anything up.
Now don’t worry. I won’t be showing up with a handle of Jack and reeking of alcohol and I’ll be choosing my language a little more carefully but I’ll be me. Which as sad as it is to say, I haven’t fully been me in this environment. I’ve been afraid to.
If you’re interested in doing this with me, let me know. If you have a church home that you’d like me to come play for send me a message at davidramirezinfo@yahoo.com and we’ll discuss it. It is my guess that many places will not be on board but if you feel that yours would, then let’s do it.
Cheers,
David
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