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What is the history of Nashville-based Christian Activities Magazine? The first issue of Christian Activities Nashville with David Mullen on the cover Christian Activities Magazine Celebrates 30th Anniversary What did people do for the latest Christian concert news for Nashville before the internet?  In 1992, Nashville entrepreneur Kathryn Darden launched a new publication for Nashville’s Christian music scene. While several major denominations had publications for their churches that listed events going on at churches in their denominations, there was nothing in circulation meant to cross denominational lines to let people know about the variety of Christian music events going on in Music City.  Working at historic Koinonia Coffeehouse on Music Row at the time, Darden was already printing a handout for customers with local Christian concerts on it. Seeing the need for something broader based, Darden turned her one-page handout into a 4-page newsletter called Christian Ac...

Christian Activities Music Notes: July 2020 Edition  News from July featuring  “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, Jeremy Camp, Skillet,  Rachael Nemiroff ,  Michael Tait ,  Cory Asbury ,  Rebecca St. James , For King & Country, Chris Tomlin, Tasha Cobbs Leonard,   Sandi Patty, Mandisa, Larnelle Harris, Steve Green , First Call,   Charles Billingsley,   Rachael Nemiroff, Kirk Franklin, Kierra Sheard, Stryper, 2 Hearts and more “Tiger King’  Finds God in Prison, Requests Pardon from President Trump to Help Save America in Exclusive Letter to Josh Belcher Uncharted Podcast…  Surprising ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Finds God in Prison, Asks for Pardon JEREMY CAMP ’S “KEEP ME IN THE MOMENT” SWEEPS CHRISTIAN RADIO CHARTS AS #1 SONG NEW DELUXE EDITION OF CHART-TOPPING ALBUM STREETS THIS FRIDAY  Jeremy Camp…   Jeremy Camp’s ‘Keep Me in the Moment’ Snags #1 Skillet  News :  Multi-Platinum Rockers Skillet Announces Sept 11 Relea...

Christian Activities Magazine is 25 years old! I am both pleased and humbled to announce that Christian Activities is celebrating our 25th anniversary this month!  It was 25 years ago in October of 1992 that I first had the vision of putting together a Christian calendar that would cross denominational boundaries in Middle Tennessee. This has been a labor of love that I have always worked other jobs to support.  It has been a tremendous sacrifice at times but always so rewarding. God has been so faithful.   Read more at: Christian Activities Magazine Celebrates 25 Years | Christian Activities Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email   skinhealthbeauty1@gmail.com  for more info! I would love to help you have healthier skin! Or visit kathryndarden(dot)com. Thank you for reading and thank you for sharing the link to this article with other...

With Craig and Amy Groeschel I finally got to hear Pastor Craig Groeschel in person last night when he and his wife came to the Hendersonville area of Nashville to speak at the local Life.Church campus. Craig Groeschel, the Senior Pastor of  Life.Church ,  was the guest speaker at a special Life.Church Hendersonville service on Monday night, April 24.  Groeschel and his wife, Amy, are founders of the largest church in the United States with twenty=six locations in eight states.  Based in Oklahoma City, Craig Groeschel is senior pastor of Life.Church although each separate campus also has a local pastor. R ead the full article at: Craig Groeschel Speaker at Life.Church Hendersonville April 24 See video at: Craig Groeschel 4/24/17 Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email  skin_and_health@yahoo.com  for more info! I would love to help you ...

One time guitarist with Delirious? and GRAMMY-nominated, Dove Award-winning musician/producer Stu Garrard (Stu G) teams up with respected artists including Amy Grant, Michael W Smith, Matt Maher, Martin Smith, Audrey Assad, Joel Houston, All Sons & Daughters, Jon Mark McMillan, Amanda Cook, Propaganda and others to offer different perspectives in different styles on blessings uncovered during life's broken moments. Article at Beatitudes with Stu Garrard, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and Others | Christian Activities Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email  skin_and_health@yahoo.com  for more info! I would love to help you have healthier skin!

Actor Steven Baldwin with singer John Schlitt Actor Stephen Baldwin brings to life the powerful story of the thief on the cross in a new unique filmed stage adaptation, "Heaven, How I Got Here: A Night with the Thief on the Cross," available for digital download on ChristianCinema.com beginning April 4. Read the full article at: Stephen Baldwin Stars in New Film about the Thief on the Cross | Christian Activities Related : Petra's John Schlitt joins Stephen Baldwin in new faith-based sitcom - Nashville Gospel Music & Entertainment Examiner  Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email  skin_and_health@yahoo.com  for more info! I would love to help you have healthier skin!

No Life Apart from Death There can be no life apart from death. At least that’s what singer/songwriter Daniel Bashta believes. He’s experienced both throughout his story thus far.  Yet, in the middle of what felt like the darkest season, the light of God’s merciful resurrection showed up, changing everything.  Read more at: Daniel Bashta Releases 'My Resurrection (Live)' | Christian Activities Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email  skin_and_health@yahoo.com  for more info! I would love to help you have healthier skin!

New Christmas music from Amy Grant? Yes! Your 2016 holidays just got a little merrier!  Six-Time GRAMMY® Winner and multi-platinum recording artist Amy Grant will unveil her first all-new Christmas album in nearly twenty years on October 21, just in time for the holiday season. A collection of thirteen new recordings, including the title track, "Tennessee Christmas" offers a blend of heartfelt originals and the legendary singer’s own spin on popular Yuletide classics, seamlessly weaving together the joy, love, laughter, and even grief this season brings. Read about it here:  musichistory | Amy Grant to Release 'Tennessee Christmas,' 1st New Holiday Album in Almost 20 Years | Christian Activities Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email  skin_and_health@yahoo.com  for more info! I would love to help you have healthier skin!

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly died of cancer September 5, 2016 at her home in St. Louis. A constitutional lawyer, Schlafly was best known for her conservative social and political views, her opposition to the feminist movement, and her successful campaign to stop the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution in the 1970s. She is credited by many as the driving force that prevented the ratification of the ERA. Read more: articles | Conservative Activist Phyllis Schlafly Dead at 92 | Christian Activities Ask me about amazing clinical skincare products and start your way to clearer, healthier skin today! Join me on  Facebook  or email  skin_and_health@yahoo.com  for more info! I would love to help you have healthier skin!

Sandi Patty, "The Voice" of Christian Music, Comes Back One Last Time To Nashville On Her Forever Grateful: The Farewell Tour Sandi Patty is coming back one last time to Music City on her Forever Grateful Farewell Tour, at 7:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, April 21 at Christ Church - Nashville, Tennessee. Read the article at:  musichistory | Sandi Patty to Perform Last Concert in Nashville | Christian Activities

"The Road Less Traveled" by Robert Frost has resonated with me since junior high. I have often taken the road less traveled in my life both figuratively and literally. Yesterday my hiking buddy Lisa and I literally took the road less traveled on the Hike for the Homeless opting for the longer walk even though she has a bad knee and I am having some issues with my hip. We both left feeling a bit whipped but exhilarated. The road less traveled will do that to you. Read my devotional at: Taking the Road Less Traveled -- Christian Activities

The 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards were handed out in 41 categories on Oct. 13 along with four special awards. Co-hosted by Erica Campbell and Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson, the night drew a record attendance at the Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University. Read the article at: 46th Dove Awards honors Christian music's best (photos)

Happy 11-12-13! It's Nov. 12 or 11/12/13! It may not be a holiday, but you can make it a "pay it forward" kind of day.

  Christian Activities Publications Page on Facebook 500 fans is considered a first milestone for a business page on Facebook. The Christian Activities Publications page has 440 fans. Facebook has started alerting us that we should spend $10 a day to promote the page to reach that 500-fan milestone, but I figured I would save the money and ask my friends to help us get 60 more fans by the end of the week.  If you have not liked the Christian Activities page on Facebook yet, please consider joining the page and becoming a fan. It focuses mainly on Christian arts and entertainment articles posted to the Christian Activities site and my gospel music and entertainment column on Examiner, as well as concerts, events and other topics of interest to Christians.  I would really appreciate it if you would like the Christian Activities Publications page and/or share the link with your friends on FB, Twitter, etc.,  Thank you in advance for helping...

Christian Activities Marks Two Decades October 2012 Christian Activities will celebrate two decades of publication in October 2012. Christian Activities Magazine was launched on October 1, 1992, as a monthly Christian music print newsletter serving Middle Tennessee. Today Christian Activities online is an international Christian arts and entertainment website based in Nashville, Tenn. Article at: Christian Activities Marks Two Decades October 2012 - Nashville Gospel Music & Entertainment Examiner

 Twenty-five years of Christian Activities Publications and 20 years of Christian Activities Magazine!     Christian Activities Celebrates 20 Years October 2012 Founded in October 1992 as a monthly print newsletter, Christian Activities is an online Christian arts and entertainment publication based in Nashville, Tenn. October 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Christian Activities. The Christian music and events publication was Nashville's first nondenominational magazine, designed to help local denominations network and fellowship by providing arts and entertainment news, an events calendar, and articles of interest to Christians and others interested in Christian music and arts, and bring to attention to the activities of Christians in Tennessee. The new publication was called Christian Activities Nashville. Read more at: Christian Activities Celebrates 20 Years October 2012 - Yahoo! Voices The magazine was moved to a new server in January...

Christian Activities site back up with new bells and whistles As announced in Christian Activities goes offline for upgrades, Nashville's oldest inter-denominational publication, Christian Activities , went offline on January 31, 2012 for an upgrade. Now the arts and entertainment website is back up and bigger and better than ever. More at: Christian Activities site back up with new bells and whistles - Nashville Gospel Music & Entertainment Examiner Also see:  Watching My Life Flash Before My Eyes 1999-2004

I have been watching my life flash before my eyes the past few days. It started a couple of weeks ago when I was unexpectedly given one week's notice that my Christian Activities website was going to have to be moved within a week. For a year I had been told it was going to be moved to Word Press, but suddenly I had to find a new server and web designer. Under normal circumstances, this would have been the death knell to Christian Activities happening at this time, because my own circumstances are not normal right now. I am dealing with the aftermath of massive flood and water damage, recovering from living in a Microtel for 9 months, and putting up with contractors who insist upon needless delays, ridiculous shortcuts and sloppy work. I am also having to pay for many things Farmers Insurance is not covering: mold remediation, rotten wood replacement under my house and other repairs. A couple of thousand dollars worth of vet bills for a sick dog helped push me deeper into a bad ...

I am pleased to announce the publication of Christian Poets Pen , a new blog and zine right here on Blogger for poets who write Christian poetry or poetry from a Christian perspective. Christian Poets Pen began as a bi-monthly newsletter in the early 1990s, continued as a page on ChristianActivities.com , and now at last is a poetry blog & zine on the web! If you write Christian poetry, use the comments section at Christian Poets Pen to post a poem. If you have a tip or news of interest to Christian poets, you can also use the comments to post information. Visit Christian Poets Pen for details!

Visit Christian Activities Network At Christian Activities, we have been busy creating Christian social networks where our friends can network and share information about Christian music and family-friendly entertainment. If you belong to any of these networks, please join us! Networks don't work without people! Most networks are wide open to anyone and everyone. As Christians, we are often exposed to things we really don't want to see. That's why our on Ning is being set up for Christian entertainers, authors, musicians, and other personalities who believe in the statements in the Nicene Creed (found on each page of the network). I think Ning has the potential to be the best, most interactive network so far. However, other networks offer other opportunities, and Christian Activities is taking advantage of several. If we are to be both light and salt to the world, we have to have a presence where seekers can find us. We are now "broadcasting" on Blip.fm . If you w...