Now, as a guitar player and songwriter myself, I think I have the vaccine against those 3 songs guys that only look holy. Yet, give me a genuinely talented musician who really loves God, then it's typically an instant friendship. At least we have something to talk about, whether it's about orchestra arrangements or the philosophy behind songwriting or about Switchfoot or the Beatles… I'm all music.

They'll sit under the wings of the girl's dorms and "serenade" the women on Saturday mornings. I've often contemplated stashing water balloons by my window and hitting them as soon as they start. I once even saw a guy walking and singing on the main walkway from the parking lot to the dorms. I shook my head and wondered if he was actually planning on getting a girl that way.

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I've found that on road trips, the ukulele is much smaller and more convenient for playing while in the car, although fingerstyle ukulele arrangements can be tricky to figure out.

One of my favorite "crossover" experiences as the dude with the guitar was late at night at my secular college dorm. There were 10-15 students sitting around in a lounge, and I led them in the closest thing I've ever experienced to a secular worship session. I would play nice little intros to the songs, say the first line before we started, and we all would sing out at the top of our longs the lyrics to John Mayer, Blink 182, and Beatles songs. Oh the street cred that won me.

But I am careful. I know somewhere in that crowd, there were some guys only half-singing along. They knew my tricks, they didn't think it was fair. They were watching, waiting for their chance to actually engage in meaningful conversation with their peers again. So as I smiled and crooned at them, I carefully decided that that probably would be my last song.

I would know.