Back in January we were introduced to the concept of My One Word.  Instead of making a new year resolution, narrow your focus on what you want to be this year into just "one word". Lisa chose the word "Dream", while I (Eric) chose "Present".  Today we caught up with the man who came up with the idea - Pastor Mike Ashcraft of Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC - and he shared that it's never too late in the year to come up with your word. 

If you haven't chosen your word, click here for some ideas.  If you already have your word for the year - what is it and has it helped you focus this year?

All the votes are in and we have a winner! Congratulations to Jeff Davis from Arizona - Jeff is the grand prize winner of K-LOVE's Jars of Clay Rewind contest! Jeff won a trip to Indianapolis to get a VIP experience at one of only four Jars of Clay Rewind concerts, where they'll perform their debut album in it's entirety. Check out Jeff's winning video ...

Ron White of Fort Worth, Texas has a lot of 'mental muscle'. The Navy Vet recently won for the second year in a row the annual USA memory Championship. Some of events included memorizing the names of 99 people and their pictures, a 50-line poem in free verse and over 100 single numbers in the right order.

Ron now prepares for the World Championships in China in November and should do pretty well - right now, he can memorize the order of a deck of cards in just over a minute.

For more on Ron and his techniques, check out his website.

Before you go to bed Saturday, don't forget to "Spring Forward" (unless you live in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, etc.). Otherwise, you'll be late for church Sunday morning. For more on Daylight Saving Time - including those helpful time saving tips that Amy Baummann shared on the air with us, click here.

The band Chasen joined us this morning performing a couple of songs off their new album "That Was Then, This Is Now", including their song "On and On" (click to listen).  The guys in Chasen were great sports - even agreeing to record a video for this week's "Jars of Clay Rewind" contest on K-LOVE.  Not sure if their version of "Flood" is eligible to win, but they sure had fun!

How cool is this - the world's first amusement park of it's kind - 25 acres of fun for children and adults with special needs ... Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, Texas!  The park not only includes rides, but a water play area, a sensory village - even wheelchair swings.

Haiti - "A Call To Fasting & Prayer" from anthony gehin on Vimeo.

We are so moved and inspired by the people of Haiti, who recently took 3 days to fast and pray. As we approach Easter, you may be giving up something up for Lent, or maybe just joining us in a partial fast for the month of March ... all in an attempt to get our hearts really ready for Easter Sunday. Not so much about what we'll wear on Easter or easter eggs and candy, but instead yearning to fully wrap our brains and hearts around the meaning of Christ's sacrifice and resurrection.

This video from the David Crowder Band really speaks to the message of Easter ... how much God loves us.

  Click the picture to see "How He Loves"

Plumb, aka Tiffany Arbuckle, stopped by the show Wednesday morning. You may know her from her song on K-LOVE "Beautiful History", which she sang live (listen here). Plumb also shared how some of her music has become a hit on the dance charts.

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.  He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.

 God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure.  And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.  Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

Ephesians 1:4-11 NLT