Mainstream Music with a Positive Attitude
Mainstream Music with a Positive Attitude Music Spotlight Interview with Barry Russo, These Are the Days By Lisa M. Hendey I live with a fourteen year old who loves to spend his spare time playing his electric guitar and has begun to work on his own original compositions. As a parent and one who spends a lot of time in the car listening to music with my kids, I was thrilled to discover the music of Barry Russo, and particularly his CD These Are the Days. Barry, along with being an accomplished ...Read the rest of this post »
December 26, 2009
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Was there a Better Way?
Whenever, we have a task or project to carry out don't we always look for the most capable person to lead us? And if the task were supposed to follow a set pattern, don't we like to stick to time-tested methods that worked all the time? But sometimes events happen so quickly that it takes our breath away. When things do not go as we planned, tempers flare up, moods become dampened, and we so quickly become irritated - especially if it was caused by last minute permission changes, which could so ...Read the rest of this post »
December 25, 2009
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"Be Still, And Know That I Am God"
I was recently asked to give devotions at our annual family reunion. The Bible text I used as the basis for my remarks was, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" (Psalm 46:10) In my family were several preachers (my grandfather was one of great stature), singers, piano players, church leaders, and good Christian men and women. I talked about the Christian heritage of our family and that through the lives of those who have ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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Four Major Steps Toward Building an Awesome Music Ministry
The inspiration for this article comes from an Old Testament story. In this story there is a special building project undertaken by Solomon. The four stages explained in this article are the exact same steps illustrated in this story. You will find that these four concepts will dramatically help you in your music ministry. You need to take this information and start creating an overwhelming positive worship experience in your church's worship service. This is where we begin - One day as I was ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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Joy to the World !
One of my favorite songs during the Christmas season is 'Joy to the World'. Christmas is truly a season to celebrate the joy that we have. Everyone can know joy as they find it in the good things that God has given to all humans so liberally, but the Christian knows a heightened joy. This joy is rooted in the bond that exists with other believers whom we have come to love. This season as we focus on the joy that can be found in the Christian life we need to remember that we should have ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS
The Wonderful Christmas Genesis 33:5: 'And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the woman and children, and said, who are those with thee? And he said, the children which God has graciously given thy servant.' Children are a gift from God. He had blessed me to have two wonderful daughters and a good son. When their mother left in 1986 I became a single parent to six, eight, and eleven year old children. My heart grieved for them as they missed their mother. After the Lord saved me, I began to pray ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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Randy Travis
"Listening and experiencing Randy's performance was certainly all I had expected and more... but little did I expect that I would be impacted by something in a more profound way..." We had been waiting for this day for a month. Being big Randy Travis fans, my family and I arrived at the concert two hours before they opened the doors to let folks in... making sure we would get primo seats. Of course we were in the first dozen folks to get there. (This is a common Lingner practice as we were the ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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Sing Psalms, Let Joy Resound
Ephesians 4:4-6 indicates that Christians ought to practice one single faith. It reads: "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." The apostolic notion of one, uniform faith clearly does NOT envision the smorgasbord of various worship practices -- from the faithful to the absurd and goofy -- that dots today's religious landscape in the name ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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Christian Music That Fills You With More Than Just Old Time Rock
B>Christian Music That Fills You With More Than Just Old Time Rock n' Roll Some of the earliest Christian music was about the new testament and most were simple hymns. Some of these Christian musical hymns can still be heard today, including "Awake, awake O sleeper" on the occasion of someone's baptism. Jesus and his disciples very likely would have sung psalms from their time which by the very nature makes them Christian music. Early Christians continued to sing the psalms much as they were ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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I RODE BY MY OLD HOME CHURCH
Jeremiah 6.16 "Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk therein." Today, Wednesday, July 12, 2005, I rode by my old home church, Youmans Chapel. Seeing the church brought back many fond memories. The year was 1959, and I was in the second grade. The members of Youmans Chapel Baptist church called my Daddy, the late Rev. A.J. Rozier, to be their ...Read the rest of this post »
December 24, 2009
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