Man On a Mission:
Meet Colton Dixon
Meet Colton Dixon, a twenty- two-year-old singer, who is rocking the world for Christ. It may be that he is the number- one-played artist on your ipod, and you might have one of his posters tacked to your wall. If you are anything like myself, Natalee, you may have cheered for him in every American Idol
episode he was in. Or, you may be like our editor who said, “Who is Colton Dixon?”
(Haha, where has she been all these years?!)
Whether you are a super Dixon fan, or simply a curious newbie, this interview is just for you!
Colton hails from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. His music career launched into space when his sister convinced him to audition for American Idol with her.
Colton says: "My sister, Schyler, and I auditioned in the tenth season of American Idol at the Nashville auditions.” Colton shares his story with us, “We were both cut. I returned with Schyler for Season Eleven, not planning to audition; I went to support my sister during her audition. The judges asked for me, and I ended up auditioning as well. Schyler was cut again during the Las Vegas round. I was eliminated (later)
on April 19th, 2012. At first, I heard the news and proceeded to sing "Everything," by Lifehouse, then I walked off the stage and was just like,
'Dang! That actually happened.' But, being on American Idol really opened up the opportunity to use the music industry as my mission field. I'm not going to say that it is my only mission field, because God gives and takes away. He could take this all away just as easily as He gave it to me. God opened the door through American Idol to be a light in this crazy, mixed-up, and self-centered world. Now, its time to take that light and run with it, illuminating every dark corner and alleyway."
I [Natalee] ask Colton what it means to be a missionary amidst our everyday lives.
“Before I started working on the 'Anchor' album I really started to become lazy in my spiritual life. I would go out on stage at night and count that as my 'Jesus Time' for the day. I remember sitting in church services and listening to missionaries come and speak. I can picture the vivid stories they told me that would send shivers up your
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