YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN

In honor of Todd publicly honoring me, which was a response to me publicly honoring my wife, which was in reaction to him publicly honoring Kristen, I will continue the theme and publicly honor the smoothest cat ever to dawn the stage. (Brandon Todd Wright)

1. The first time I met Todd he was impersonating Drew Carey (and I thought it really was Drew Carey)
2. In the words of Brandon Conn, “Dude, ya’ll are just alike”
3. We both own a Martin Pro EQ. (at least I still do, I think Todd has moved on to bigger and better things).
4. He makes my guitar sound good
5. He always has those random “if you were a candy bar what kind would you be” questions readily available
6. Need I mention the songwriting?
7. The man knows things about leading worship that I’d be willing to bet 90% of worship leaders do not know
8. Todd has taken a Methodist church from struggling to find its identity to making major inroads into the lives of families and individuals. (And he’s doing a pretty dang good job at it)
9. He’s funny in a way that I can only wish I were
10. I’ve never heard him yell, or even get very frustrated (so either he does not do it or he hides it pretty well)
11. He has water gun fights with his kids
12. “Chicken wire, Chicken wire”
13. He let a guy with a new Djembe play in his band
14. He still laughs at my “Yahoo hands” joke
15. He has the creative mind of a genius and the heart of a true friend
16. Burn Service
17. Worshipnotes.org (usually when I meet someone semi-famous I say, “Hi I’m Todd Wright’s friend from worshipnotes.org”)
18. Is there anything that guy doesn’t know about music?
19. He’s the only person I know who can (at the same time) be reading a Stephen King novel, a Rob Bell book, and Early Renaissance English Literature and somehow incorporate them all into a discussion starter
20. His kid and my kid praise God like their Pentecostal
21. He’s the same no matter who he is around: (from a complete stranger to Chris Tomlin… the guy treats everybody the same)
22. I usually pattern my wardrobe after Todd, when I shop I think to myself, “that looks like something Todd would wear”
23. Have you seen this guy teach worship leading to a band he has never met? Goodnight it’s amazing how smooth he is.
24. He’s just plain gifted at what he does
25. Everything he attempts comes off looking good, sounding great, and magnifying God (he does not have the reverse Midas touch)