Since this week was the return of American Idol, I thought it appropriate to share a video from a contestant from 2009 who gives all glory to God. His name is Scott MacIntyre.

This is a song he wrote:

(video)

As the first blind finalist on “American Idol,” MacIntyre was called “an inspiration to the entire world through your commitment, through your talent” by former judge Paula Abdul. Visually impaired since birth, he started playing piano by ear at age three, began classical lessons at six, and subsequently learned to play organ, guitar, bass and drums. When the family moved to Toronto for several years, he studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Music before relocating to Arizona, where, at fourteen, the home-schooled MacIntyre was admitted into Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College and Herberger College of Fine Arts…

To learn more about Scott MacIntyre you can visit his website.

Blessing,
Keith