American Idol Adventure!

Phillip's American Idol Adventure! Well, we do the best we can with what we have, and then move on. It was a grand adventure, but all great things must come to an end. [youtube]DdCgmkj0FEA[/youtube] More updates here, and on my YouTube channel at: youtube.com/phillipgonzales

Phillip's American Idol Adventure! If you've ever wondered what it's like on the inside of American Idol Auditions, this is pretty much it. Lots of crowd footage and no background music for this video, but it's authentic! [youtube]VkhSs6X-4-I[/youtube] More updates here, and on my YouTube channel at: youtube.com/phillipgonzales

Phillip's American Idol Adventure! Well, we're finally here. Waiting in line, talking to fun people, having a great time and then... at long last... going inside for the Audition! [youtube]t8MFHB6tpGY[/youtube] More updates here, and on my YouTube channel at: youtube.com/phillipgonzales

Phillip's American Idol Adventure! So close, so close! We're driving and arriving the arena, and it's almost "go time"! [youtube]Scz2Z7HTlHU[/youtube] More updates here, and on my YouTube channel at: youtube.com/phillipgonzales

It’s 2:00am on the morning of American Idol auditions, and I am remembering who I really am, and I’m switching my audition song… again.  This will be the third time I’ve changed my main “audition song” in the past 24 hours.  Mostly I’ve been thinking about what is a good fit for my voice, what I think the judges will know, and what I know how to sing, but none of those are the most important thing. They say over and over again in the FAQs, message boards, etc., that the most important thing is to “just be yourself”, to be “authentic”, and it occurs to me that even without trying, the tendency to quietly slip into the molds we think other people want us in is ever-present, and has caught up with me already. You see, I am a Christian. ...

Only 5 hours to go before American Idol auditions begin!  I’m not really nervous, just wanting to do my part to make this whole experience all that god wants it to be. Not so long ago it would have been my biggest dream to be a STAR, but now, truthfully… my biggest dreams are to bring glory to Jesus Christ, bring hope and joy to people, make a large-scale impact for good in the world, have and love a wife, and raise a family.  Everything else is only a means to those ends. Now, I also know that only the first one of those has eternal significance, so on the one hand it would seem that I should try and let go of the others.  However, when I think of God’s promise in Scripture… “delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the...