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Selena Gomez Releases Cover Of The Blessing
Recently on Instagram, hit pop artist Selena Gomez posted a video on her IGTV of her and her friends singing a cover of Kari Jobe’s new song, “The Blessing.” The video has recieved well over 8 million views. Selena has been open about her faith before, and a few years back shared her life story in front of thousands at a Hillsong church conference. She also made a special guest appearance at a Hillsong Young & Free concert in L.A. while they were on their Youth Revival tour. In addition, in 2018, Selena shared that she likes to listen to worship music, and that one of Lauren Daigle’s songs has…
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Tenth Avenue North Announces Collaboration With Nashville Coffee Company
Earlier this week, Tenth Avenue North announced a collaboration with a local coffee company in Nashville called Humphreys Street. “As a band, we’re always looking for unique and creative ways to invest in our local community here in Nashville. Through the production of quality coffee products, Humphreys Street Coffee is producing and raising up young leaders within their neighborhood” Tenth Avenue North shared. “Humphreys Street employees are trained up in highly skilled crafts and given the opportunity to earn money in a neighborhood where few economic opportunities exist.” “Humphreys Street Coffee is dramatically changing the face of inner city communities in Nashville. It’s good coffee, and it’s making a difference.…
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Former Downhere Co-Frontman Jason Germain Records New Song
It’s been 8 years since contemporary Christian rock band Downhere ended their public ministry. While one of their co-frontmen, Marc Martel, has been very busy with a full load of solo projects, the other vocalist, Jason Germain, has been radio silent. Having switched exclusively to the production side of music, listeners haven’t heard Germain’s signature deep vocals since the final notes of “Reveal The Kingdom” closed out Downhere’s final album. Until now. On Easter Sunday evening, Germain posted a lyric video to Facebook of a brand new Easter song he recorded with the church band for Stonebridge Bible Church. The song, possibly titled “He Is Alive,” although not explicitly named…
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Psalm And H.U.R.T. Release New Single
Psalm has teamed up with California-native CHH artist H.U.R.T. to deliver an aggressively transparent commentary on the modern-day church institution. The song, titled ‘Down We Go’, is the fifth single to be released from Psalm’s 10-track LP Hero’s Lament. It is delivered over a progressive instrumental produced by J. Nihilo. The apathy, complacency, and compromise of God’s people has caused God’s word to become corroded and watered down. It has allowed a very real enemy to infiltrate the faith. Psalm and H.U.R.T.’s record address these issues with a straightforward and unapologetic approach. Check the lyric video for the new song below![…]
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Integrity Music Signs Seattle Based Band Citizens
NASHVILLE, TENN. (APRIL 09, 2020) Integrity Music announces the signing of Seattle-based band Citizens as they release their unique project, The Joy of Being (Phone Demos), today. The band set out to make a record of songs for the church to sing, without music and production overcoming the lyrics. To accomplish this goal, Citizens recorded this project on iPhones acoustically in an empty church. The Joy of Being (Phone Demos) features a collection of songs with lyric, melody and basic instrumentation that anyone could connect with and lead. As worship is moving from the sanctuary to the living room in this quarantine season, songs of substance and simple arrangements are…
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How to Stay in Love with God
A few years ago, we sat with a younger couple over dessert — listening to their lives, learning them. Fifteen years and six kids separated us (they had none). Our bedside book stack held books about raising teens and finding God in pain. We were tired from early morning baby cries and late-night conversations with… The post How to Stay in Love with God appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Samurais & Monks: How Ancient Rhythms Can Help You Experience God
Editor’s note: The moment we live in presents us with many difficulties, but this time also offers an opportunity to revisit the rhythms of our life and the practice of our faith. In his books God in My Everything and Survival Guide for the Soul, pastor Ken Shigematsu demonstrates how the gospel can redeem… The post Samurais & Monks: How Ancient Rhythms Can Help You Experience God appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Jesus OBS — Wrapping It Up!
We have a high priest who is able to understand, and since He understands we find mercy and grace when we need it. When we fall, we are not forgotten. When we stumble, we are not abandoned. Our God gets us. ~ Max Lucado I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes… The post Jesus OBS — Wrapping It Up! appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Epic Poetry: Learning to Read–and Enjoy–It in 5 Steps
Epic Poetry in School Do you remember reading (or being assigned to read) one of the following in school? The IliadThe OdysseyThe AeneidBeowulfYour teacher might even have assigned something like Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha or Evangeline. Perhaps you read Whittier’s Snowbound. Are you shuddering yet? Unfortunately, these lovely epic poems are often presented in school as follows: a fair-to-middlin’ introduction on the importance of said poem, a schedule of reading assignments, frequent comprehension quizzes, and analyzing the poem “to the pain” for its allusions, literary style, poetic techniques, and themes. You, like me, may have assumed that epic poetry just wasn’t your thing, even if you love to read.…
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Soul-Shaping Poetry: 2 Books for Teens and Adults
Soul-Shaping Poetry Have you ever stopped to think about how much poetry has shaped the Christian soul? Poetry is an intrinsic part of our worship services, whether through a responsive reading of a Psalm or the “singing of Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” Paul describes. Poetry occurs throughout Scripture, most notably in the Psalms, but it is not limited to the Psalms. Miriam and Moses pour forth poetry at the Red Sea, Mary praises the Lord in the Magnificat, Song of Solomon is a long love poem, Job is replete with poetry, and even the epistles contain poetry and hymns (most notably, Philippians 2). Throughout history, Christians have been pouring…
