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There’s a new worship option coming to a church near you. It’s hip-hop or rap. A recent article in Newsweek (July 31st, 2006) opened up the discussion of churches beginning to reach out to an even more contemporary crowd through this urban music and art form. This is obviously more popular in more urban church settings, not something you’d normally see offered in your suburbia, white-collar, picket-fence location in rural America. But that doesn’t change the fact that it is in-fact a growing trend. Churches aren’t necessarily switching to the format wholesale, but more likely offering and worship service or time for this specific audienceRead More →

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Karen Smith has answered my call and has given us a reader review of her experience at a Mark Schultz concert: Hi Jason…my husband and I drove 150 miles to see Mark Schultz at the Elkhart County 4-H fair. It was awesome! We had good seats on the track and were very thankful because the grandstand filled up really quick and the entire place was packed when the concert began! I already loved his music but seeing him in person made it even better. He was so warm and funny and friendly…I felt like he was speaking to me personally. He sang all the favoritesRead More →

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Any Collective Soul fans out there? What? They’re not a Christian group? Have you listened to their lyrics? Did you know the lead singer is a preacher’s kid? I know you can’t just look at some lyrics or assume someone is a Christian by who their dad is, but as I listen to more and more of their music I can’t help but think there’s alot more going on underneath the surface than we think. Listen to these lyrics: Oh I’m newly calibrated All shiny and clean I’m your recent adaptation Time to redefine me Let the word out I’ve got to get out OhRead More →

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I received an e-mail a few weeks back introducing me to an aspiring, independent artist named Sean Dietrich. With my recent trip to New Orleans, specifically the 14-hour drive down and back, I had the opportunity to listen through the various songs that are available on his website at www.seandietrich.com I am writing regarding an exciting and talented new Christian singer/songwriter.  His passionate and loving testimony shines vividly through his music!  If you believe in following hard after God and the No Compromise ministries of Keith Green, Matthew Ward, or Randy Stonehill, you will love Sean Dietrich. The similarities to Keith Green are dead on!Read More →

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I just returned from a one-week work & witness trip to New Orleans. We were working with Desire Street Ministries helping rebuild a neighborhood just across the canal from the lower 9th ward area. The Lower 9th Ward area was the area shown most on the news with all the flooding. It’s amazing the amount of damage and destruction that’s still in the area. It’s been almost a year now since Katrina, and it all still looks like a disaster zone. It’s the closest I’ve been yet to an area that resembles visiting a 3rd world country. Anyway, last Sunday we attended Carver Desire BaptistRead More →