A couple of years ago I was riding in the car with my sixteen-year-old daughter. She turned on the radio, and one of her favorite songs began to play. "Listen to this, Dad," she said with enthusiasm. "What do you think?" I reacted without thinking. "I don’t know, honey. I can’t understand the…" I stopped …
Category Archive: College Students
Finding your way. What do you believe? Why? What are you going to do with your life? Where can you go?
Jul 08 2006
Louie Giglio : Indescribable
One of the most powerful messages you’ll ever hear is available at the website of North Point Community Church in Atlanta. The speaker is Louie Giglio, and the title is "Indescribable." UPDATE: you can now purchase the DVD online. Indescribable DVD+CD
Jun 29 2006
Review | Aaron Shust: Anything Worth Saying
When we first featured Aaron Shust at worship.com back in 2004, his debut CD Anything Worth Saying had not yet been picked up by Brash Music and was still largely undiscovered. And when we noted in 2005 that the song My Savior My God was a good song you might expect to sing during Sunday …
Jun 08 2006
Sale at Passion’s 268 Store
The Passion 268 store has been upgraded and is offering some super books, CDs and DVDs for only $7.99 from now until June 30: Flying Into Daybreak – Charlie Hall (CD) Blessed Be Your Name – Matt Redman(CD) Passion: How Great Is Our God – Passion 05 (CD) I am not but I know I …
Jun 05 2006
Guest Authors Alex and Brett Harris | Kidults: Addicted to Adultesence
Kidults: Addicted to Adultescenceby Alex and Brett Harris Meet Matt Swann. Matt is a 27-year-old American male who took six and a half years to graduate from college with a degree in cognitive science, and is just getting started figuring out what he wants to do with his life. Matt was asked if he was …
May 22 2006
Guest Author Randy Alcorn | How To Want What Is Best
(This article originated from an email sent by Randy to a group of men he was meeting with who were studying through Dallas Willard’s book, The Spirit of the Disciplines.) For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me [not "wants to lose his life"] will save …
May 05 2006
Review: Mainstay | Well Meaning Fiction
In an era where anyone with a guitar, a PC and some cheap software can produce a CD, it is tempting at times to make the assumption that any newcomer we haven’t heard of is unheard of for good reason. Perhaps that partly explains why this band’s debut CD, Well Meaning Fiction, is a refreshing …
Apr 03 2006
Passion: Everything Glorious
Rarely does an artist live up to the expectations imposed by critics insisting that each band’s subsequent CD release to be better than the previous CD. Yet Passion keeps setting the standard for contemporary, God-saturated worship, and this explosive, powerful new CD raises the bar yet again. Chris Tomlin has two more classics emerging …
Jan 27 2006
Passion Thirsty Conference for Campus Pastors
Those of you who are campus pastors or college ministry leaders, take note. There’s another Thirsty Conference coming this Spring. Speakers and worship leaders include Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin, Andy Stanley, Matt Redman, David Crowder, and Charlie Hall. Note that this is not a student conference. You guys will have to wait until Passion ’07.
Jan 23 2006
Guest Author Kevin Twit | My Grandmother Saved It, My Mother Threw It Away, and Now I’m Buying It Back: Why Young People Are Returning to Old Hymn Texts
Old hymn texts are finding new life in contemporary musical settings.