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Book Review: What Are You Known For?\u00a0 (Building Your Legacy One Brick At A Time) by Rick Cua<\/span><\/p>\n By Colin \u201cCruz\u201d Strombeck<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fans of 1980\u2019s Christian rock remember Rick Cua as the man who sang \u201cWear Your Colors\u201d, which in my opinion, is one of the top 10 Christian rock songs of that decade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n He certainly wasn\u2019t a one hit wonder.\u00a0 His band put out 11 albums in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s, and one in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Recently, Rick, who now serves as a pastor, wrote a book called What Are You Known For?\u00a0 (Building Your Legacy One Brick At A Time).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In it, Cua shares stories about his heritage of faith, his great relationship with his wife and family, and lessons learned as a member of bands over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the book\u2019s Introduction, Cua grabs the reader with this thought:\u00a0 \u201cThe sum of what we have done on this earth follows us to heaven.\u201d \u00a0 In Chapter 1, Cua reminds us that if we admire Christ, we should act like he does.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By this point in the process, the light bulb went on above my head:\u00a0 this is going to function like a devotional book for me.\u00a0 I am going to read one chapter a day and digest each lesson well, that way.\u00a0 If you pick up this book, you too, will likely find the same to be true.\u00a0 And it is a\u00a0 challenging\u00a0devotional, at that.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In chapter 2, Cua points out that every time the Lord has a good work for us to do, the devil offers a distraction.\u00a0 He says we should pray for discernment to see the distraction for what it is, and to boldly declare to the enemy that we will not be dissuaded from doing God\u2019s will.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Early in the book is an amusing story of a man eating an actual glass…that was shocking.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think anything else in the book will shock you, but I would venture to say there are some things that will surprise you and amaze you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a chapter in the book that every Christian musician who is \u201ctrying to make it\u201d should read.\u00a0 Cua has been there and done that and his wisdom in this area is invaluable.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In another chapter, he talked about how, as a Christian musician, he struggled with the thought of self promotion and recounts how he worked his way through that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Late in the book, Cua asks the reader this question:\u00a0 what are the learned behaviors in your life that need to be dismantled?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By the end of reading this work, you will feel like you know Rick Cua.\u00a0 \u00a0His humble attitude emanates from the pages.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This book will make you laugh, it might make you cry, and it will make you think, and if you let it, it will bring you closer to God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You may find, like I did, that it functions as a great devotional. \u00a0 Whether you look at it that way or not, I believe you will find that it is definitely a book worth reading.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Review: What Are You Known For?\u00a0 (Building Your Legacy One Brick At A Time) by Rick Cua By Colin \u201cCruz\u201d Strombeck Fans of 1980\u2019s Christian rock remember Rick Cua as the man who sang \u201cWear Your Colors\u201d, which in my opinion, is one of the top 10 Christian rock songs of that decade.\u00a0\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[70,99,100,98],"yoast_head":"\n