Christian Music & Entertainment News & Information
Support Your Local Band
Contrary to most people’s thinking playing in a, ‘Christian Band,’ isn’t a life filled with glamor, fame and riches. From my experience over 20 years now of writing about ‘Christian Music ‘, I would estimate the number of bands that can actually make their entire income from the band would be less then ten percent. That would be unacceptable for…
Jars of Clay Frontman Haseltine Records Film Sountrack
Dan Haseltine, lead singer of the multi-platinum and multi-GRAMMY Award winning band Jars of Clay recently completed the soundtrack for the film “Hometown Legend,” which begins its run in theaters on January 25. Haseltine, whose work has appeared in numerous films and television dramas, composed the original music for the film and produced the soundtrack which includes two Jars of…
Hero’s Wife Lisa Beamer Gives Birth
Lisa Beamer, widow of Todd Beamer, one of the men on flight 93 that thwarted the plans of hijackers, gave birth January 9th to a girl at a New Jersey hospital. The baby girl weighed 7 pounds and has been named Morgan Kay Beamer. Welcoming home their new sibling will be the couple?s two young sons Drew and David. Lisa,…
Tilting at Windmills: My Fight Against Email Pornography
I have been making it a point to do my part to stamp out pornographic spam for the past year. About a year ago was when my own mailbox suddenly began to manifest a rather shocking onslaught of incredibly graphic sexual images, as well as some pornographic stories obviously intended for children, such as an X-rated version of “Snow White…
Toys for Agape
An Agape Christmas Agape is the Greek word for unconditional pure giving love. It is also the name of a child services organization that provides adoptions, foster care, maternity services, counseling, and other children’s services. On December 17, Donna Gorlier, president of the Belle Meade Plantation Belles Barbie Club, and Kathryn Darden, publisher of Christian Activities Magazine, met at KB…
More than a torch…….
Tammy Trent will be caring the Olympic Torch Sunday, December 16th at 7:00am in the Madison, TN area. Her relay segment will be on Galitan Parkway from Historic Manskers Station to Shephard Hills Dr. Tammy will be running in place of her husband, Trent Lenderink. Tammy tragically lost her husband to a diving accident in Jamaica, on September 10, 2001….
The Facts Of Life Reunion Show on ABC
Christian author and actress Lisa Whelchel, formerly Blair Warner on The Facts of Life TV sitcom, will be in an ABC TV Movie this weekend. Lisa is reuniting with the Facts of Life cast for The Facts Of Life Reunion Show on ABC’s Wide World of Disney this Sunday night November 18th. (check local listing for times) The new 2-hour…
Monday, November 12, 2001
Just the day after 2 months of the aftermath of the much visible reminder of the 9-11 attacks on the WTC, I am writing you again to report yet another tragedy. This morning at 9:17 am EST, AA Flight # 587, an Airbus A-300 crashed into a Queens, NY neighborhood near the JFK airport, with 255 passengers and crew on…
Opry at the Ryman: American Pride Benefit
The Opry honors the victims of the September 11 attacks as well as all U.S. veterans on Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11 at 7:00 pm with a special Opry at the Ryman American Pride Benefit. Vince Gill, Bill Anderson, Jimmy Dickens, Brad Paisley, Marty Stuart, Porter Wagoner, Steve Wariner, The Whites and many other Opry favorites are scheduled to appear….
Jars Of Clay to perform in Nashville
Jars Of Clay will be performing in a concert to benefit African Leadership on Sunday, November 18 at Christ Pres. Church located at 2323 Old Hickory Blvd. in Nashville. Advance tickets are $14.50 for General Admission and groups of 10 or more are $12.50. Tickets at the door will be $16.50. Concert starts at 7:00 PM. Tickets will be available…
