Nationally renowned speaker, author and creator of Brio magazine Susie Shellenberger has launched a new magazine for girls called Susie. Shellenberger served as Brio’s editor for 19 years before publisher Focus on the Family discontinued its teen ministry and ceased publication last month. Focus also ceased publication of their guy’s magazine, Breakaway. Shellenberger quickly made…

The NY Times noted Brandon Heath recently as a Grammy nominee who shouldn’t be allowed to slip through the cracks or get lost in the overwhelming number of artists that were up for awards yesterday. Heath didn’t win in the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album (the award went to CeCe Winans) or Best Gospel Song (that…

Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I hate awards shows, so it should come as no surprise that instead of watching the Grammys last night, I watched “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and then went to bed to finish reading Confessions of a Shopaholic. OK, I did catch the opening performance from U2, but…

I was checking out some of the Idol contestants today and came across Kristen McNamara’s MySpace and another site for an organization that she co-founded called L.A.U.G.H.: Love All Unconditionally Giving Hope.You’ll remember Kristen as part of the train wreck of emotions that included Nathaniel Marshall and Nancy Wilson during the group competition. While Nathaniel…

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