My twitter friend, @MilanFord, is a great guy. He was recently disturbed by a very lewd song that was performed at a tribute to Michael Jackson.

Rather than just stand appalled, he decided to quickly build a website (I AM NOT EVERY GIRL.com) and start a movement of people condemning the song and asking radio stations to stop playing it. The movement is a reaction against the degradation of women and a call for dialogue on how the music on the radio affects the younger generation.

He's put in a lot of effort, and done a phenomenal job with his site!

What do you think? Is this how Jesus wants us to respond to depraved songs, movies, TV shows, etc?

Some say yes, some say no. What do you think? And why.

Today is the LAST DAY to submit songs to the Catalyst Music Project!

We Value the local church.
We value songs that move our generation.
We value songwriters, musicians and worship leaders.
We value the next generation of worship.

Catalyst and INO Records want to help facilitate the next generation of songs from the Church by providing a platform for worship leaders, musicians and songwriters to connect their Local songs to the Global church. Thousands of leaders have been blessed with songs, with anthems of praise they believe will help the Body of Christ bring glory to Jesus in a whole new way. We want to find them and release them. Songs that will become written on the heart of our generation.

Details: Send in your original song by July 1st, 2009. Ten of the songs submitted will be chosen to be on the upcoming Catalyst Worship Album scheduled to be released Fall of 2009. Also, the top three finalists will have the opportunity to record on the project alongside other Catalyst worship leaders!

SUBMIT YOUR SONG

I am a big fan, and good friends with FEE. The band has been involved with pretty much every Catalyst event/experience the last several years. Steve Fee, Matt Adkins, Heath Baltzglier, and Brandon Coker are the real deal. 

They are talented musicians and leaders, and also pretty fun to hang out with, as evidenced by the video below. A little behind the scenes at our recent Catalyst One Day gathering in Dallas.

FEE Band- behind the scenes at Catalyst One Day from Brad Lomenick on Vimeo.

We are the body of Christ. And we are not all the same, but we should have equal concern for one another. 

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink
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But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. - 1 Cor. 12:13, 24, 25

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:28

Why are we so segregated into our different ethnic groups? White, African American, Latino, Asian, etc. Wouldn't God be glorified by our unity? What's keeping us apart?

For sure, we'll all be together in heaven, praising Him together. What's keeping us from being unified here? Can we fix it?

There's been a sudden rash of celebrity deaths. Farrah Fawcet, Billy Mays over the weekend, and - most notably - Michael Jackson.

This is a reminder that TIME IS SHORT! Our life is but a vapor! (James 4:14, Psalm 39).

Jesus counsels us not to live for our comfort, our selfish desires. Instead, if we give-up our life, we will truly gain it. (John 12:25)

God has given us a mission, and time is short, so let's get crackin!

Are you afraid of stepping-out and following the vision he's given you? Me too! LET'S DO IT ANYWAY!

This world is not our home, and we will have to stand before God and give an account for how we used our "talents" (Matt 25:14-30) and, remember: "To whom much is given, much will be required," Luke 12:48.

GO! GO! GO!

(But it's really, really hard to give-up your life, sacrifice for others, and do the things God wants you to do! Ok, fine, let's encourage each other daily to do these things Heb. 10:24).