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Five songs from singer/author/speaker Ginger Millermon's latest album, Amazed, will be offered as free download resources for the new online community for women, Prayergates.com.

The site is based around excerpts from Beth Moore's best-selling book, Praying God's Word. Prayergates.com has partnered with Lifeway Worship to offer free resources that fit the "theme" of each month's chapter study.

"I am so honored to have my songs be used alongside Beth Moore's book," says Millermon in a press release. "My hope is that these songs will serve as comfort and encouragement to all the women involved with PrayerGates.com."

Millermon's album coincided with the release of her book, Grace Thus Far, which chronicles the journey she and her husband Joel made when doctors told the couple one of their twin 30-week old sons wouldn't survive and should be taken off life support.

The couple refused. Today, their son is a thriving teenager who has amazed his doctors. Ginger is a staunch pro-life advocate, working with organizations such as Vitae and World Vision.

Carl Landwehr, President of Vitae Caring Foundation says in the press release, "Ginger's story conveys a message of hope and optimism. It compels the reader to never give up on God's plan. It will further motivate readers to see the value and sanctity of all human life when our society is much too ready to 'toss aside' babies who may not be perfect according to society's standards."

The Millermons added to their family recently by adopting a little girl from India.

For more about Ginger Millermon, visit her website.

For more about PrayerGates.com, visit the website.

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Sonicflood guitarist Phil Baquie recently received orders to report for deployment to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Baquie leaves tomorrow, Sunday, November 15, 2009, for Ft. Benning, Georgia for a one year tour.

Baquie was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. He's been in the U.S. for about 10 years, and became a citizen on November 3 in a private ceremony.

In a notice from the band, Baquie writes, "To say I am in shock would be an understatement & I was not anticipating this happening anytime soon as I'm in the Inactive Ready Reserve. Having said that, I will serve my country with honor & am grateful for all America has done for me & do still feel a sense of duty to serve in the areas I have been trained..."

In the note, Baquie adds that he is "believing that God is in control & has amazing things planned for SONICFLOOd & the journey he has me on."

In addition to his work with Sonicflood, Baquie has had an indie career and also worked as the Artist Relations Manager for Mission of Mercy, which serves the poor in Calcutta, India.

Keep Phil and all of our servicemen and women in your prayers.

For more about Sonicflood, visit the band's website.

Given the chatter on this blog the last few weeks about the future of the Gospel Music Association and the debate over the line between secular music and Christian ministry, I thought it would be interesting to take a deeper look at the question: What is Christian music?

While I was at Gospel Music Week 2009, and in interviews since, I've been asking artists and industry professionals that very question. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing their answers.

To kick us off, let's hear the answer from Dove-, Grammy- and Stellar-Award winning worship artist, Israel Houghton.

This just in: Hillsong United hits movie theaters across the U.S. in November with the event, "Hillsong United: We're All In This Together." The event happens Wednesday, November 4th at 7:30 p.m. EST / 6:30 p.m. CST / 5:30 p.m. MST and 8:00 p.m. PST.

The event will feature a live introduction by lead singer Joel Houston, followed by a performance from Hillsong United pre-recorded in Sydney the previous night at their home church, and will conclude with the debut of their cause-based documentary "The I Heart Revolution: We're All In This Together."

According to the press release, "The I Heart Revolution: We're All in This Together" documentary is the second of the three-part "The I Heart Revolution" project - a movement of people helping people.

Third Day's Mac Powell teamed up with speaker/author David Nasser to provide listeners with truths taken from Scripture in Glory Revealed, one of 2007's most popular albums. And now they're back with Glorly Revealed II: The Word of God in Worship.

The album features 12 original songs written from Scripture during a week-long artist retreat, with vocals from 21 Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel and Country music artists including Mac Powell, Jason Crabb, Mark Hall, Amy Grant, Sara Evans, Shane & Shane, Natalie Grant, Matt Maher and Brandon Heath.

You can have a free download of the song "Since The World Began", featuring Matt Maher, Amy Grant, Ed Cash, Mac Powell, for this week only.

The song is based on Isaih 64:1-9: