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Friday July 3, 2009

Categories: Recipes

Cooking With Christian Music: Sugar Cookie Recipe from VeggieTales' Bob and Larry

BobandLarry.jpgMy friends over at VeggieTales, Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, want to share a cookie recipe they created to celebrate the release of their new Christmas DVD, "Saint Nicholas - A Story of Joyful GIving."

These yummy Christmas cookies are too good to wait until December. So let's celebrate Christmas in July, with Bob and Larry's sugar cookie recipe! Why not use a star cookie cutter to make some 4th of July stars?

Thursday July 2, 2009

Andrae Crouch and Sister Sandra Issue Statement Correcting Rumors About Recent Meeting with Michael Jackson

Amidst the hoopla that's arisen after the death of Michael Jackson are Christians questioning Jackson's spiritual beliefs and whether or not he was a Christian. (Why after his death and not before is another column.)

According to news reports, Jackson had converted to Islam recently, but apparently some rumors have been circulating that gospel singer Andrae Crouch recently met with Jackson and prayed with him to receive Christ.

Andrae Crouch and his sister Sandra released this statement today, clarifying those rumors:

Thursday July 2, 2009

Oldest Jonas Brother Kevin Gets Engaged

People.com reports today that eldest Jonas Brother, 21-year-old Kevin, has proposed to long-time girlfriend Danielle Deleasa, 22.

The magazine reports that Kevin Jonas took an overnight flight from Vancouver, BC after the band's show Wednesday night to show up in his girlfriend's doorstep this morning and present her with a cushion-cut diamond ring that he designed. Deleasa was reportedly surprised; she said yes.

The two met in May of 2007 while vacationing in the Bahamas with their families. Jonas pursued Deleasa, who admits she didn't know who the Jonas Brothers were at the time.

The two have not set a date yet for the wedding.

The big question: will production of Kleenex jump today to accomodate the thousands of weeping, mourning teenage girls?

More stories about the Jonas Brothers.

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Wednesday July 1, 2009

Categories: Christian music tours

Mark Schultz and Point of Grace On Tour Together; Tickets On Sale Now

ComeAliveTour.JPGMark Schultz and Point Of Grace will be hitting the road together for the first time ever on the 30-city "Come Alive" fall tour. Featuring the fan's favorite songs spanning each artist's celebrated career, Mark Schultz will also be playing new songs from his highly anticipated, fifth studio album, Come Alive (in stores Aug. 25), and Point Of Grace will be playing songs from its current, critically acclaimed, How You Live.

The tour kicks off September 10 in Decatur, IL, and will travel across the nation, hitting Nashville, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Worcester and many more. Tickets are on sale in select markets beginning this week, and music fans are collectively purchasing tickets by the thousands.

Tuesday June 30, 2009

Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and a (very) brief lesson on song publishing rights

Yesterday on his radio show, host Glenn Beck talked about Michael Jackson and his ownership of the publishing rights to the Beatles catalog of songs.

Most people know that in 1984 Michael Jackson bought the rights to the Beatles' songs, but Beck was making the point that most people don't know that the reason the Beatles sold the rights to their songs to begin with was because they were losing 90% of their income to taxes. He likens the Beatles problem with taxes to our problems today.

Monday June 29, 2009

Steven Curtis & MaryBeth Chapman Announce "Maria's House of Hope" To Open July 2 in China

Show Hope, the adoption ministry of Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, announces the official opening July 2 of Maria's Big House of Hope in Luoyang, China. As the finishing touches are being made to this healing home for special...

Monday June 29, 2009

Categories: Christian Humor

Entertainer Fred Travalena Dies

The Associated Press reports that entertainer Fred Travalena died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 66. Travalena suffered from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that first surfaced in 2002. The cancer resurfaced in 2008. Travalena is survived by his wife of 39...

Friday June 26, 2009

Pop Icons Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson Die

Yesterday was an historic day in pop culture. First came news in the morning that 62-year-old actress Farrah Fawcett succumbed to cancer after a three-year battle. Then, while media outlets were gearing up for feature stories on the former "Charlie's...

Friday June 26, 2009

Cooking with Christian Music: Dorla Schlitt's Sunday Dinner Roast (And A Little Story About Petra)

This week with in our Cooking with Christian Music feature, we get not just a simple recipe for Sunday roast from Dorla Schlitt, wife of Christian music artist John Schlitt, but a great story about how John joined the Christian...

Friday June 26, 2009

Newsboys' "In The Hands Of God" Amazon's Deal of the Day, June 25-29

You can take advantage of Amazon.com's Deal of the Day and get a digital copy of the Newsboys' latest release, In The Hands of God," for just just $3.99. This is the last album that features Peter Furler on lead...

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Award-winning freelance writer and columnist Joanne Brokaw covers entertainment for The Christian Examiner newspapers, The Minnesota Christian Chronicle, and The Ozarks Christian News. Her other writing credits include Breakaway and Brio Magazines, OnCourse Magazine, ChristianMusicPlanet.com, BuddyHollywood.com and AGreaterFreedom.com. Her humor column, A Big Slice of Life, appears monthly in the Christian Voice Magazine and she pens a regular humor column on The Writing Life for ByLine Magazine. Joanne lives in Western New York with her darling husband David, their Border collie Scout and their cat Murphy. Their almost adult daughter Cassie drops by often. Find out more about Joanne at JoanneBrokaw.com.

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