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Integrity Music and Relevant Magazine are offering the travel and worship opportunity of a lifetime when one lucky contest winner receives all expense-paid trip for two to the Hillsong United Encounterfest Conference to be held in Sydney, Australia in October. The contest, which runs through August 21, 2008, was created to promote Hillsong United’s upcoming…

Catch American Idol Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey this Saturday, July 12, on the “Grand Ole Opry.” Phil will perform songs from his recently released self-titled CD, including the single “If You Didn’t Love Me,” co-written by Rascal Flatts front man Gary LeVox. “The Grand Ole Opry” airs live at 8 p.m. EDT on Great…

The Hillsong United Conference takes place August 22-23 at the Grace Community Church in Houston, Texas. The conference offers pastors, youth leaders, worship leaders, musicians and students the chance to learn at the feet of the enormously popular and spirit-filled Australia’s Hillsong Church staff, including senior pastor Brian Houston, Phil Dooley, Joel Houston and the…

One of my favorite rock worship bands, Starfield, just posted this fun video from their recent trip to Amsterdam, where they performed at the EO Youth Day. This clip is mostly of lead vocalist Tim trying to learn the Netherlands’ soccer anthem in Dutch, although Jon does get compared to tennis legend Bjorn Borg by…

So many of you have been commenting about the accident last weekend that seriously injured Rev. Timothy Wright and killed his wife Betty Wright and their grandson, D.J. that I thought you might want to send a card or note directly to the family to let them know you’re praying for them. Condolences for Rev.…

Marybeth Hicks knows a thing or two about raising cool kids, or as she explains, GEEKs – genuine, enthusiastic, empowered kids. Her latest book, “Bringing Up GEEKs: How To Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World,” gives parents real-life advice on how to help kids keep theirs heads in a “culture of cool” rife…

Did you guess the right answer to this week’s Monday Morning Trivia? Q: While on a family vacation as a child, which hard-rocking front man and his brothers caused his family’s car to be pulled over by police because the kids were waving around toy guns? The answer is:

Newsday.com today reports that the Rev. Timothy Wright, who was critically injured last weekend in a crash that took the lives of his wife and grandson, is “holding on.” At last word, Wright remained in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. He suffered multiple broken bones and underwent surgery. He is conscious,…

Next month, I’ll be gearing up to head out to Kingdom Bound music festival, where I get to interview artists, see new bands and generally spend four days immersed in Christian music (and sunshine!). So I thought this might be a fun poll question for this week: If you had the chance to ask your…

Early Thursday morning, the guys in the band Rush of Fools lost everything they own when someone stole their band trailer from their driveway in Alabama. The guys had recently purchased some new gear, and the loss is estimated at more than $60,000. They lost everything, including all their merchandise, guitars, cases, amps and anything…

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