Stan & Dan’s DJ Praise Album for Sale

As many of you know, Stanley and Danny combined their talents to put on a show for the Bible club at Chatsworth High last Friday (4/25). While it was an achievement on its own (a “band” playing Christian songs in the middle of a public school), the real story comes from the essence of worship that filled the school on that hot April afternoon.

And as some of you may know, the event started out a little shaky, with the scorching sun literally melting Danny’s vinyls right on top of his turntable. But in the end, genuine praise was lifted up.

Stanley and Danny have agreed to produce a CD version of the set they played that afternoon. While they did not mention any specifics of price, ARK would like everyone to put in a MINIMUM donation of $5 per CD to help pay for new vinyls for Danny. Also, we would like to help generate money to assist in funding for their Japan Missions trip this summer.

So if you are interested in purchasing a CD (you will really really really like it), please let us know from the contact page.

David Crowder and the GMA

David Crowder has got to be one of the more interesting people within this microcosm known as Christian Music. First of all, have you seen him?? His fro and beard definitely stands out in a crowd. And we all love his music, don’t we?

But what not a lot of people about Crowder is that he’s an excellent writer and avid blogger. I often enjoy reading his blog. It’s how I found out that he was coming out with his latest album “Remedy.” In fact, during the whole process, he was constantly updating about the progress. I felt like I had a part in creating the album, sort of…

Anyway, Crowder just wrote that he’s one of the guest bloggers for GMA (Gospel Music Association) Week. I’m not too sure what that is exactly, but it seems to be a convention of sorts featuring today’s biggest names in Christian music.

I just wanted to let everyone know about David Crowders’ writings. I enjoy his music, and would even venture to say that I like his writings even more.

Shout to the Lord on American Idol

As some of you may already know, American Idol has a spin-off or sorts called “American Idol Gives Back.” It’s more of a charity fundraiser involving the “American Idol” show and contestants to bring awareness for a certain cause to the American public.

Recently though, on this year’s show, the contestants sang “Shout to the Lord” on live TV bringing the Christian bloggers and church-goers abuzz.

So there are two schools of thought here. It seems a lot of people can’t contain their excitement over the singing of a praise song on a show like American Idol. The American public in general would never have exposure to something like this outside of this show. On the other hand, there are others who are upset that a worship song was sung by those who didn’t sing it as worship.

If there’s anything to learn from this, it’s that you can’t please everyone. But what are your thoughts on this?