9. blakeyboy001 asks: I know Mark has ADD and dyslexia… How does that affect how a concert goes?
Mark: Well, it affects a lot! I forget the words to the songs. I’ll catch someone’s face, and they’ll be emotional and I’ll start praying for them onstage and forget the words. Or I’ll just look over and see Juan [DeVevo] make some funny face and be gone. That’s the ADD half of my contribution to the band. On the dyslexic side: During festival season, we don’t do the same set; it’s different, you never know. So I can’t memorize the set list. I have to read it. And that’s very, very dangerous. I usually do about two songs, and somewhere between two and three, I look down and it’s like trying to read an ant bed. So everyone knows, if it’s festival season, just listen real close; we might be changing the plan!
10. NABOO asks: If you could perform anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Mark: I can be very spiritual and say, “Right here in my home church,” or I can be artsy and say, “Prague.” So I will come right in the middle and say, “Wherever the band is!”
Hector: The next G8 Summit or the UN.
Chris: I would love to perform in Egypt!
11. renewed08 asks: How did your band originate?
Mark: We started as a youth worship band in Daytona Beach, leading worship on Wednesday nights, and [we] made a CD for the kids to hear and take to school with them. It got into different hands, and that’s how we got here. We still lead worship, so nothing has really changed on that side.
12. DenimDiva asks: How do you balance family life and work and still keep God the top priority?
Mark: My family travels with me, and my wife, Melanie, is our road manager. So we do it all together. That’s No. 1, and No. 2 of keeping my spiritual life in check is coming home and being part of a growing ministry. If all I’m doing is walking around and telling a story about what’s true every night, then I could see myself hollowing out. But I come home, and I have to be growing. I have to be fresh, and have to have that. So that burdens me even more in my time with God—that I’m not just walking with God for me, I’m walking with God for those I’m discipling. That’s great accountability.
Hector: It’s a constant struggle, but if I’m first giving God the glory He deserves, then He will continue to bless me with the quality time my wife needs, and He will continue to bless the friendships I have in the band.
Chris: Well, to be quite honest, I'm still learning how to do that. I don't think I'll ever say I've got it down, but the things that matter most are following God's leading, spending time studying the Bible everyday [and] prayer. Just quality time at home with my wife and daughter mean the world to me.