Author Archives: Eliza Marie

God’s mercy revealed in John the Baptist

As we cel­e­brate the birth of Jesus’ cousin, John the Bap­tist, we see Zechariah’s mouth open and his tongue free after he wrote “John” on a tablet when asked what name to give his new born son. Imme­di­ate­ly after Zechariah’s … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Angel Gabriel’s message: Are you ready to accept blessings?

When the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Vir­gin Mary, some of the first words from the Archangel were, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” Just as the Vir­gin Mary was a bit per­plexed by … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Power of words: Story of Zechariah

Death and life are in the pow­er of the tongue. As we begin the Sea­son of the Glo­ri­ous Birth of Our Lord there is a pow­er­ful les­son about the words we speak in Luke’s Gospel about the vis­it of the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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TobyMac still pushing Christian music’s boundaries

By Eliza Marie Somers Toby­Mac sheds the image of some­one who is approach­ing 50 by con­tin­u­ing to speak life into his music. One of today’s most influ­en­tial con­tem­po­rary Chris­t­ian musi­cians, TMac brings his high-ener­­gy sold-out show to Red Rocks Amphithe­ater … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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TobyMac out takes

I inter­viewed Toby­Mac ear­li­er this week and I’m set to speak to Lecrae in the next hour. Keep you eye on this site at The Den­ver Post Hark Blog for my sto­ry on Toby­Mac and Lecrae as they bring their … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Advent starts early in Maronite Catholic Rite

Advent start­ed on Dec. 1, 2013, in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, but in the Maronite Rite the prepa­ra­tion for Christ­mas began on Nov. 17 with the start of Sea­son of the Glo­ri­ous Birth of Our Lord. The … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Don’t put away Christmas decorations just yet

Amer­i­cans have it all wrong. This is the Christ­mas sea­son — the time after Jesus Christ’s birth. A time to enjoy and rewind from all the hus­tle and bus­tle of the sea­son of Advent. Advent is a time of prepa­ra­tion … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Switchfoot shuns Christian rock band moniker

  Here’s a piece I wrote a few years  back about Switch­foot and how the band came about its name and why the band shuns labels, includ­ing “Chris­t­ian rock band.” Find­ing the right band name is para­mount to musi­cians. A … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Life at crux of Tenth Avenue North’s “The Struggle”

The Strug­gle” is the third stu­dio release from the band, which has been mak­ing music since its incep­tion a dozen years ago when Mike Done­hey and Jason Jami­son were wor­ship lead­ers at Palm Beach Atlantic Col­lege. “You wouldn’t want to … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Tenth Avenue North shares “Struggles” with fans

Many pas­tors and their flocks embrace a pros­per­i­­ty-based mes­sage, but Tenth Avenue North is burst­ing their bub­bles with its newest CD release, “The Strug­gle.” “The pros­per­i­ty Gospel teach­es us if we do the right thing God will bless you, but … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Third Day gets jolt with Brendan O’Brien, ‘Miracle’

With Third Day lead singer Mac Pow­ell set to release his first solo project, a self-titled coun­try CD, many fans might be won­der­ing if the four-time Gram­my-win­n­ing band is break­ing up. Well, don’t fret. Third Day is alive and well, … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Joel Osteen: Don’t settle for a C life, God promises more

You’ve heard the say­ing: Good enough for gov­ern­ment work. You’ve prob­a­bly even said it a few times. Well, “good enough” might just be the rea­son for this country’s cur­rent state of affairs andy­our cur­rent state of affairs. Well, enough of … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Downhere’s Marc Martel as Queen’s Freddie Mercury

If you’re a Queen fan then check out this video by Marc Mar­tel, the lead singer of Down­here. And fans rec­og­nize it also as he was vot­ed the win­ner of Best Fan Cov­er at the MTV 02 Awards this week. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Jason Crabb to play Ridgway, Colorado

Jason Crabb, who recent­ly won male vocal­ist of the year and artist of the year at The Dove Awards, will be at the Ridg­way Chris­t­ian Cen­ter in Sep­tem­ber. There’s not much more infor­ma­tion about this event on the Ridg­way web­site or on … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Thanks for all your support and interest

Today is my last day at The Den­ver Post because of staff reduc­tions. I will still be cov­er­ing Chris­t­ian music but in a dif­fer­ent “plat­form” at www.highernoteblog.com Con­tin­ue read­ing

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