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Advent starts early in Maronite Catholic Rite

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Eliza Marie

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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Switchfoot shuns Christian rock band moniker

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Eliza Marie

  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”

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Eliza Marie

“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

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Eliza Marie

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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Downhere’s Marc Martel as Queen’s Freddie Mercury

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Eliza Marie

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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Moriah Peters ignores “American Idol” advice

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Eliza Marie

Mori­ah Peters pros­pers after Amer­i­can Idol snub. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Moriah Peters keeps faith despite “American Idol” snub

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Eliza Marie

What do you do when you are at a cross­roads in life? Flip a coin, talk with friends and fam­i­ly? Mori­ah Peters turned to prayer when she was faced with accept­ing a schol­ar­ship to Cal State-Fuller­­ton to study law or … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Jason Crabb: A country boy at ease with Lady Gaga

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Eliza Marie

A Gram­my Award adorns Jason Crabb’s man­tel along with numer­ous Dove Awards, but the Gospel music artist is not slow­ing down, even after gar­ner­ing eight Dove Award nom­i­na­tions this year. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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CD Review: NewWorldSon “Rebel Transmission” is brilliant

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Eliza Marie

Are you in need of uplift­ing both lyri­cal­ly and musi­cal­ly? With its lat­est CD, “Rebel Trans­mis­sion,” New­World­Son inter­twines the two into a bril­liant trip down numer­ous musi­cal  lanes while jog­ging the mind with a poignant view of the world and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Kutless, Hawk Nelson show canceled

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Eliza Marie

The April 22 show fea­tur­ing Kut­less and Hawk Nel­son at Den­ver First Church of the Nazarene has been can­celed. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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ESPN denies Blake Koch voter registration ad

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Eliza Marie

Did NASCAR dri­ver Blake Koch’s reli­gious beliefs cause ESPN to nix his ad that advo­cates vot­er reg­is­tra­tion? You make the call. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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CD review: Jimmy Needham’s Clear the Stage

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Eliza Marie

Jim­my Need­ham’s new CD “Clear the Stage” offers eclec­tic mix of sounds and thought-pro­vok­ing lyrics. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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New Nuggets JaVale McGee planking, blockititis

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Eliza Marie

Newest Nuggets JaVale McGee planks and oth­er videos by him. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Alex Ovechkin’s bracket is a hoot

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Eliza Marie

I’m a Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals fan from their first sea­son in Lan­dover, Md. And yes, I endured that first sea­son with just 8 wins, still an NHL record. Any­ways The Wash­ing­ton Post’s Dan Stein­berg had this pic­ture of Alex Ovechk­in’s NCAA … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Alex Ovechkin’s bracket is brilliant

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Eliza Marie

Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals Alex Ovechkin fills out an NCAA brack­et by con­nect­ing the dots. And some unusu­al picks, Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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