From a small-town Louisiana teen torn between band life and a real call to holiness, he shares how grief, prayer, and music collided and redirected his life toward Jesus.
What starts as a teenage encounter at a prayer meeting quickly becomes a story of surrender, heartbreak, and vocation. Josh opens up about the accident that took his friends life, the funeral-home moment that forced him to answer the question of who he would follow, and the decision that changed his songs from writing about girls to writing prayers.
Josh also reflects on leading worship at World Youth Day, the National Eucharistic Congress, papal events, and his home parish while balancing family life and a public calling.
This conversation is about more than music. It’s about humility, mercy, and what happens when you seek the Lord first.
Josh Blakesley is a Catholic musician and music director at St. Faustina Catholic Church in Fulshear, Texas.
Learn more: https://joshblakesleymusic.com/
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