Christmas is a joyous time. But it can also a challenging one for church praise bands. Contemporary worship is not really the place where you want to launch into a sleepy, organ-laden arrangement of “Silent Night.” Yet, some members of your congregation long to hear these traditional Christmas tunes. So what’s a praise band to do? Find some great, contemporary arrangements of familiar carols. Here are a few...

Third Day will play two concerts in Indiana as part of its 45-city Miracle tour in the spring. The band, which releases its new album Miracle on Tuesday, will play March 8 at St. Francis University in Fort Wayne and May 2 at Carmel’s Northview Church. Joining Third Day on the tour will be American Idol finalist Colton Dixon and singer-songwriter Josh Wilson. I Need a Miracle, a song from Third Day’s forthcoming album, already...

For years, my wife has insisted that Third Day‘s lead singer Mac Powell sounds just like country rebel Travis Tritt. I’ve never really agreed. But now that Powell has released a country album, it’s time to acquiesce and explore the five ways Christian rocker Mac Powell is like Travis Tritt.   1. They’ve both been know to sing some Elvis. Tritt had a hit with “T-R-O-U-B-L-E.” Powell prefers Christmas...

Christmas is a joyous time. But it can also a challenging one for church praise bands. Contemporary worship is not really the place where you want to launch into a sleepy, organ-laden arrangement of “Silent Night.” Yet, some members of your congregation long to hear these traditional Christmas tunes. So what’s a praise band to do? Find some great, contemporary arrangements of familiar carols. Here are a few...

I went to the MercyMe/Third Day concert believing that MercyMe was my favorite Christian band. I left the show Wednesday night at the Indiana State Fair knowing that Third Day is my favorite Christian band in concert. You can’t often say that a band sounds better live than on its recordings, but Mac Powell and his Third Day buddies pulled off that feat Wednesday night. The anthemic songs on the band’s latest disc “Move” just don’t...