Let there be…

November 28, 2013

“Let there be light!”

I have always LOVED these words from the opening pages of the Bible, where God created the world.  I LOVE the way the Bible described how He did it.  We are told that God created with words.  He spoke, and He created…

I believe that which sets us apart from other living creatures, is our ability to create. We were created by a creative God, and so we have a desire, a need, to create.  Among other things, I believe those opening pages of the Bible tells us that our words also have the power to create.

Our words have the power to heal, to bring peace, to encourage, to inspire, to build up.   They also have the power to hurt, to make war, to discourage, to put down, to tear apart.  It is up to us how we want to use our words.  Do we want to create?  or destroy?

One of the wonderful thing about the process of creating is that you never know what the final product will look like and how far your creative efforts will impact others.  Each time I write a song, or pen an essay, or perform on stage, I breathe a silent prayer that the creative life force, the positive energy will reach much further than what our eyes can see, touching places in people hearts deeper than we can imagine…

My friends and I have been preparing for the show on Dec 14 at the Richmond Hill Free Methodist Church.   If you have been to our shows before, you know my friends are all wonderful musicians and I am looking forward to performing with them again!  The past few nights I have been working hard on my own, getting out the good ol’ metronome, practicing on my instrument,  memorizing the lyrics, working on my voice (Yes Bean!  I have been doing homework!!  You should be so proud :)  ) But what drives me is not just the process of putting together the performance.  Rather, it is that wonderful unknown whenever we engage in works of creation, working with the original Creator, wondering what will fill the blank:  “Let there be ________!!”

I wonder what will fill the blank on Dec 14… I know it will be a wonderful night.  We hope to see you there!

Here is the Facebook event page for the show: https://www.facebook.com/notes/#!/events/760627823963340/

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Upcoming Show! Inviting you to “Taking it easy…”

November 21, 2013

Hey everyone!

I would like to invite you all to a Cantonese speaking concert I will be putting on with my friends on December 14 (Saturday).  The concert will be at the Richmond Hill Free Methodist Church.  Here is the link to the Facebook event page that the church has created: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/760627823963340/

For those who have come to my concerts before, musicians from the same wonderful band will be playing with me!  This will be a smaller, more intimate setting where we invite you to take a break from the crazy, busy holiday season to listen to some good music and relax with us for an evening as we share stories of our lives with you.  Imagine sitting down in a living room with us as we chat and jam and share and laugh together :-)

This will be an interesting experience for me.  For the past few years, I have been trying to share my message, my story, and my music in a way that is deeply rooted in my personal faith, but for a broad audience regardless of their religious beliefs.  I do that because of my deep conviction that our stoires and our life experiences are meant to bring us together, and what better way to do that than through music, which transcends all barriers, be it racial, social, religious, etc.  We have been so encouraged by the feedback we have received from so many of you!  This time, we are taking that same message back INSIDE the church, and hopefully we can share the same positive message of faith and hope duirng this holiday season.

Would you please come and join us?  The show is on Saturday Dec 14, at 8pm at Richmond Hill Free Methodist Church, 212 Hillsview Drive, Richmond Hill (near Bayview and 16th Avenue area, see poster on Facebook event page)  Admission is ABSOLUTELY FREE! (After all, the word FREE is right in the name of the church :) Bring a friend or two, and enjoy a good night of music!

For those of you who are my Facebook friends, I will probably get around of sending you Facebook invitations over the next few days :)   Hope to see you there!!

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Looking ahead…

November 2, 2013

Last Sunday, I spoke at a good friend’s church.  The congregation was exceedingly kind and gracious and the message was well received.  After I spoke in the second service my good friend who was the pastor got up and said, “We are so thankful to have Alfred in our midst this morning.  Over the past [...]

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Upcoming speaking/performing schedule…prayers and good thoughts needed

September 19, 2013

Hi everyone! Just thought I throw out some of the stuff I’ve got coming up.  Definitely would like any prayers/good thoughts/positive energies you can send my way.  I will post more details when each of these events draw closer: September 28 (Saturday):  I will be doing a couple of songs in an outdoor Fall Festival [...]

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Power

September 2, 2013

A few weeks ago I attended a work function and heard a wonderful speaker on the issue of social justice.  She said something that had since echoed in my head over and over again like a good song.  She said: “The work of social justice, the work of bringing about real changes, are ALWAYS done [...]

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Meeting God in all the wrong places….

August 18, 2013

Recently I noticed a “troubling” trend about myself: I find myself being more “spiritually sensitive”, yet I am meeting God in all the wrong places… I see Him in the smiles of my girls.  People often say that my girls have the smiles of an angel’s.  Every time I hear that I am tempted to [...]

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Some pics from En Route

August 1, 2013

Hi everyone I have posted these on my FB page but just occurred to me that I have never posted the pics from En Route here.  Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/alfred.lam.1042032/media_set?set=a.10153038966255534.1073741830.897455533&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/alfred.lam.1042032/media_set?set=a.10153081598540534.1073741831.897455533&type=3    

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Next Steps…

July 23, 2013

It has been a few weeks since En Route, and life has slowly returned to “normal”… After each show, the most natural question people ask is “When is the next one?”.   I guess part of that is natural…for those of us involved with the show, we certainly enjoy “talking shop” afterwards:  what went well, what can [...]

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“A Gift Wrapped in Barbed Wire”

July 17, 2013

This was something I wrote almost 4 years ago, stumbled across it this morning and it spoke to me in a fresh way.  Thought I’d share it with you all again… “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – The Bible “Daddy!  Good night!”  My 5 year old said to me, as she [...]

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Alfred Lam in Concert 2013: En Route!!!

May 1, 2013

HEY EVERYONE!!  It is hard to believe it has almost been TWO years since my last concert!  So much has happenned since Crazy Hope 2011 (And what a great night that was!): New songs have been written; New roads have been travelled, New lessons learned, AND… A NEW MEMBER has been added to our family!! [...]

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