Yesterday the committee for the Academy Awards (the Oscars) rescinded the nomination for best song for the song "Alone, Yet Not Alone." The song was a Christian song from a Christian movie sung by Christian singer/author/speaker Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni is a quadriplegic who serves God faithfully despite her disability. The reason given for the song's disqualification was that the song's producer sent out emails asking Academy voters to consider the song. Really? Every year Hollywood production companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to host gala events for voters in order to get there movie noticed. They have been known to give gift bags (bribes) to Academy members in order to gain their attention. This song was disqualified because one man sent emails asking members to consider the song? Sigh. What can we say? Darkness loves darkness and darkness hates light!
Starting a Family Devotion Time by Michael Kelley I haven’t always been a family devotion guy. It’s not because I didn’t want or aspire to be, I honestly did. But we went a long time as a family before pulling the trigger and trying to integrate this practice into the regular rhythm of our family life. We’ve been doing morning devotions together for about five years now – long enough to where our kids expect that we will. It’s a long road, as are most things with young children I’m finding out. Though revival doesn’t break out every morning over eggs and toast, our continued hope and prayer is that times like these build into the love and discipline our children will have in the future when it comes to God’s Word. Through those five years, we’ve tried different things, failed at a bunch, and have learned some things along the way. So, as encouragement to those of you just starting out or maybe some affirmation for those of you already in ...
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