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IT’s ouR gEnERATIon ThAT gETs To ChAngE ThE WoRlD... FoREvER!There are no end to the choices available to us today, some are well, fun, but let’s say somewhat trivial, 90210 vs. Gossip Girl, blackberry vs. iphone, myspace vs. facebook. While others carry slightly more weight; dependency on foreign oil vs. de-veloping alternate renewable energy, evolution vs. intelligent design, McCain vs. Obama... The debates may rage on one thing is certain we get to decide.

While preparing for this issue I decided to watch the documentaries Dafur Now and 11th Hour (both of which I highly recommend). I was struck by the incredible blessings we experience in the western world, but also by our complacency and the tremendous responsibility and opportunity that each of us now have to impact tomorrow start-ing today! As I continued planning out the issue I took time out to read Erwin McManus new book “Wide Awake” and embraced the question “If your dreams became a reality would the world be a better place?”

As I considered all of the choices that this genera-tion has to face quotes from some of my favorite movies came flooding in to mind. Mikey (Sean Astin) in Goonies “It’s our time. It’s our time down here” Mr. Keating (Robin Williams) in Dead Poets Society “Carpe Diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.” Even a quote from Barack Obama came to mind “I’m asking you to believe not just in my ability to bring real change…I’m ask-ing you to believe in yours.”

We have the privilege but also the challenge of being the generation that puts the puck in the back of the net and reverses global warming, finds a cure for cancer and the aids epidemic and eliminate extreme poverty.

So as we head into the Canadian Federal Election on October 14th we get to decide which party will help us achieve some of these goals and make the world a better place.

It truly is our generation that gets to change the world... forever!

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ARMsTRong CoMIng ouT oF RETIREMEnT Wash-ington (Reuters) Seven-times Tour de France win-ner Lance Armstrong announced Tuesday he was coming out of retirement next year to raise awareness about cancer. A return to the pelo-ton by Armstrong had been rumored for weeks and the 36-year-old American made it official on a video blog on his website. “After long talks with my kids, the rest of my family, a close group of friends, I have decided to return to profes-sional cycling in 2009,” he said. “The reason for this is to launch an international cancer strategy based on the fact that we lose eight million peo-ple around the world to this disease - more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.” A survivor of testicular cancer, Armstrong will race in the Tour de France, the Amgen Tour of California, the Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia and the Dau-phine-Libere, the cycling journal Velonews reported Monday, citing anonymous sources. Armstrong did not reveal his plans but said he would unveil them on Sep-tember 24 in New York City.

DAvID C. Cook DIsTRIBuTIon CAnADA REAChEs AgREEMEnT WITh CMC DIsTRIBuTIon to handle media distribution in Canada. Cook Communications Ministries Canada Limited, dba David C. Cook Distribution Canada has reached an agreement with Christian Market-ing Canada Limited, dba CMC Distribution to purchase a limited amount of assets and the distribution agreements of the business. As part of this agreement, sales, marketing and distribu-tion will now be directed out of David C. Cook’s Paris, Ontario facility and a branch office in Niagara on the Lake. Functions being merged and run by David C. Cook Distribution Canada staff are: Finance, Operations, IT and Customer Service. David C. Cook Canada’s current Sales and Marketing structure and staff will remain in place, headed by Marketing Director, Deb Tem-pelmeyer and National Sales Manager, Holly deGraaf. In addition, David C. Cook Distribution Canada will create a new “Music and Media” Sales and Marketing division, to be led by Steve Nicolle, the President & CEO of CMC Distribution. Joining Steve will be Tamara Schaaf who will manage the Marketing portfolio, as well as cur-rent regional Sales Representatives Martin Smith, Jason Street and Tim Tindale and telesales per-sonnel, Debbie Tindale and Kim Absolom. “We are excited at the opportunity to represent these

wonderful life giving music and media resources across Canada. We welcome Steve and staff onto the Cook Canada team,” said Rob Irvine, Managing Director of David C. Cook Distribution Canada. Steve Nicolle noted, “Getting to know Rob and his incredibly talented staff at David C. Cook has been a real pleasure. This acqui¬sition is a great fit for both parties and I look forward to working closely with Rob and his team to create new areas of growth and opportunities for minis-try in the near future.” CMC Distribution was the largest Christian music distributor outside of the United States and has been distributing Christian music and video for over 25 years. David C. Cook Distribution Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cook Communications Ministries, 4050 Lee Vance View, Colorado Springs, CO 80918

CAMPusFIRE MInIsTRY joIns BIllY gRAhAM EvAngElIsTIC AssoCIATIon oF CAnADA the Youth-oriented ministry provides strong comple-ment to BGEAC’s epicentre program. The Chris-tian ministry known as “campusfire” that has grown to include hundreds of students and youth leaders at more than 1,200 high schools, colleg-es and universities across Canada has become the newest arm of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada (BGEAC). campusfire is now part of the BGEAC’s youth-oriented ministry group that includes epicentre – a multi-phase, year-long Christian training and mentoring initia-tive enabling young people to live lives of faith amid the pressures of contemporary culture. Be-ginning in 2004, epicentre programs have been organized in seven Canadian cities in partner-ship with local churches. The next will begin this fall in Saskatoon. “This new supportive arrange-ment with the BGEAC is enabling campusfire to maintain its essence and vision while also giving us the long-term stability and freedom to explore and expand into other areas of youth work that we have been forced until now to leave on the back-burner, due to a lack of crucial resources,” said campusfire founder/leader Darian Kovacs. The campusfire ministry, which began in 1999, includes the annual campusfire youth training event, plus the Campus Ministry Network, Cana-dian Campus Ministry Leaders Forum, “See You At The Pole” school prayer ministry (www.syatp-canada.com), “Challenge Sunday” (www.chal-lengesunday.com and the campusfire website (www.campusfire.com). “The campusfire lead-ership and the BGEAC view this exciting new arrangement as an opportunity for everyone – especially the youth of Canada,” said BGEAC Deputy Executive Director Steve Wile. “Both the BGEAC and campusfire have been founded on a mission to reach people with the Gospel of Christ. We are working together towards that goal.”

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“When we come to the end of our-selves and let go, that’s when we find God, and that’s the real beginning.” – Jason Germain on the title of their forth-coming album, “Ending is Begin-ning” which hits stores Sept 23rd.

I am a music lover through and through, and as someone who has spent some time working in music, I have had the opportunity and privi-lege to meet and get to know lots of different artists. As in any part of life, I have found that there are some bands and artists that inspire me to continually come back to their art; Canadian, rockers, Downhere are definitely one band that inspires me to come back to their music time and again!

I recently had a chance to sit down and chat with Marc Martel (vocals and guitars) and Jason Germain (vo-cals, keys and guitars) of Downhere to talk about their band, their forth-coming album, and music, and the industry in general.

IM – Ending is Beginning, where did that title come from and what does it mean?Martel – Well, when we started to try and come up with an album title we were looking through lyrics and our eventual title, “End-ing is Beginning” came out of a lyric in an older version of “Our Last Amen”, which isn’t actually in the song anymore. By the time we came up with the title we had hundreds of possibili-ties to choose from. The title suggests that we find God when we let go of ourselves.

germain – When we come to the end of ourselves and finally let go, that’s when we find God, and that’s the real beginning; that’s salvation.

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IM – Why is that?

germain – Our label at the time of So Much for Substitutes was really trying to push us to be something we weren’t, so the transition from So Much for Sub-stitutes to Wide-eyed and Mystified was us almost re-discovering who we are.

Martel – They (label at the time) were really pushing us to be a heavily elec-tric guitar driven rock band, when in actual fact we are a guitar and keys band.

IM – Did you have any highlights dur-ing the making of this album?

germain – The people that we work with are great and are always a high-light. Todd Robbins is someone that we have worked with on every project so far and really is one of the unsung parts of our sound; he is great! There are always those musical moments on every project as well. I love when we go to record any string parts; those are always magical moments. When Martel has to record vocals on a really high part on a bridge and nails it on the first take that is also magical. Dur-ing the recording of “All at War” we had one such moment and Martel just went for it and nailed it!

Thanks to Jason and Marc for taking the time to sit down with us at Inspired. To read the full interview and hear what the guys have to say about the state of the industry, what motivates them to keep going after almost a de-cade of touring and much more visit www.inspired-magazine.com and talk about what inspires them to inspire us.

IM – Who did you work with on this al-bum and where was it recorded?

germain – We worked with Mark Hei-mermann (DC Talk and Michael W. Smith) again as we really enjoyed the experience and what he brought to our last project, Wide-eyed and Mys-tified. We also worked with Stephen Gause (Jars of Clay and Derek Webb), a former neighbour of mine who turn out to be a really great producer. We also self produced three of the tracks. Almost everything for this album was done right in Nashville.

IM – How did you find the process for this album different from your others, or was it any different?

germain – It’s different every time. This project was a very difficult one,

and a lot or work. There was one point that I realized I had put 1,600 miles on my car mostly from driving back and forth to Stephen Gause’

place. We took real ownership of this album. We haven’t had the success yet that we have hoped for yet, and when you put out a single that you feel should really take off and it doesn’t you think, alright that didn’t work, and you have to go back to the drawing board. So after experi-encing that a few times I think that really pushed us to take more owner-ship on this project.

Martel – Even though this album was a lot of work and difficult, the transi-tion from Wide-eyed and Mystified to Ending is Beginning was a lot more natural then the transition from So Much for Substitutes to Wide-eyed and Mystified.

FEATUREIf your dreams became a reality, would the world be a better place? We were recently confronted with this question while speaking with author, speaker, activist, film-maker and innovator Erwin Raphael McManus about his latest book and DvD Wide Awake.

IM: Is there a story behind the thought or writing of Wide Awake?ERM: I live in lA. It’s a mountain for people who are really talented, ambitious, and attractive, and yet 99 out of a 100 of them end up crashing and burning because their dreams crash and burn. They in turn end up becoming extremely depressed; you can see a hollowness in them,

mainly because they pursue dreams that don’t fit their life, expecting magic to happen. I see this constantly because I interact with them constantly. As I began to reflect on what I saw on a day to day basis in l.A., I began to identify a

similar cycle in the church--people living out of ob-

ligation rather than passion.

IM: We love the concept of the book that god communicates to us in our imagination!ERM: That

thought came out of a time of

devotion, as I was reading jeremiah

1. god was telling jeremiah that before

he was born, god knew him--that jeremiah was a thought in god’s mind before he was even formed! And the idea struck me, that when god dreams, it becomes reality (laughs); that we are an idea in the mind of god. now if we are the product of god’s imagination, shouldn’t our lives be a product of our imagination!

IM: Are there any other concepts that, when broken down, fueled the book?ERM: here’s a couple more thoughts that caused me to write Wide Awake. Firstly, If your dreams be-came a reality, would the world be a better place? I began writing the book in Tanzania. I was there with

500 other world leaders and philanthropists, such as Bono etc. We were posed with the challenge of how to bring substantial and lasting economic change to poverty stricken Africa, and I wanted to write a book that mattered in Africa, not just in America. What struck me was that, most of the books that are considered “self- h e l p ” are about how to consume more, not about how to create more; so the personal theme of the book is “finding a dream that fits your life, and making it your life”. The cos-mic, global theme of the book is, “if your dreams became a reality, would the world be a better place?”

IM: You said there were a couple what was the sec-ond though?

ERM: several days ago I was having lunch with one of the film-makers of “Blood Diamond”, and I asked him, “have you ever heard of the gos-pel?”he replied, “of course”. I con-tinued, “The gospel is typically ex-plained as the story of jesus, god’s son, who came to earth, died for the sins of humanity so that we can live in eternity and not go to hell, and I think that is the most narcissistic narrative I’ve ever heard. The fact is that jesus came to earth, lived a heroic life, died for all of humanity, and demonstrated how his followers should live for the betterment of humanity, living a heroic life, just as he did”. The man thought for a moment, and an-swered, “I’ve never heard the gospel portrayed that way before. That’s incredibly provocative. Is it possible people have rejected Christianity be-cause it demands too much of us?” I’ve never heard a response to the gospel like that. he had only heard the version that we feed to lost people, the kind that caters to their narcissistic, self-preserving ego. The true gospel is greater than that, and if we restored the potency of it, we would see the power of it.

IM: Erwin, what would you say to your reading audience regarding the book?ERM: I would tell them that they’re in a world-wide dilemma. Your generation has everything avail-able to them, and yet they are the most medi-cated and depressed generation to date. It’s like a kid who has eaten so much ice-cream that he’s sick to his stomach, rendered immobile and unable to act. I want to challenge your genera-tion not to consume more, but to create more. Your generation needs to dream, and discipline themselves to see their dreams realized; I believe that is where the fulfillment of the soul lies.

To read the full interview with Erwin where he dis-cusses Pastoring Mosaic one of the fastest grow-ing churches in lA as well as what dreams in life that are worth pursuing just for the enjoyment of them please visit www.inspired-magazine.com


Toxic Soup: The Great Pacific Garbage PatchIn the centre of the Pacific Ocean, there’s an area twice the size of Tex-as, and growing, chock full of floating trash—the largest of many similar oce-anic garbage patches around the world. The trash comes from all over: Alaska, British Columbia, California, Australia, Japan… and spins around in ocean cur-rents until it ends up trapped in an area roughly 10 million square miles in size. This area, known to oceanographers as The North Pacific Gyre, is an area of swirling, clockwise currents that the major ocean currents lead into, now more popularly known as The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The United Nations Environment Program estimates that every square mile of this part of the ocean hosts more than 46,000 pieces of floating plastic. In some areas, the amount of plastic outweighs the amount of plankton by a ratio of six to one.

Of the more than 200 billion pounds of

plastic the world produces each year, about 10 percent ends up in the ocean. Seventy percent of that eventually sinks, damaging life on the ocean floor, while the rest floats and ends up in patches like this one. The problem is that plastic doesn’t biodegrade. Instead, it breaks down into ever smaller pieces, which get eaten by marine animals, poisoning them or leading to deadly blockages. These bits of plastic are also great at soaking up and concentrating toxic chemicals that would normally be widely diffused in the water. These poison-filled plastics threaten the entire food chain, being passed on from smaller creatures to larg-er, wreaking havoc on all of them.

Besides killing wildlife, plastic and other seafaring garbage damages boat and

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submarine equipment, litters beaches, discourages swimming and harms com-mercial and local fisheries, affecting beaches and oceans all over the world, including at both poles. Land masses that end up in the path of rotating gyres like The Great Pacific Garbage Patch receive particularly large amounts of trash. The 19 islands of the Hawaiian archipelago re-ceive massive quantities of trash shot out from gyres. Some of the trash is decades old. Some beaches are buried under five to 10 feet of trash, while other beaches are riddled with “plastic sand,” millions of grain-like pieces of plastic that are practi-cally impossible to clean up.

Most of this trash doesn’t come from sea-faring vessels dumping junk -- 80 percent of ocean trash originates on land. This means we landlubbers have a chance to make a huge difference in what ends up in our oceans—even if you don’t live close to the shore. Here are a few ideas for what we can do to affect positive change:

1. Use canvas bags to shop, instead of plastic. Take your own mug to Tim Hor-tons, Starbucks, etc. Less in the trashcan means less in the landfill and less in our riv-ers and oceans!

2. Use glass and other recyclable mate-rials when possible, and make sure the plastic you do use gets recycled.

3. Limit the amout of things you buy that are encased in plastic. One great way to do this is to buy food from local farmers markets and focus on fresh foods instead of pre-made. Buy used goods instead of new when you can, and look for compa-nies that use biodegradable packaging instead of plastic.

4. Support local and national initiatives to cut down on littering and move away from the use of plastics. Let local politi-cians know you want action on these is-sues. We are ultimately the ones with the power to determine how our cities and entire country operates.

Remember, this Earth was given to us by God, and for the time being its the only one we’ve got. Let’s treat that gift with the grateful respect it deserves.


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CHRISTIANS OF EVERY COLOUR and persuasion, of every age and time, have wrestled with the term “in the world but not of it”. We all seem-ingly agree on the interpretation, but where that practically applies to everyday life greatly varies from per-son to person. From modern cloister movements to seemingly-hedonistic liberal expressions of our faith, Chris-tians in society still seek to define the line of conscience--to be “in” but not “of”.

Jesus’ paramount philosophy regard-ing the role of the believer in secular society has been modernized, and in my estimation, reduced to questions like “is it okay to listen to Kanye West and The White Stripes?”. Rather than making the preservation and transfor-mation of society our focus, we invert the bulk of our gaze upon ourselves and one another, in hopes of attain-ing what I call ‘super-galactic omni-oneness status’.

Jesus focus was evident--the world. For Jesus, a win was saving a lost soul. That was a puck in the back of the net for Him. We tend to define a win as choosing a PG movie. Most Christians feel like they really kicked the devil in the face walking out of Blockbuster with “Lion King”. When they get home and see the next door neighbors drinking beer in the backyard, blaring Kanye, they cringe as they make the sign of the crucifix.

We’ve created a Church culture of inertia that emphasizes and focuses upon self. The problem with the pros-perity Gospel is that it focuses upon self. The problem with the poverty Gospel is that it focuses upon self. The problem with the holiness movement is that it focuses upon self. The prob-lem with a ‘Christian liberty emphasis’ is that it also focuses upon self.

As a youth pastor, I focus on lost souls. I refuse to babysit Christian youth--I insist that they grow up and come along for the ride. The greatest battle for me in reaching unsaved teens is

breaking the stigma that our Church culture has created. Kids think we don’t speak their language. They think we’re aliens, not “in” the world. They think we hate art. They think we hate creativity. They say we don’t have fun. They think we don’t memorize Will Fer-rell movies. Well I have news for them-- I do! The unchurched to churched kid ratio under my ministry is almost double, because my team and I do everything we can to be “in and not of”.

I hardly address peripheral issues such as movies and music, because that’s what they are--peripheral. I’m so con-vinced that the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and the blood of Christ will do a better job of sanctification than I could ever outline. So what does this all mean, being “in the world”? Practically, it means sinners have your cell phone number when a crisis oc-curs and they’re hungry, and you’re someone they trust, someone ap-proachable, someone that isn’t weird. It means you don’t alienate yourself from society so that you can’t carry on a conversation. It means you are purposeful and missional, regarding your role as one who has been sent from God to be available. After all, God doesn’t force HIs way and Word on us; He waits.

“Not of the world” practically insinu-ates the inner transformation and perspective of the mind. Romans 12 commands us, “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”. “Not of the world” means not thinking like them. I don’t approach love, life, re-lationships, career, sex, business, sin, and pleasure like they do. I view life through God’s perspective, which in turn changes my lifestyle. “Not of the world” is a mindset. I am convinced that the mind of Christ is utterly fo-cused upon all of lost humanity.

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by Marc Jolicoeur

“In a world where most things seem to tear people apart, I have the privilege of being part of 2 things that bring people together,” notes Lamont Hiebert. What are those 2 things? Music and child advocacy. I had the chance to discuss both of them with Lamont via telephone while he was in New York for the release of his band’s (Ten Shekel Shirt) new al-bum, “Jubilee”, the title of which marries the aforementioned subjects quite nicely.

Many of you will know Ten Shekel Shirt as “that worship band who sings that song, um, ‘Meet With Me’, I think.” If that’s the case, then you might be confused as to what happened to that band when you listen to the new album. Void of any traditional/corporate worship songs, what the album doesn’t lack is gritty instrumentation and provocative lyrics. On album closer “It’s Slavery”, Lamont croons “I hope you feel very uncomfortable”, and then proceeds to give us plenty of reason to do so. “It’s meant to be a big slap in the face,” says Lamont when asked about these lyrics, to which I replied, “Job done.” But other than him mentioning a few little details about the album (it was recorded both at home and in Nashville, it’s being released on indie label Rounder Records, and guitarist Jonny Rodg-ers is “fabulous...and I’m not just saying that because he’s standing beside me”), it was clear that he was much more interested in discussing his charity, Love146.

The obvious starting place, of course, is “Tell me a little bit about the name ‘Love146’.” “I went with some undercover investigators to south-east Asia, and we visited places where

children were being pimped out for $10 or $15 for the weekend. It was the most tragic thing that I’ve ever seen in my life. In that room were a bunch of girls with their names re-moved who were just given numbers instead, and one of the girls that really inspired us was #146. She seemed like she still had fight left...like she was still courageous.” So Love146 was born, an organization out to do away with modern day slavery. Lamont and others like him refer to themselves as “abolitionists”, and though they focus mostly on the sex trade, they’re quick to note that there are still sev-eral fields where slaves are employed today. “It’s estimated that 3% of chocolate is still har-vested by mostly child slaves, 3% of cotton, and a much higher percentage than that in the rug industry.” Where Love146 fits in the humanitarian puzzle is in the after care stage; independent organizations do research and sting operations in order to lift these children out of their situations, and then Love146 gives a place to set them down, providing safe homes and care workers to nurse these chil-dren back to physical, mental, and spiritual health. It’s estimated that over 1 million chil-dren are trafficked into the sex industry every year, generating approximately 32 billion dol-lars. I’m not sure what’s more staggering; the numbers or my own ignorance. When asked how this can slip by our public consciousness, Lamont says, “I think there is incredible gen-der and racial discrimination in this issue. We just don’t care enough about minority ethnic females.

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stephen Christian is a Triple-Threat. Maybe not in the more familiar “sing, Dance, Act” sense of the term (though, for all I know, he may be able to float like Fred Astaire), but more precisely in the sense that he is not only the adrenaline that pumps through Anberlin’s veins, or the soft blue light that tints the mellower Anchor & Braille, but he is also the depth from which the adventurous new book The orphaned Anything’s was pulled with care. I had the chance to speak with ste-phen while he was on a rare hiatus in lA a few weeks ago. he said he was trying to get a little rest before “the whirlwind that is the next record”. Below are some excerpts from a conversation with a man who may slow down, but will never stop. AnBERlIn -- nEW suRREnDER IM-have you guys wrapped up recording yet? SC-Yeah, I’d say we finalized the album in May, just before we took off for the Warped Tour for two months. I just got back from that (Warped Tour) a week ago yesterday. IM-Wow, you must be exhausted. kind of like coming home from summer camp? SC-It is a lot like summer camp! There’s the late night BBQs, all the camaraderie, and the camp-

Triple Threatfires...it’s a lot of fun, man. IM-so Anberlin’s new album is due out september 30th and it’s called “new surrender”. After three al-bums with Tooth & nail (all with in-house producer Aaron sprinkle), what fears accompanied your move over to major label universal Republic? SC-There was a little bit of apprehension in the be-ginning, before we really knew universal and what they were about. It was hard to leave Tooth & nail, because they were our friends, but over time, uni-versal showed us that they were very passionate about Anberlin and were 100% behind us. At this point, there is no other label I could even fathom being on but universal Republic.

IM-Were there any surprises in the recording pro-cess this time? What was it like working with ac-claimed producer neil Avron (Fall out Boy, linkin Park)? SC-It was an incredible process. It was great to have Christian (Macalhaney), who came to us from a band called “Acceptance”, and is now a permanent member of our band. he has an amaz-ing sense of rhythm on the guitar, with different off-beats and such, and when you combine that to our sound I think it really created a very eclec-tic album. And neil (Avron) is just a phenomenal

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FEATUREproducer, helping to bring everything to the next level. Plus, we had a lot more time in the studio than we’ve had for the other records (from 3 weeks to 3 months!), giving us a chance to experiment and to fully invest ourselves in this record. It feels good! It feels like winning the olympics! It feels like we’ve been training our whole lives and it’s all been build-ing up to this moment. It’s obviously all up to the fans to decide whether or not this is our best album yet, but for us, this kinda feel like a victory lap. IM-What would you consider to be the major theme of this album, lyrically speaking? SC-The record is very much a motivational speech, if you will. no matter what level or plain you’re on in life, I think this record speaks volumes in not only encouraging people to follow their dreams, but also to get out there and make a difference in the world that they live in.

IM-After recording “The Feel good Drag” for never Take Friendship Personal, why redo it for this re-cord? SC-There’s just very little life in the first recording, and it seemed like the song never had a chance. We recorded it originally as a b-side, but we want-ed to give it another shot. some fans are a little confused by that, but they have to remember that

in the grand scheme of record sales, Anberlin is not a big band. so we just wanted to try and breathe some new life into this song in the hopes that more people would hear it. now it’s gone from a b-side to the lead single off our new al-bum, which is pretty amazing. IM-Album closer “Miseabile visu” is a very inter-esting song, to say the least. Would you care to explain where you’re coming from on that one? SC-Well, while writing that song, I was reading a lot about conspiracy theories and the end of the world, and so the song turned out to be very much about the formation of those conspiracies and such thoughts. on all our CDs we kinda go for the last track as a no-holds-barred type of song, and I think this one turned out particularly great. Book -- ThE oRPhAnED AnYThIngs IM-let me start by saying that I read your book, and (pardon my surprise) actually liked it! SC-Wow! Thank you, honestly. I’m not a writer! I had no idea if people could relate or get anything out of it, so when I hear that someone enjoyed my book, I really appreciate it. IM-When did the book come out? SC-It was released on March 1st of this year, and

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TYlER PERRY’s ThE FAMIlY ThAT PREYsComedy/DramaLionsgateSeptember 12Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Wood-ard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in tur-moil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark pater-nity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice’s self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother’s best friend’s son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (KaDee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mother’s lucrative con-struction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to

a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction.

While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a

breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin in TYLER PERRY’S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS.

FireproofDrama

Sherwood Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn FilmSeptember 26

At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighters adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. Growing up, Catherine Holt always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter...just like her daddy. Now, after seven years of marriage, Catherine wonders when she stopped being “good enough” for her husband. Regular ar-guments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks. As the couple prepares to enter divorce pro-ceedings, Caleb’s father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment: “The Love Dare.” Wondering if it’s even worth the effort, Caleb agrees-for his fa-ther’s sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book’s daily challenges are tied into his parents’

newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened. While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He fi-nally asks his father, “How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?” When his father explains that this is the love Christ shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing com-mitment to love God. And with Gods help he be-gins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever ... rescuing his wife’s heart.

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Religulous is a documentary that follows Ma-her as he travels around the globe (including Jerusalem, the Vatican, and Salt Lake City) interviewing people about God and reli-gion. Known for his astute analytical skills, irreverent wit and commitment to never pulling a punch, in addition to his stance against religion Maher brings his charac-teristic honesty to an unusual spiritual jour-ney. According to Maher, the title of the film is a portmanteau derived from the words “religion” and “ridiculous,” implying the satirical nature of the documentary that is meant to mock the con-cept of organized religion and the problems it brings about. Said Maher, “Comedically, the topic of religion is hitting the side of a barn – it’s literally hard to miss. This movie will make you laugh so hard you’ll pray for it to stop.” Observed Charles, “Ni-etzsche said God is dead, but he didn’t see the grosses for

PASSION OF THE CHRIST.” The film will mark Larry Charles’ first feature project since the critically acclaimed, wildly successful BORAT.

ThE sECRET lIFE oF BEEsDramaFox SearchlightOctober 17The Secret Life Of Bees, based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late moth-er (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bet-tany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother’s past. Taken in by the in-telligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world

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Underoathlost In The sound of separation Special EditionTooth & Nail / Solid StatePost Hardcore / Screamo

Lost In The Sound Of Separation is a killer follow up to Underoaths gold certified De-fine The Great Line. From the insainly intense open-er “Breathing In A New Mentality” to the haunting “Desolate Earth: The End Is Here” producers Adam D and Matt Goldman have captured a perfect balance between raw power, skill and sonic qual-ity that is sure to expand the bands dedicated fan base. “Desperate Times Desperate Measures” the first single and video and “Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear” are the standout tracks on this im-pressive addition to the bands discography.

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well prove to be her most commercially success-ful record to date. Retaining all of the pop flare and personality of her previous releases producers Doubledutch have ratcheted up the program-ming to create an album that could be mistaken for a Miley Cyrus or Nelly Furtado record so be prepared to share this record with your brother, your mother and maybe a few dads. Even if you aren’t a fan of teen pop sensations, which Krystal certainly is, you will likely end up dancing along to the title track “Make Some Noise” or singing along with the first single “Shine”.

The WreckingA new AbolitionChosen / EMG / UniversalRock/Pop

As the title “A New Abolition” suggests The Wrecking are as

much about social justice as they are about their art, which is an important distinction to make when your art is as musically diverse as their na-tional debut album.. A number of songs will sure to become familiar due to their inclusion in a num-ber of MTV related networks and shows, but their cover of the already familiar Peter Gabriel song “In Your Eyes” is what is sure to generate the results they had hoped for on behalf of Love 146, a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of child sex trafficking and exploitation. So while The Wrecking are a bit schizophrenic sonically, they have still succeeded in revealing their true pur-pose and personality as modern day abolitionists.

Miley CyrusBreakoutHollywoodPop

Miley Cyrus in her first non Hanna Montana related album “Break-

out” delivers one extremely polished overly pro-duced hit after another, while that might sound like a knock just try and forget “7 Things” once you’ve heard it, seriously, just try. It would be really easy to hate such a manufactured pop star if she didn’t seem so nice and wholesome and deliver such radio friendly pop hits. While we still aren’t fans we are happy to recommend Mileys album to all our 15 year old readers and their friends.

Chris Tomlinhello loveSixsteps / SparrowPop / Worship

It’s hard to complain about an album that is exactly

what it is supposed to be so we won’t. Hello Love should be another hit worship record from Chris Tomlin. It is full of well written heart-felt corporate worship songs like “Sing, Sing, Sing” and “Jesus Messiah”. The best songs might be “I Will Rise” and “Love” which fea-tures the Watoto Children’s Choir. Hello Love is what fans of Chris Tomlins brand of worship have been waiting for and is sure to give the church a number of new songs to sing


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on Sunday mornings. So make sure you pur-chase your copy of Hello Love to add to your worship collection. For our readers who might be looking for something fresh and a little less formulaic we recommend Jon Foreman’s Spring/Summer album.

Darfur nowWarner Independent

Darfur Now is a call to ac-tion for people everywhere to help end the crisis in Dar-fur. For the first time in histo-ry, the US Government has declared a genocide while it is ongoing. In this film, the struggles and achieve-ments of six very different in-

dividuals bring to light the situation in Darfur and the need to get involved. From a UCLA gradu-ate in Los Angeles, California, to a Darfurian woman who joins rebel forces, to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, to a United Nations humanitarian on the ground in Sudan, to an internationally known actor and activist, and finally to a community leader in a West Darfur refugee camp, the film portrays the heroic efforts of six people responding to a hu-manitarian tragedy unfolding before our eyes. Written and directed by Ted Braun, the film ex-plores the Darfur conflict through the first-hand experiences of Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mohammed Abakar, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and Adam Sterling. To learn more visit www.takepart.com/darfurnow

The 11th hourWarner Independent

Narrated by Academy Award® Nominee Leonar-do DiCaprio (The Departed, Blood Diamond) this cap-tivating documentary ex-plores the perilous state of our planet, and the means by which we can change our course. Following in the footsteps of Al Gores Incon-venient Truth, The 11th Hour

seeks to inform us about the environments frag-ile state and our ability to reverse some alarming trends. Contributing to this crucial film are noted politicians, scientists (including Canada’s David Suzuki) and other ambassadors for the impor-tance of a universal ecological consciousness.The environmentally friendly DVD packaging is produced with 100% certified renewable re-sources. A portion of the profits will be donated

to Global Green. To find out more got to http://wip.warnerbros.com/11thhour/

nim’s Island

Anything can happen on Nim’s Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl’s imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover- the world’s greatest adven-turer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books,

leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s (Abigail Breslin) father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra (Jodie Foster). Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover (Gerard Butler), and find strength in one an-other to conquer Nim’s Island.

The Wager

Randy Travis plays mega film star Michael Steele whose life begins to fall apart the night before the Academy Awards. As Mi-chael Steele tries to keep his life from crashing down around him things go from bad to worse and he be-gins to questions his faiths

place in his life. The Wager at times delivers it’s message in a fairly heavy handed way but Randy Travis is enjoyable in the lead role and the moral of the story is strong enough to still make the movie enjoyable.

Rebellion of Thought

Rebellion of Thought takes a critical look at the role of faith in a postmodern cul-ture. What is the role of the church today? Does Man truly need God or is God merely a fairytale idea leftover from past cultural experiments? These ques-tions are the launching

point for this new film by The Brothers William-son. What began as a documentary explor-ing postmodernism soon became a personal struggle. Along the journey, the filmmakers learn that living one’s faith out in the larger culture is very different than living one’s faith within the walls of the traditional Church.


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continued from pg 17it was self-published because of how difficult it is to break into the book industry...I compare it to the music industry, where it takes you years to get in and make contacts. IM-how long did you work on the book for? SC-2 years. IM-It must have been fairly gratifying to finally see it in print. SC-It was the single biggest accomplishment of my life (outside of music). I’m very ADD, very all over the place. so for me to sit down and write a book, I thought “Alright. Maybe if I set my mind to something, I can actually do it.” IM-I noticed in your acknowledgment section that you thanked “modesty”, which kinda confused me. SC-Modesty is my cheerleading team. Ever since 2002, right around the time we started conceptualizing Anberlin, I’ve been doing a blog over at modesty.blogspot.com, and that’s where some of the stories that made it into the book were first published. Since it started I’ve had like 500,000 hits on this little blog! A lot of times when I felt like giving up on the book, I’d just turn it over to them and within a couple days I’d get some “You can do it!” replies...modesty is my cheerleading team. IM-What percentage of this book would you say is autobiographical? SC-Well, it’s fiction and it’s kinda “out there’” but I’d say that about 60% of the stories are my own. IM-There is one story in your book that I found particularly compelling but heartbreaking. In it, Ayden (the narrator) sees a homeless lady who is begging for food to feed her children. Ayden walks into a nearby grocery store, gets some food for her and her family, and then delivers both the groceries and the receipt to the woman outside. Minutes later, the lady walks out of the grocery store without the groceries, and Ayden finds out that she has returned the groceries to go and buy drugs down the street. Is this based on a true story? SC-Yeah...it killed me, and it actually hap-pened in Canada, in Toronto. When the store-owner told me what had happened it was like something punched me. I felt like my entire world and everything I knew just caved in. I was almost in tears...but you know what? You realize over time that not all people are like that. You can’t take one lady as an example and expect that all people in the same posi-tion will act the same way. oh well; you live, you learn. IM-There is content in this book that describes some fairly harsh situations, ranging from

coarse language and sex to drugs and sui-cide. Were you ever concerned that there would be some backlash from your Christian fanbase regarding the book? SC-no, because it was never for them. If the object of Christianity is to help people find god, then they are not my purpose. I’m af-ter the people who are hurting and lonely. If you’ll notice, in the first half of the book (be-fore he finds Love and God), Ayden uses derogatory language and has bad grammar and looks down on everything, and it makes you almost dread reading it. But that’s life! I have not always been a Christian myself, and I wanted other people who are either in this mindset now or who were at one point to be able to completely relate with Ayden. AnD ThEn, show them that there is a way out. That’s the whole purpose. This may sound stupid, but “There’s more to living than being alive”, you know? so that’s why, in the 2nd half of the book, there’s not nearly as many mistakes in grammar and spelling, and I cleaned up the way he speaks. It’s about a change of mind-set. Behold, all things have become new.

sIDE PRojECT -- AnChoR & BRAIlE IM-What about your new side project “An-chor and Braille”? What’s it sound like and at what stage of development is it? SC-Anchor & Braille is a mental escape from Anberlin. some of my favorite bands don’t sound anything like Anberlin. Bands like Bro-ken social scene and Feist (a couple Cana-dian bands, randomly), and Radiohead and sigur Ros and stuff like that...bands that are a little more emotionally moving. Whereas Anberlin is more like a carnival, I think An-chor & Braille is more like a coffee shop. The album (as it stands right now) has 11 tracks produced by Copeland’s Aaron Marsh, and is basically finished, but it won’t be available for quite a while, because Anbrelin is my abso-lute primary focus, and I don’t want anything to interfere with it in any way, shape, or form. IM-Well, we really appreciate you taking some time out of your busy schedule to talk with us today, and we wish you all the best in the fall, especially with the new Anberlin record. SC-I really do appreciate that, man. And hey, we’ll be touring up in Canada in january, so hopefully we’ll see you there. For more about Anberlin: www.anberlin.comwww.myspace.com/anberlin The orphaned Anythings: www.iuniverse.comwww.theorphanedanythings Anchor & Braille: www.anchorandbraille.comwww.myspace.com/anchorandbraille stephen Christian: modesty.blogspot.comen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Christian

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Dieudonne Disi is a world-class half-marathoner with a personal best of 59 minutes. Disi grew up in war-torn Rwanda and at age 14 witnessed the killing of his en-tire family. Yet he still went on to compete in the 2004 Olympics and again in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“When I was growing up there was no televi-sion but I followed the 1996 Olympics in At-lanta on the radio. I thought it was amazing that a Rwandan was able to finish 8th in the world in the 10,000 meters. It was only in the year 2000 that I realized I was good at run-ning. So I decided to try to exploit and maxi-mize my talent.

In 2004 I took part in the Olympic Games in Athens. I was not expecting to win a med-al. Just getting to the Olympics was a big achievement in itself. Because of my lack of experience 17th was the best I could achieve in the Olympic final.”

The following year Disi represented his coun-try in the Francophone Games and took gold in the 10,000 meters and bronze in the 5,000. To understand the magnitude of Disi’s achievement it is necessary to consider the events of 1994 when Rwanda was devas-tated by genocide.

“On my last day with my father, there were eight people in the house—my mother, [my father] and my brothers and sisters. My fa-ther said we were all going to die. He said that he wanted the whole family to pray and

prepare to go to heaven. My family started to pray but I went outside and hid in the gar-den. I heard the rebels knock on the door, it opened. They said something to my family. I understood that it was over. It was death.They said, “Come out.” My family came out. They were killing my mother.

I was still alive. After the death of my family I don’t remember much but in the end every-one within 400 meters was dead.

I have never forgotten that my father asked me to pray in preparation for heaven. I used to pray every day with my family but when my family died, I stopped praying. For five years I did not pray.

A few years later I was asking myself why my family who had prayed was all now dead. Where are they now?

But I had confidence that my family and friends who perished were in heaven. I real-ized that if I was ever going to see my family again, I needed to start praying again. The way to see my family again was through prayer.

“In the Bible it says that there is only one way to heaven—Jesus Christ. If you are to get to heaven, it can only be through Jesus Christ. For me Jesus Christ is the way to heaven and the way to God.”

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Imagine if it was 1 million, white, middle-upper class people trafficked every year! There would be wars over this. It would be a big deal.” When confronted with such a seemingly insurmount-able problem, many of us would just change the channel. But as human beings and (especially) as believers, our reaction must be different. We must understand that some things go hand-in-hand...like faith and action.

I asked Lamont how we could help, knowing full well that most of us would be unable to hop on a plane to Thailand tomorrow, and he gave me 3 tips to pass along:

-- Learn -- Visit the websites at the end of this article and empower yourself to empower others. Also, start a justice-based Bible study.

“It was almost like a second conversion to me when I started looking at God’s heart for justice on behalf of the oppressed.”

-- Join -- Become an abolitionist with Love146 or another organization.

“You’ll be inspired as part of a group.”

-- Act -- You can act by giving of your money or

your time (more details available, again, at the websites). Also, consider pursuing careers that can further the abolitionists’ cause (legal, investi-gative, social work, counseling, etc...)

“Whether you’re a businessman or artist or stay at home mom, use your voice.”

By the time I got off the phone with Lamont, I’d almost forgotten that he was a musician. But then I remembered a comment he made at the begin-ning of our conversation which helped put things back together again.

“Some think it’s odd that I do justice-related work now, but I think it’s quite a natural progression. When you read the Psalms it’s almost like David gets frantic singing one minute to God, the next about justice issues. The wicked and the op-pressed. I think it’s just natural for those of us who aspire to love God to also aspire to love our neigh-bors, as Jesus taught us to.”

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