A Couple Christmas Stories from Taiwan During the Christmas of 1974, my dad recorded a Christmas cassette for our grandparents which included our thank you’s for their presents and our prayers for them. During the Christmas of 1975, I remember…
I’m Thankful for Playing the Guitar The guitar is an awesome instrument, and I am so thankful for playing it. I thank God for my dad playing the guitar when I was young and showing me my first chords. This…
Incredible as it may sound, there was a time way back when I did not know what Contemporary Christian Music, or CCM, was. I know, right? Crazy! All I know about was what my parents listened to. What My Parents…
What Christian Band was one of the most pivotal groups in my life and changed the course of my music history? Petra, of course! During spring break of 1983, I went with my youth group on a skiing trip to…
If you play football and decide at some point to quit, that’s okay. I understand that feeling. However, if you play guitar and decide to quit, I’m not going to be as okay with that. I will explain that in…
Sometimes girls can be so mean! Seriously, what did I do to deserve this treatment? I’m in 7th grade band playing trombone next to a couple of girls who play trombone. But we sit in the back row behind the…
This is Guitar Shane. I love to write words, play guitar, and write songs. The stories I post here are the reflections of my childhood’s magical moments and what I can learn from them to pass on to you, the…
Have you ever lived in another country? Do you play guitar or another instrument? Then maybe we share something in common. I have a lot of stories to tell about those things, but first I, Guitar Shane, will to introduce…