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I’d like to ask this question and have you respond here on the blog.  I hope this will bring forth good dialog.  My goal is not to accuse anyone of anything, nor is that my own heart or philosophy.  I have my thoughts – but I’m curious what you think.

True or False:

Younger Generations are more likely to accept and appreciate the music of Older Generations than Older Generations are of Younger Generations.

Look forward to the conversation. Let’s keep it respectful and in the spirit of love. This post is not meant to be divisive. It’s meant to open our eyes to various views so that we can be more effective at leading our generations in worship.

What say you?

Hey Everyone,

My Sunday recap/worship confessional review is still pending … but I hope to have something for you by tomorrow at the latest. I want Sunday’s sermon to be live on our podcast before doing the recap.

There are several things on the radar that I’d like to mention, so this post is a bit of a “quick start” to solicit your help in making a few wonderful things happen. This should only take about 3-4 minutes of your time. To make it very simple, each link should open in a “New Window”, so take care of business, close that window, and this blog window should still be waiting for you to tackle the next step!

#1. Will you help me with my song, “Fix My Eyes” on IndieHeaven.Com? Today, it’s #19 on the FanFaves charts at IndieHeaven.Com. You simply mouse over the 5-stars next to the song and click to vote. You can vote once per day, per IP (computer). For those who will commit to remembering to vote daily, it REALLY HELPS.

(note: Why would I engage in such shameless self promotion? Honestly, I think this song has a message that the church needs to engage with. The top worship songs on this chart are being reviewed for a praise and worship compilation that will be distributed NATION-WIDE. So this is a great opportunity, but I need your help each day.)

#2. My brother, Robert McKinnon, started an engaging blog discussion on this blog called “Marriage and God’s Word”. He’s asked me to put out the word to my blog friends, and would really love your input. Especially you ladies out there .. so far, only men have commented about marriage. So visit his blog and jump in the discussion.

#3.

A relatively new friend online, blogster and twitter-ite, Chad Wright from Austin, TX has launched his new site, “WeTheChurch.Org”. It’s a common place where you can easily submit your prayer requests, praise reports, testimonies, and pray for one another. What an incredible concept. Please support Chad and visit his site, and spread the word – and visit www.wethechurch.org.

Hope this is enough to get your day started in the right direction! As always, my desire is to help bring you resources, discussion, music, and leadership to help us all become more like Christ, and to become worshipers in spirit and truth.

So … how are YOU doing anyway?

For the Kingdom,
Fred

Hey Everyone,

For those who haven’t heard, I must pay tribute to a wonderful gospel songwriter and singer, Dottie Rambo. As a professional musician, writer, and arranger, I’ve seen Dottie’s name on more manuscripts than I could count. I suppose of all her songs, “Behold the Lamb” may be one of the most well-known to me. Other giant songs that Dottie penned include “Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome”, “He Looked Beyond My Fault”, and “I Go To The Rock”.

She was killed tragically as her tour bus crashed into an embankment in Missouri.

Dottie was certainly a legend in Christian music, and her songs have been recorded by many greats, including Dolly Parton.

Pray for the other people on her bus, most of whom were injured and are in the hospital.

CBN News Article:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/373505.aspx

I realize that with the mixed demographic of this blog, many of my readers won’t even know who Dottie was, but do you recognize her songs?