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Last week I was in a conversation with my boss about a Michael W. Smith Christmas concert he attended and said it was probably the best Christmas concert he’s experienced in quite awhile.
I just received an e-mail letting me know that Smitty will be performing his “Christmastime” concert near me in Merrilville, IN on Friday, December 8th. To be specific:

When: Friday, December 8th @ 8:00pm
Where: Star Plaza Theatre | 8001 Delaware Place, Merrillville, IN 46410

Here’s a little more of what you can expect from your experience if you’re interested and able to attend:
Michael W. Smith brings his Christmastime concert to …read more

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Even though we’ve still got a little over a month left in the year, Christianity Today has released their list of the Bets Albums of 2006.
Our annual selections for Best Christian Albums in small part serves as a snapshot of the state of the industry, and what’s particularly interesting about this year’s list is how many of the finalists seem “outside the box.” Many of the artists have a foot in both Christian and mainstream markets without finding runaway success in either, and some of them are established artists who today continue to record and distribute music independently. It all …read more

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Mark Schultz has extended his “Broken & Beautiful” Tour to another 30 cities through this spring according to his newsletter.
I want to thank everyone for coming out to see us this past Fall on the Broken and Beautiful tour. Thanks to you, the tour was a big hit! Therefore, we are pleased to announce that we are extending the tour this Spring for an additional 30+ cities. Look for the Spring tour schedule to be posted soon.
The other thing I was impressed about in his newsletter is he reported on the success of his World Vision sponsorships drive during …read more

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Worship this past Sunday at church was rockin’. The selection of songs was great and the spirit was really moving. I was totally pumped when the band started one song with a Collective Soul style riff.
The service ended with our praise team and special choir doing a rendition of Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten”. The message ended a series on “Character” and this sermon was about having vision and talked about how God had prepared David in the obscure times of his life when it was just him a few sheep out in a field with nobody else around. We need to …read more

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Are you a fan of Third Day? Do you like Christmas? Do you like helping others?
You can satisfy all those things at once by donating $20 to World Vision to help feed hungry children and families in Africa.
World Vision is responding with desperately needed food and care, but we need your help. Your gift will provide food to hungry people in some of the world’s most devastated regions. And thanks to nearly $13 million in donated food and grants, your gift today will multiply 8 times in impact!That means a gift of $20 will provide $160 worth of life-saving food …read more

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b5media has officially launched their new Business Channel of blogs.
- Business & Blogging: blogs for business: how to use them effectively for results.
- Copyblogger: copywriting secrets
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Avalon has released a new album in time for the holiday season called, Faith: A Hymns Collection. The collection includes:

Holy Holy Holy
Blessed Assurance*
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Great Is Thy Faithfulness*
In Christ Alone
It Is Well*
I’ll Fly Away
On Christ the Solid Rock
Jesus Medley
How Great Thou Art*
Amazing Grace
Total Praise
Bonus: For Freedom

Tracks marked with * are some of my favorites. I’m sure this will be a great album, but just thinking Avalon is a little late to the let’s-release-an-album-of-old-hymns game. We’ll see how they do though.

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I mentioned it briefly in my last post, but I just finished listening to tobyMac’s latest song “Made to Love” from his new album currently being produced.
It really reminds me of the rhythm and lyrical mastering of “Gone”, which is one of my favorite songs.
The only place you can hear the song is at Hear It First.

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If you haven’t heard of Hear It First, then you haven’t been reading this blog and you and I need to have some words.
No really, Hear It First is by far the best site I’ve seen that gives away free music on a regular basis for both your favorites artists as well as introduce you to new artists and expand your horizons. You also get access to exclusive artist video interviews as well, this week they talk to Michael W. Smith. You can also get an exclusive sneak peek (what’s the right word for an audio sneak peak?) of tobyMac’s …read more

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The Fray’s song “How To Save A Life” is sitting at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks.
Pretty cool to see a Christian band sitting at the top of the charts. Probably not 100% accurate to label the band Christian, but they’re made up of Christians so pick your category.

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