Video of the Day: My Tribute

Andraé Crouch

Andraé Edward Crouch was born in San Francisco, California on July 1, 1942

When Andraé was eleven, his father began pastoring a church, he called Andrae to the front and asked “Andrae, if God gave you the gift of music to play and sing for him would you do it for his glory all your life?” Andraé replied, “Yeah daddy.” It seems cliche, but the rest is an amazing history of music composition and ministry.

Crouch formed The Disciples in 1965 while he was attending Valley Junior College in California. At the urging of Ralph Carmichael, Crouch began recording his work in 1968. The Disciples appeared on The Tonight Show in 1972 and later appeared at The Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall.

He was a key figure in the Jesus Movement in the 1960s and 1970s and was instrumental in the development of contemporary Christian music.

Andraé Crouch has composed for Michael Jackson and Madonna and worked on The Lion King. Crouch has won several awards, including eight Grammy’s. One of his most famous songs, “My Tribute“, is included in the United Methodist Hymnal.

Following the death of his father in 1994, Andraé assumed the position as Senior Pastor at Christ Memorial Church of God in Christ in Pacoima, California.



365 Things I Believe: Jesus Asks

I once described The Hole in Our Gospel as “A Dangerous Book.” It certainly made me look at Christianity a little differently. It’s a book that takes Christians out of their comfort zone, and that’s a good thing.

The older I get and the longer I try to walk in faith, the more I realize that Christ’s view of the world, and of us, may be radically different than what I’ve always believed.

Richard Stearns says, The Kingdom of God, which Christ said is “within you” (Luke 17:21 NKJV), was intended to change and challenge everything in our fallen world in the here and now. It was not meant to be a way to leave the world but rather the means to actually redeem it.

I believe this.

365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially launched the blog 365 Things I Believe because I think there are important things I have to say. There are eternal truths that are non-debatable, although I realize they’re not universally accepted. So for a year I did a daily post of one thing I believe to be an indisputable truth. I’m relaunching here at The Write Side of My Brain and will continue through the next year to re-post (mostly) from the original project.

This time graphics and commentary are included. You can buy today’s print here. And, by the end of a year, if not sooner, you’ll be able to purchase the entire series in ebook format.