A Love Story:
I started listening to CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) off & on in 2000, and by the end of 2001 I had fallen head-over-heels for 6 songs in particular that I was hearing on the only Christian radio station that I knew of at the time, “K-LOVE”. The songs were:
“Joy”
“Not Ashamed”
“Beautiful Sound”
“Entertaining Angels”
“Shine”
&
“Here I Am to Worship”.
I said to myself, “I just HAVE to find out what bands do these songs; I’ll probably love all of their other songs, too! And maybe I’ll even be able to buy a couple of the tapes that these songs come from. Then I can listen to them whenever I want, over, and over, and over,…! Ahee-hee ha-ha-haaaa!!!!”
And if you’re a NB nut like me, you already know that I didn’t have to look any further than a little project called “Shine, the Hits” to find ALL of my most treasured tunes but one (the last one of the list above) — THE SAME BAND DID THEM ALL!!! I was instantly hooked!
I immediately set to work researching these guys, and I found out that not only are they good at their profession, but what they profess comes from a group of truly good hearts, as well. I’ve been following their career (including a bit of “band evolution”) ever since, as well as keeping a pen-pal correspondence with them, helping out at their Festival Con Dios’s, praying for them, supporting the causes that they support as I am able, and going to every concert that comes within a hundred miles of here. (The last one was a special treat; I actually got to thank the guys IN PERSON!!!)
The Newsboys are still, and I believe evermore shall be, some of my most favorite people on this planet!
(BTW — the last song on the list above, “Here I Am to Worship”, was done by an awesome worship-song artist named Tim Hughes.)
