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Remember the Goal: Coaching the Pathway of Life
Remember the Goal takes place in a Christian school environment. It is Orange Hills’ first time to have a female coach. Main character Courtney just got out of college and was assigned to train an all-girls team. They will compete for cross-country race this season. Instead of pushing the girls to run faster, she instructed them to go slow that made her techniques questionable for both students and parents alike. They were quick to judge that she is unfit for the role. In life, we meet people who are quick to judge us at face value especially when we work in a team. Some people forget that an individual’s cooperation contributes to…
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The Good Work of Turning Around
Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into… The post The Good Work of Turning Around appeared first on FaithGateway.
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30+ Women in Church History: A Book List
Did you know that March is Women’s History Month? Or that the theme for Women’s History Month 2019 is “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence”? What about changing it up and celebrating Women in Church History Month? Throughout the story of God’s work in and for his people, he has used women. Since he created both men and women in his image, male and female, both are valuable in his sight. In fact, our upcoming Faith, Fiction, & Fellowship Read Along includes the study of Ruth–one of the most well known women in church history! We don’t offer this list as a celebration of “women” so much as a…
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On Angel’s Wings: Intent of Prayer and Miracles
On Angel’s Wings presented teenager issues in a lighthearted story. McKenzie was a water girl in their soccer team. One day, Coach Carter ordered her to play after Amaya sprained her ankle. She kicked the ball out of range that the team lost the game. Just like any typical teenager, her worries include being teased, having no friends and feeling like a loser. At some point in our lives, we had the same issues she has. We all experienced pain. And wished that we are on the winning side than being looked downcast as a failure. McKenzie almost followed Amaya’s prodding to quit the team. However, Coach Carter told her it’s…
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Hillsong Channel Launches Docuseries ‘Now with Natalie’
Los Angeles, CA (March 1, 2019)Hillsong Channel’s newest docuseries, “Now with Natalie” features in-depth conversations with today’s leading figures in entertainment, sports and fashion about finding purpose beyond fame. Co-executive produced and hosted by fashion stylist and influencer, Natalie Manuel Lee, the show will lift back the veil on celebrity life to give viewers an inside look at how they grapple with industry pressure and define happiness on their own terms. [Editor’s note: faith conversation plays an important roll in the series] The show’s first season, which premieres March 3, opens with model & actress Hailey Bieber and will also highlight conversations with multi-platinum selling music artist & Grammy winner,…
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Entertainment One Nashville Adds Singer Latice Crawford
Nashville, TN (March 1, 2019)Entertainment One Nashville welcomes its newest signee: BET Sunday Best alum, critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and model, Latice Crawford. The New York native and Stellar Award nominated singer, stole the hearts of believers on BET’s singing competition Sunday Best, using her three-octave, contralto vocal range, finishing third on the second season. Her self-titled debut album reached two Billboard charts, and the Top Gospel Albums chart. Her second album, Diary of a Church Girl, also appeared on the Top Gospel Albums chart. Many may already know the fabulous, runway and editorial model, but Crawford also is a contributor to Essence and Huffington Post, writing on a range of…
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Don Moen Reacts to Induction into GMA Hall of Fame
Nashville, TN (March 1, 2019) The Gospel Music Association (GMA) recently revealed the latest slate of inductees and honorees for this year’s GMA Honors & Hall of Fame Ceremony, to be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville, TN. Don Moen–internationally renown worship leader, singer, songwriter, author, and executive–was announced as one of the individuals slated to be inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Upon hearing the announcement, Moen commented:“It is a great honor for me to be among those chosen for induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, joining so many of my heroes both past and present who…
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UK’s Foldinglights Releases ‘Beauty Traded Places’
Belfast, Ireland (March 1, 2019) Belfast’s singer/songwriter Michael Peter Ball, known as Foldinglights, returns on March 1st with a brand new track “Beauty Traded Places” taken from the debut album Subterranean Hum, due out later this year. Set on a bed of electronic sounds, blended with electric guitars, “Beauty Traded Places” journeys from dark verses of fear, to uplifting choruses and a soaring refrain. As usual Michael’s voice holds everything together drawing the listener in with honesty and conviction.
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Cindy Morgan to Release New EP ‘Autumn & Eve’
Nashville, TN (March 1, 2019) 2-time Grammy Nominee and 13-time Dove Award-winner Cindy Morgan is gearing up for the release of her new EP, Autumn & Eve, on March 8, 2019. This is the follow-up of her critically acclaimed 2015 album Bows & Arrows. “The new record is about a merging of Old Testament struggles and modern heartache,” shares Cindy Morgan. “I have been in a season of loss and chance, and the songs on Autumn & Eve are inspired by not only this season of my life but also of the stories of old.” Morgan’s new EP is also receiving early critical praise. Dave Trout, President of UTR Media,…
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*The Promise of Change by JoAnn Boyce
*The Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by JoAnn Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy. Bloomsbury, 2019, 309 pages including appendix Reading Level: Teen, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages 12-up When someone says an ugly word about us/ because we are black,/ I know they are ignorant./ Ignorant of God,/ ignorant of what it means to be one of God’s children. I know they are backward,/ and I look forward. Clinton, Tennessee wasn’t a bad place for a black girl to grow up, even in the 1950s. There were rules, of course, most unwritten: no going into the library or pool; balcony only at the…
