K-LOVE and Air1 Radio are at it again, offering up another round of free music downloads to the general public: K-LOVE is featuring a single called “All for You” by Mikeschair, a Nashville-based Christian group made famous for hits including “Let the Waters Rise.” For mainstream fans, these guys sound a lot like Parachute, and… Continue reading Free Christian Music Downloads
Author: A Daily Miracle
Pay it Forward
Today, I needed to mail a package. So I drove to the post office, got out of the car, and realized I had left all of my spare change at home. After I had sighed, scuffed my feet on the pavement and been all angsty with myself, I trudged over to the parking meter where,… Continue reading Pay it Forward
The Miracle of Memorial Day
As parades process up and down streets in cities nationwide, families remember lost and loved ones in service and fireworks light up the skies, I remember my Grandpa Bob, who served as a Sergeant in the United States Army’s 9th Infantry during World War II. He was married to my grandmother in the 1940s, several… Continue reading The Miracle of Memorial Day
THE MIRACLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: Shaq gets a PhD!
For anyone who has ever wondered if they’re “good” or “smart” enough to go for a doctorate degree, look to the model of Dr. Shaquille O’Neal, who not only brought it on the basketball court for decades, but now reps a doctorate degree and will look to school, literally, in brick-and-mortar classrooms just as he… Continue reading THE MIRACLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: Shaq gets a PhD!
Miraculous healing in Mozambique: (Mama Heidi) raises the dead
No joke. Christianity Today’s cover story for May 2012 addresses Heidi Baker’s ministry in Mozambique, including her ability to heal the deaf, multiply food and raise the dead – just like Jesus did. According to the article, Baker is a native to Laguna Beach, California, teenage convert to Pentecostalism and graduate of Vanguard University. After… Continue reading Miraculous healing in Mozambique: (Mama Heidi) raises the dead
gaysubtlety, sexuality & Christianity
I love Wheaton College. And, recently, my alma mater’s student body has been joining in a discussion that has been becoming more and more of a hot topic in conservative Christian circles: sexuality. Christianity Today writers are blogging about it, RELEVANT Magazine is writing about it (“What is Sexual Holiness Anyway?,” – “The Secret Sexual… Continue reading gaysubtlety, sexuality & Christianity
Gettin’ down & dirty for Jesus
Yesterday, a friend and I participated with over 3000 fellow Chicago citizens in a 5K at the Merrell Down & Dirty Mud Run / Obstacle Series in Gilberts, Illinois. It was a 3.7 mile course full of hills, muddy terrain and militaristic obstacles including a wooden climbing wall, mud pits, cargo nets and ladder walls… Continue reading Gettin’ down & dirty for Jesus
Daughtry’s rock gospel: “Hallelujah”
At Daughtry’s concert at The Brick in Minneapolis Sunday night (his tour came through Chicago in April), the gospel was preached in rock-star fashion by opening band SafetySuit. The Nashville-based rock band put on an extremely powerful performance highlighted by several tracks off of their most recent album “These Times,” but the climax of the… Continue reading Daughtry’s rock gospel: “Hallelujah”
Matt Maher & Phil Wickham: free music from CCM’s main men
Hey all – today is a great day. Why? Because award-winning CCM artists Matt Maher and Phil Wickham are responsible for K-LOVE and Air1 Radio‘s free music downloads this week. Matt Maher, a Catholic CCM artist who has led worship for Pope Benedict XVI and is most famous for smash hit “Christ is Risen,” reveals… Continue reading Matt Maher & Phil Wickham: free music from CCM’s main men
The miracle of motherhood
This post is a tribute to positive and encouraging mothers. There was plenty of negative news surrounding Mother’s Day this past weekend, including a news story about four Chicago moms who lost their lives in a car crash, and an article about Johnny Carson’s mother who “told him he wasn’t funny” and “withheld her…approval and… Continue reading The miracle of motherhood