Hammitt and his wife, Sarah, knew something was wrong minutes after finding out during an ultrasound in April 2010 that their third child would be a boy, following two girls. They saw the sorrow on their doctor’s face even before she spoke.

Doctors later confirmed the baby had a rare congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which causes the left side of the heart to be severely underdeveloped. For five months, the couple contemplated all of the possible procedures and treatments while weighing the odds of what could go wrong.

Their baby would face multiple surgeries and an uncertain future at best.

They also didn’t know how to deal with a flood of emotions — the anger, the doubt, the feeling of being alone. Hammitt, 32, decided he needed to tell God how he was feeling, so he started writing songs about their journey.

I think I take the health of my children for granted far too many times. I stress about their “challenges” I face through the day and they’re all normal challenges. How would I have the strength for real battles for my kids if they experienced severe health problems and hurdles.

Reading the story makes me want to hear some of the songs Matt was inspired to write. One of the great parts of the story was that the nurses would play his music for their whole wing after visiting hours were over to soothe all the children, not just Matt’s.

You should read the entire article: Unborn Son’s Struggle Inspires Christian Singer

This looks like it would have been a great way to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Hanging out with Jeremy Camp, the guys from Sanctus Real and thousands of other people having a blast looks like a lot of fun!

If you were at this event, let me know what you thought. Maybe I should plan on it for next year.

Rebecca St. James and Superchick will be headlining the Celebration 2008 festival at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY this weekend.

The full performance line-up includes:

• Rebecca St. James
• Superchick
• Sanctus Real
• Special D
• House of Thomas

The concert is included in your season pass or regular park admission.

Image Source: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

I picked up a load of new CD’s from my local Christian book store this weekend. Here’s the list of albums I picked up. I got a great deal on them out of a bargain bin where they were packaged in bricks of 5 CD’s each.

1. Sanctus Real – the face of love
2. Jonny Lang – turn around
3. Go Fish – snow
4. The Cross Movement – Gift Rap: A Hip Hop Christmas
5. Derek Webb – one zero (acoustic)
6. Caedmon’s Call – In the Company of Angels II: the world will sing
7. Jill Parr – Me again
8. Leigh Nash – blue on blue
9. Paul Wright – Wright or wrong these songs are Paul’s
10. The Swift – Singing Back to You
11. Sullivan – Cover Your Eyes
12. the jtb – Everything is Nothing
13. pfr – The Very Best of PFR
14. Leslie Phillips – The Definitive Collection
15. David Meece – The Definitive Collection
16. Steve Camp – The Definitive Collection
17. Petra – The Definitive Collection
18. Wayne Watson – The Definitive Collection
19. Randy Stonehill – The Definitive Collection
20. Guardian – The Definitive Collection

I’m absolutely pumped for the albums I’ve bolded above. Some of my favorite artists or artists that I’ve been wanting to listen to more and get to know. Derek Webb and Caedmon’s Call are obvious, along with PFR. Love Sixpence None the Richer, so grabbing Leigh Nash’s solo project was a nice find. Always interested in Petra and Gaurdian, but can’t believe the Guardian album didn’t include “I Found Love”, “Sweet Mystery” and “The Captain” from their “Miracle Mile” album.

Some of the people I didn’t bold above I’m not real familiar with, anyone know some of the artists and let me know what I can expect from them?

• Steven Curtis Chapman
• Jeremy Camp
• Hawk Nelson
• Sanctus Real

Tickets are only $10 at the door. No pre-ticket purchase is required. Hopefully that doesn’t result in a mad house or overcrowding for the concert. Tour dates are there to the side if you’re interested in picking up the tour in your local city. These are the dates that are currently posted on the website.

As always, I’m always interested in getting concert pics and reviews from ANYONE for ANY CHRISTIAN CONCERT. Just e-mail me at jason@b5media.com.

• “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by Steven Curtis Chapman
• “Silent Night” by Sanctus Real
• “No Room” by Todd Agnew
• “Obsession” by Starfield

Now to get these free downloads, all you’ve gotta do is sign-up for their e-mail newsletter which is a pretty simple process. Just follow this link and then follow their instructions.