Mocha Club
I want to share something really cool I'm doing to help Africa and I hope you will check it out too.
I just joined a web site called Mocha Club, where you can give up the cost of 2 mochas a month, or $7, to help orphans, refugees, and those affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Did you know that 6300 people die every day from AIDS? Here is what blew my mind - in All of Africa, $7 gives clean water to 7 Africans for a year. In Kibera Kenya, $7 gives 3 meals in a day for 9 orphans. In Bulawayo Zimbabwe, $7 would put two kids in school for a term. It's those kind of things that made me realize this is something I can do.
So I've felt convicted to move from the talking to doing category. You can join my online team by clicking
HERE and we can keep inviting friends so the team continues to grow at $7 per person.
They also give detailed updates once a month as to what the money is doing in Africa.
And do you know of MATT WERTZ? Here's a cool incentive he's offering - if you join our team now, you'll also get a FREE download of his entire new album, Everything In Between. Cool, huh?
Let me know what you think.
Musicians and author kick off Glory Revealed tour
Third Day front man Mac Powell and author/speaker David Nasser collaborated to create the Mar. 6-releasing album,
Glory Revealed: The Word of God in Worship (Reunion/Provident-Integrity), and recently announced the Glory Revealed tour will hit 15 cities starting Mar. 29.
Each worship night will include songs by Shane & Shane, Brian Littrell, Starfield’s Tim Neufeld, Hyper Static Union’s Shawn Lewis, Trevor Morgan, and Candi Pearson-Shelton, plus teaching from Nasser. His book, Glory Revealed: How The Invisible God Makes Himself Known, releases Apr. 8 exclusively through Family Christian Stores.
Screwtape coming to film
Walden Media, the studio behind
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, is joining forces with a well-known Christian in Hollywood, Ralph Winter, who produced
X-Men and
Fantastic Four, for a big-screen adaptation of C.S. Lewis’
The Screwtape Letters.
The film, described as “midbudget,” is slated for a 2008 release. Lewis’ stepson Douglas Gresham supervised the Wardrobe production and will produce with Winter.
The Screwtape Letters was first published in 1942. Variety reported HarperSanFrancisco has sold almost 1 million copies of the trade paperback alone since taking over its publishing in 2001.
Kirk Franklin leads GRAMMY winners
The 49th annual GRAMMY awards yesterday honored musicians in 31 fields. Kirk Franklin led the Gospel field with two awards. Winners were:
Best Gospel Performance, Yolanda Adams, “Victory,”
The Gospel soundtrack
Best Gospel Song, Kirk Franklin, “Imagine Me”
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album, Jonny Lang,
Turn AroundBest Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, Third Day,
Wherever You AreBest Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album, Randy Travis,
Glory TrainBest Traditional Gospel Album, Israel & New Breed,
Alive In South AfricaBest Contemporary R&B Gospel Album, Kirk Franklin,
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