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There comes a time in every artist’s career when they need to re-imagine, re-invigorate and dream it all over again. For Third Day, that time was in the fall of 2011. As the band prepared to write and record its upcoming album, Miracle, they hired legendary producer Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, The Fray, Train) to help them forge a new sound.
Musically, there are sounds that have never been heard on a Third Day album, including layered guitars, stacked harmonies and sing-a-long gang vocals. Yet the classic Third Day sound everyone loves is still there, just refreshed and rejuvenated.
Third Day’s upcoming album Miracle will be in stores November 6—just in time for Christmas!
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Coping with Cancer - MTL Magazine
Coping with Cancer - MTL Magazine
by Michael King
I was thirty-five, married with three little girls at home, and the doctor was telling me I had colon cancer. He didn’t know how far advanced it was, more testing would show that. I had no idea what the future held, how deep the valley would become. I went home and that evening my wife and I argued. She didn’t understand why I wasn’t more upset; I didn’t understand why she was so upset.
Over the next year I learned what it was to suffer, what it was to watch my body waste away, to battle depression, nausea, weakness, more depression, what it was like to feel abandoned and stranded on an island of uncertainty and fear. But I also learned to know God on a whole different level. I learned to rely on Him like I never had before.
by Michael King
I was thirty-five, married with three little girls at home, and the doctor was telling me I had colon cancer. He didn’t know how far advanced it was, more testing would show that. I had no idea what the future held, how deep the valley would become. I went home and that evening my wife and I argued. She didn’t understand why I wasn’t more upset; I didn’t understand why she was so upset.
Over the next year I learned what it was to suffer, what it was to watch my body waste away, to battle depression, nausea, weakness, more depression, what it was like to feel abandoned and stranded on an island of uncertainty and fear. But I also learned to know God on a whole different level. I learned to rely on Him like I never had before.
Searching for Significance - MTL Magazine
Searching for Significance - MTL Magazine
by Pattie Mallette
For years this disconnect had me convinced I was adopted, because I always felt like I didn’t belong.
Every now and then something would drive that powerful feeling to the surface and I’d go on a rampage. I remember one time in my teens when I frantically searched the house for a piece of evidence— anything that would confirm I was adopted. I had convinced myself my birth mother was somewhere out there. Maybe she was even looking for me.
I threw open every cupboard in the kitchen, rattling the glasses and china like an aftershock. I opened and slammed shut desk and dresser drawers throughout the house. There had to be something somewhere. Just one measly document. I rummaged through closets, tossing aside old shoes, musty sweaters, and dusty boxes of God-knows-what. I turned the house upside down that day like a narc looking for drugs.
With an unexplained desperation, I finally cried to my mom, “I know I’m adopted! Stop lying to me. Just tell me where the papers are. I know it’s true.”
My mom must have thought I was nuts. “Stop it,” she begged. “What are you talking about?” She grabbed a pair of photos and shoved them in my face, comparing our baby pictures side by side. “You look just like me! Why would you even think you’re adopted?” But I couldn’t stop thinking about it. And I couldn’t calm down. Something in me was still convinced I didn’t belong. This was not my home. She was not my mother.
Damaging feelings don’t just show up out of nowhere. They’re birthed from experiences, from moments that wield the power to shape us. Sometimes we can’t even recognize the magnitude of those pivotal events until years later.
When my dad left us, it ripped a hole in my heart—one that began filling with thoughts and feelings that would challenge and ultimately damage my identity and self-worth. The wound of being abandoned travels deep and forever changes you.
Even today I can still close my eyes and feel the emotional chaos that marked my heart when he walked out. I was only two when my dad left, but I still remember it vividly, as if it happened yesterday. In fact, it’s my earliest childhood memory.
Pattie Mallette, known to most of the world as Justin Bieber’s mom, is more than just the mother of a world-renowned pop sensation. Pattie walks a rarely traveled road parenting her son through the unpredictable journey of fame. As a young woman and a single mom, she fought hard to rise above her painful past of abuse, shame, and poverty. Pattie hopes to encourage troubled youth, struggling single moms, and the broken-hearted through her story. She continues to expand her outreach to young women and youth (including her 1.3 million followers on Twitter) while overseeing the management of Justin and his team.
An accomplished writer, A.J. Gregory has collaborated with fascinating high-profile figures on nearly twenty books. She is also the author of Silent Savior and Messy Faith.
by Pattie Mallette
For years this disconnect had me convinced I was adopted, because I always felt like I didn’t belong.
Every now and then something would drive that powerful feeling to the surface and I’d go on a rampage. I remember one time in my teens when I frantically searched the house for a piece of evidence— anything that would confirm I was adopted. I had convinced myself my birth mother was somewhere out there. Maybe she was even looking for me.
I threw open every cupboard in the kitchen, rattling the glasses and china like an aftershock. I opened and slammed shut desk and dresser drawers throughout the house. There had to be something somewhere. Just one measly document. I rummaged through closets, tossing aside old shoes, musty sweaters, and dusty boxes of God-knows-what. I turned the house upside down that day like a narc looking for drugs.
With an unexplained desperation, I finally cried to my mom, “I know I’m adopted! Stop lying to me. Just tell me where the papers are. I know it’s true.”
My mom must have thought I was nuts. “Stop it,” she begged. “What are you talking about?” She grabbed a pair of photos and shoved them in my face, comparing our baby pictures side by side. “You look just like me! Why would you even think you’re adopted?” But I couldn’t stop thinking about it. And I couldn’t calm down. Something in me was still convinced I didn’t belong. This was not my home. She was not my mother.
Damaging feelings don’t just show up out of nowhere. They’re birthed from experiences, from moments that wield the power to shape us. Sometimes we can’t even recognize the magnitude of those pivotal events until years later.
When my dad left us, it ripped a hole in my heart—one that began filling with thoughts and feelings that would challenge and ultimately damage my identity and self-worth. The wound of being abandoned travels deep and forever changes you.
Even today I can still close my eyes and feel the emotional chaos that marked my heart when he walked out. I was only two when my dad left, but I still remember it vividly, as if it happened yesterday. In fact, it’s my earliest childhood memory.
Pattie Mallette, known to most of the world as Justin Bieber’s mom, is more than just the mother of a world-renowned pop sensation. Pattie walks a rarely traveled road parenting her son through the unpredictable journey of fame. As a young woman and a single mom, she fought hard to rise above her painful past of abuse, shame, and poverty. Pattie hopes to encourage troubled youth, struggling single moms, and the broken-hearted through her story. She continues to expand her outreach to young women and youth (including her 1.3 million followers on Twitter) while overseeing the management of Justin and his team.
An accomplished writer, A.J. Gregory has collaborated with fascinating high-profile figures on nearly twenty books. She is also the author of Silent Savior and Messy Faith.
In Pursuit of Reverence and Order - MTL Magazine
In Pursuit of Reverence and Order - MTL Magazine
by Sarah Martin
I was a 26 year old in love with Jesus, desperately searching for direction in life and in faith when it all just clicked. With one depth-filled quote, questions that I didn’t even know I’d asked found answers in the depths of my mind.
What is truly important in life?
Where does Jesus fit into it all?
Several years ago I had the awesome opportunity to sit under the teaching of beloved Chuck Colson. A visionary, Chuck unabashedly embedded himself into culture and set out to teach others to do the same –– to live out their faith at work, at home, in politics –– every area of life. Chuck started off his teaching with this profound quote that forever changed my view of life and faith.
by Sarah Martin
I was a 26 year old in love with Jesus, desperately searching for direction in life and in faith when it all just clicked. With one depth-filled quote, questions that I didn’t even know I’d asked found answers in the depths of my mind.
What is truly important in life?
Where does Jesus fit into it all?
Several years ago I had the awesome opportunity to sit under the teaching of beloved Chuck Colson. A visionary, Chuck unabashedly embedded himself into culture and set out to teach others to do the same –– to live out their faith at work, at home, in politics –– every area of life. Chuck started off his teaching with this profound quote that forever changed my view of life and faith.
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