The Dove Awards 2017

What good are awards shows?  Have you ever asked that?

It's a good question. 

At LIFE 100.3, the music contains the message we want to get out there. 

The music in a way IS the ministry. 

We are a radio station, and you tune in to hear your favorite songs.

Those songs are written and performed by artists.  These artists have lived the music.

They have written the lyrics you sing, the tunes you hum and perform the songs at concerts in your town.  (Or one close to you.)

At LIFE we want to connect with the artists as much as possible because it allows YOU to hear from them about the "why".  The reasons they do what they do. 

The artists convey stories of God's love through their music and through their lives.  I love that.

The songs always have a deeper message than the one you hear.

These artists make themselves vulnerable sometimes on a daily basis.  They share their pain and victories. They share their weaknesses, they share their doubts.  They share their struggles, and we echo their words with "Me to."

For an artist to have an idea, and then to write a song, then to perform and practice that song, then to record and then market and promote that song, take countless hours!  Those are hours that take a toll on them physically and sometimes emotionally.

They spend time away from their families on the road, making little money, all for the love of what they do, and the hope that what they have put out there will in some way touch a heart and change a life.  Maybe YOUR life.

Awards shows in other industries, can be mostly self-serving.  Awards shows in Christian music are just an extension of the ministry!

I've been to two GMA Awards shows now and each time I am so impressed by the commitment of each artist to what they do.

The crowd grows in Nashville.

It's easy just to accept an award, thank Jesus and your agent and family and then sit down, but it always goes further than that!  The importance of the impact of gospel music is always highlighted, and artist always are thankful they are a part of something way bigger then themselves.

Bart Millard from MercyMe.

Chris Tomlin.

It's also an excuse to get dressed up and celebrate a little!

Awards shows.  I like 'em, but for the right reasons!