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Cheryl Anderson column: A love of the Lord and of song drives Ethan Cook of Appleton

Ethan Cook has musical goals he’s yet to achieve. But the 20-year-old Appleton native â?? known on stage as American Fiction â?? also has a loftier ambition.

Currently a junior at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Cook is majoring in religious studies and wants to become a pastor.

“I think I’ve realized a true calling that really I feel is transcendental, and it doesn’t matter with this whole music thing,” he said. “(Music) is a huge part of my life, but I mean this is a greater part of my life