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How He Loves…Always

He loves me?

Sometimes experiencing what we call romance in this world leaves us wondering what love truly is. You feel that happy pounding and patter in your chest when he reveals a bouquet of roses and candy. Getting hurt though can peel away the layers of our hearts, like someone plucking the petals from a flower…

Video Pick: How He Loves Us – Kim Walker & Jesus Culture

How He Loves Us – Kim Walker / Jesus Culture

This video and song are a great declaration of God’s love for us. Featuring Kim Walker and the Jesus Culture Band, the song is from their “We Cry Out” CD/DVD, available on jesusculture.com.

“He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy…”

Word: John 5:9-17 – “No Greater Love…”

John 5:9-17

9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

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Event: Transforming a Generation Workshops at Gospel Heritage 2010

The Gospel Heritage 2010 Praise & Worship Conference is the annual event presented by Dr. Teresa Hairston, founder of Gospel Today. This year it will take place February 18-19 in Jacksonville, FL, and there are several seminars and workshops during the event targeted toward helping young adults learn more about careers in the Gospel music industry, including the Transforming a Generation workshops that will feature presenters like PJ Morton, Monica Coates, Kirk Franklin, and more.

Seminar: 12 Steps To Wake Up And Get Moving On Your Dream

The next part of Dr. Naima Johnston’s seminar 12 Steps To Wake Up And Get Moving On Your Dream Part II will continue on Monday, February 15 at 8pm ET. To take part in the Dream Development Mentoring Group Call, email naimasbrokenbox@yahoo.com to register and to receive the seminar materials.

In the call Dr. Naima will present a powerful teaching on how to take practical and spiritually led steps toward your God-given dreams. If you missed the past calls, you can listen to the previous one when you click “Continue Reading.”

If you haven’t seen it yet be sure to check out the film Preacher’s Kid, produced by Gener8Xion Entertainment and staring LeToya Luckett, Kierra “KiKi” Sheard, Trey Songz, and Essence Atkins. The story is based on the ‘Prodigal Son,’ with a contemporary urban twist. Check out the website www.preacherskidfilm.com for theater listings and to request the film in your area.

Movie Synopsis: Tired of being a Preacher’s daughter and longing to experience more of life, 20-something ANGIE KING strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show. In this modern-day rendition of the fable of The Prodigal Son, she soon discovers life on the road is tough but fears going home with nothing to show for herself, or worse, to a father who no longer loves her…

To Save A Life is a powerful film from New Song Pictures that recently premiered in select theaters around the nation, and is getting positive reviews. The movie’s tagline is “Some People Are Just Dying to Be Heard,” and the plot is based around the social lives of teens, mainly the primary character Jake, and how prevalent and real the issues of depression and suicide are today. The story has a great message of faith that shows the impact of spreading compassion to others who are hurting. Check out the trailer below:

Plot Summary: Jake Taylor has it all: friends, fame, a basketball scholarship and the hottest girl in school. What could be better?

Enter Roger Dawson. Roger has nothing. No friends. No hope. Nothing but putdowns and getting pushed aside. Things couldn’t get worse…could they? Jake and Roger were best friends when they were kids. But the politics of high school quickly pulled them apart. Now Roger doesn’t fit in Jake’s—or anyone’s circle—and he’s had enough. He walks onto campus with a gun in his pocket and pain in his heart and makes a tragic move.

Jake’s last-ditch effort can’t stop Roger, and the sudden tragedy rocks Jake’s world. Something breaks loose inside and sends him questioning everything. Most of all, he can’t shake the question, Could I have saved Roger? In a quest for answers, Jake finds himself looking for the next Roger and reaching out to the outcasts and lonely. But he quickly finds that crossing class castes threatens all his world is built on. And it could cost him his own friends, his girl, his dreams and even his reputation. Is it worth the price to find the answer to his ultimate question: What do I want my life to be about? (Summary from Tosavealifemovie.com)

To Save a Life looks like a heart-moving film for everyone to be inspired by. Not only has it been getting great reviews for it’s content and quality, the movie’s website also shares testimonies of people who were changed after watching it- one even of a person who had once attempted suicide. To learn more about the film and to find theaters near you where it is playing visit www.ToSaveALifeMovie.com.

Below Randy Wayne, the actor who plays Jake the main character of the film, shares his thoughts on what he hopes the movie portrays:

The David Crowder*Band recently spoke to the philanthropy organization Causecast about some of their views on the mechanics of social change and leveraging the arts to address the current climate of the world. In the interview they also touched on challenges music artists face today, and of course Twitter. The interview is really candid and interesting, and was part of Causecast’s series with influential musicians, aimed at asking them questions about relevant issues that might not come up in other interviews, and to inspire others to take steps of change. You can read the entire article on Causecast.org: The David Crowder* Band On The Mechanics Of Change.

Some highlights from the interview:

“…Because as artists, you’re shaped and moved by the culture you’re breathing in and out, so it naturally pops into your art you’re making, but at the same time, if we could think critically about where we are, and about the platforms that we’ve been given, then there’s an opportunity to say a whole lot to people who listen to you and who care about what you think about, what you believe in…”

Thanks to Marina from Causecast for sharing this link.