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The 56th Annual Dove Awards Announces First Round of Performers and Presenters
The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced the first round of performers and presenters for the 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards. Performers include Lauren Daigle, Fred Hammond featuring The Choir Room, Gaither Vocal Band, and Josiah Queen. Presenters include John Crist, Sadie Robertson Huff, David & Tamela Mann, and Chris Tomlin. More performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks. The 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards, presented in partnership with the Cantinas Arts Foundation, will be held October 7th, 2025, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Tickets and a limited number of Music City Fan Experiences are on sale here. The broadcast will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN+…
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Good Things Collective Announces Upcoming New Song
Worship group Good Things Collective returns with an uptempo, female led, service opener called “House of Praise,” releasing August 29 via Real Fun Records. This song declares and confesses that we need to shift Sunday morning expectations, inviting the Church to recognize the reality that we’re not asking God into our space, we’re stepping into His. Right from the start the lyric, “God, this is Your house, come take Your rightful place,” reminds us of who truly leads the Church. “We were at a church songwriting camp kind of laughing at how often we say, ‘God, we invite You in,’ when it’s actually His house,” Jesse Phillips, one of the…
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*The Redeemed Reader Book by the RR Team
The Redeemed Reader book offers insight into how to build discernment in children and provides practical tips, examples, and booklists for their literary journey. The post *The Redeemed Reader Book by the RR Team appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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The Human Heartbeat Behind Sirius XM’s The Message
When you think about satellite radio, thousands of channels, millions of listeners, you might picture a faceless algorithm, a machine spitting out the same ten songs over and over. I’ll admit, that was in the back of my mind when SiriusXM invited me to their Nashville studios for a special live recording with Katy Nichole. But I walked away thinking about how much humanity drives what they do. Their Nashville studio is stunning. Intimate, beautifully lit, and located right across from my personal favorite venue in the world, the Mother Church itself, the Ryman Auditorium. Katy was there for a deep dive into her new record, Honest Conversations. We sat…
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Get Real: Blessing Offor Turns Pain and Joy Into Art
“Nashville is really community oriented,” Blessing Offor told me, leaning back with the kind of unhurried confidence you only get from someone who’s lived in a lot of places but knows where they belong. “People tend to be a lot more open handed. And I’m sure in LA, if you got plugged into the right community, they would tell you the same thing. But I’ve experienced that in Nashville like I’ve never experienced anywhere else.” Community is at the center of Blessing’s new record Real and his overall message as an artist. It is not a clean and neat story. It is not all joy, and it is not…
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The Secret Orphanage by Barbara Josselsohn
Extraordinary Acts Of Bravery The Secret Orphanage by Barbara Josselsohn is a powerful dual timeline novel that consumed me from the start. The story is set in 1943 in occupied France and in 2018 in America. The storylines are linked by a granddaughter in present day, wanting to find out about her grandfather’s war. And […]
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Witch Hunt by B D Spargo
An Intricate Plotline Witch Hunt by B D Spargo is a fast-paced contemporary murder suspense which I enjoyed. It is the second book in the DCI Liam Doyle thriller series but can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend reading book one first for character development, background and progression. I enjoyed meeting with familiar faces, […]
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Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
Be Yourself Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan is a powerful contemporary novel that consumed me from the start. I have always loved Jodi Picoult’s novels and Mad Honey is no exception. The plotline surrounds a young man, Asher, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Lily. The reader follows the trial […]
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The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Leave A Window Open The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna is a very charming contemporary fantasy novel that I adored. As the novel opened, I sank into its’ pages, cocooned with love, and enchanted by the tale to the very end. The setting is mainly at Nowhere House in Norfolk, which […]
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My Great Aunt’s Diary by Laura Sweeney
Choose Love My Great Aunt’s Diary by Laura Sweeney is a marvellous dual timeline novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. It is the second book in the Dovecote Cottages series but can be read as a stand-alone. The action is set in 1943 and 2016. We ‘hear’ about the action in real time and also via […]
