‘Content’ Category Archive

Checking My Own Heart on Racism

When I was in youth group, there was a song we’d sing frequently that had the line, “Break my heart for what breaks Yours.” At the time, I remember thinking, “Starving kids in Africa. That’s what breaks God’s heart. I have Christianity figured out! Yay me!” It wasn’t until years later that I realized that patting myself on the back for having things “figured out” was far too premature. Over the past few weeks, we’ve… … Continue reading

Forget the BLT! You Should Be Eating a BLS

If quarantine has taught us anything, it is to get creative in the kitchen with the foods you already have. This could be why the bacon, lettuce, and strawberry sandwich caught on. People are going crazy for it saying it is even tastier than the traditional bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. We tried it for ourselves to share the result with you.   … Continue reading

Matthew West Writes the Ultimate Graduation Song

It’s graduation season, and even though there are countless great tunes for moving on to the next chapter of life, we thought we could take it to the next level by writing our own. We took some of your ideas of graduation cliches and had Matthew West work them into a song. As always, he absolutely killed it! What was even more amazing than the song itself is the fact that he wrote it in… … Continue reading

Can You Guess When Joy’s Baby Will Arrive?

Joy is so looking forward to meeting her son very soon! If you correctly guess her baby’s arrival date, then you will be entered to win a CJ & Joy prize pack! Fill out your guess below and keep in mind that her baby’s due date is June 2nd. We will let you know as soon as Joy’s little blessing arrives!  … Continue reading

Dear Class of 2020

“This is so unfair. No one has ever had to go through this EVER.” Those are words pulled straight from the grade school journal of a younger, more dramatic Bekah. The occasion? Y2K. As we started the year 2000, there were fears that computers everywhere would crash and we wouldn’t be able to do life as planned. I thought the world was ending, and that seemed incredibly unfair. In hindsight, it was no big deal.… … Continue reading