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This morning this guy emailed the link to his video using our generic email address. It’s an awesome, more rock-focused, cover version of Lauren Daigle‘s hit song, “You Say.” Most of the unsolicited music we get submitted is just not good enough quality to share with our CCM fans…but this cover version & video just blew us away! This version of “You Say” by Nicholas Hennink is the Best Thing I Heard Today!

New Artist Spotlight Artist Name: Laura Hackett Park Age: 34 Genres: worship, singer/songwriter Hometown: Kansas City, MO Label: (Arrowhead Music) Hobbies/Interests Apart from Music: Mom of two kids under 3! My hobbies are surviving on coffee, eating my kids leftovers and getting in a 20 min workout. haha Last Netflix Binge: We’ve been into Seinfeld at night before bed. And I think the last show we binged on was Burn Notice. Musical Influences: Lauryn Hill, Sara Groves, Sarah McLachlan, Misty Edwards Very First Musical Purchase:Sister Act 2 cassette. I was obsessed! I still get chills on “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” And the Surfacing album from Sarah McLachlan, oh man,…

Nashville, TN (April 3, 2019) Singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, producer and Ragamuffin Rick Elias passed away April 2, 2019 in Nashville after a several month long battle with brain cancer. Elias was born in San Diego, CA where he attended Azusa Pacific University. One of his early bands, Harlequin, was a keyboard-heavy mid-1970s progressive rock band in the same vein as Yes, Genesis, and Starcastle. Elias moved to L.A. in 1984 and within a few years was recording with producer Niko Bolas (Neil Young). In 1990, Elias signed to Christian music label, Alarma Records, which released his self-title rock album as Rick Elias and the Confessions, a band which included drummer Bobby Sale…

Glorify God in the Mundane In a million unique ways—as we change diapers, eat dinner, return e-mails, pay the bills—we are to be evidence of God. Jesus factored in the mundane. . . . Embrace the common: a Sunday afternoon watching sports, Starbucks with a friend, cooking dinner for a neighbor, taking the dog for a walk, heading to a job that is making you more humble and needy because it is so unfulfilling. . . . Do your everyday and your ordinary. Godliness is found and formed in those places. No man or woman greatly used by God has escaped them. Great men and women of God have transformed the mundane, turning neighborhoods into mission…

Pray, Pray, Pray Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your  prayers for all believers everywhere. —Ephesians 6 :18 NLT When we take a shower in the morning, we have space and quiet to pray and ask God to be present with us throughout the day. As the water cleanses our hair, we praise God for his great cleansing of us. And we pray for those who need to know that kind of wild grace. As we prepare food, we pray for those who will taste it. As we add seasoning, we ask Jesus to please make us salt for…

I happened to come across this recent video interview with Lecrae and the guys from Trackstarz.com today. There is some great insight here about Lecrae’s faith and also the state of evangelical Christianity’s relationship with the Christian Hip-Hop culture/music scene. It’s really worth the 20 minutes…trust me. Lecrae talking with Trackstarz.com is the Best Thing I Heard Today!   TRACKSTARZ is determined to bring high-quality Godly content to the mainstream. We are a community of creatives who believes that we have a God-given purpose and we are on a mission to make a difference in the world. We accomplish this by providing our community (Trackstarz Universe) with content and tools…

Nashville, TN (April 3, 2019) The Grammy, Billboard and Dove Award–winning singer-songwriter Laura Story, known for such hits as “Blessings,” “Indescribable,” and “Mighty to Save,” thought she had her life and everything in it under control…until she and her husband, Martin, had to face a brain tumor, infertility, and a son’s birth defect head on. In her new book, I Give Up: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life, Laura shares her powerful story of finding blessing in her deepest pain by choosing to hand over the control she thought she had to God and instead pursue a life of surrender. “When we surrender, we invite God into our story…

Nashville, TN (April 1, 2019)RCA Inspiration celebrated a winning weekend at the 2019 Stellar Awards and NAACP Image Awards, with honors at both shows for Koryn Hawthorne, and five additional awards at the Stellar Awards honoring releases from Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Tasha Page-Lockhart, and The Walls Group. Taped in Las Vegas on March 29th, Kirk Franklin hosted the 34th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards for the second consecutive year and performed. Hezekiah Walker and Koryn Hawthorne also performed on the show, Donald Lawrence presented, and Phil Thornton, RCA Inspiration’s SVP and General Manager, was inducted into the Stellar Honors Hall of Fame. Koryn Hawthorne’s “Won’t He Do It” won…

Nashville, TN (April 2, 2019) The cast of Bethel Music’s Bright Ones spent time with Radio Disney in Los Angeles last week to chat about the upcoming film, in theaters for one special evening on Apr. 22. Tune in to Radio Disney tomorrow, Apr. 3 throughout the day to hear the cast’s interview. Following the lives of three students, each embarking on a journey to find their identity while attending a performing arts high school, the Bright Ones embraces themes of friendship, family and the courage to find your own voice. The group also took time to celebrate the anticipated release of its first ever feature film this past week…