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The Crossover Connection Week 30: A Modern Christian Version of the Doobie Brothers

Posted on August 26, 2023 by expressyourself4him

Depending upon what music critic you prefer, today’s featured group is a mix between Christian blues and southern rock. I was fortunate to attend one of Three Crosses concerts in Chicago with my wife’s youth group while Leanne was still in youth ministry. Three Crosses’ most famous member is featured guitarist Andrew Krizan of the Spin Doctors.

For there was also an inscription above Him [l]in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew: This is the King of the Jews. 39 One of the criminals who was suspended kept up a railing at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ (the Messiah)? Rescue Yourself and us [[m]from death]! 40 But the other one reproved him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation and suffering the same penalty? 41 And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing [n]strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable]. 42 Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come [o]in Your kingly glory! – Luke 23:38-42

While Three Crosses’ debut album was mainly soft rock mixed with gospel music, the Jefferson Street album brings me back to my days of high school blaring the Doobie Brothers. One of the hit songs Welcome to the Jesus Movement hints to the Doobie Brothers classic Jesus is Just Alright with Me. If you liked the Doobie Brothers for their music, I hope you enjoy Three Crosses this week.

by Jay Mankus

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Its Not Funny Anymore

Posted on December 9, 2016 by expressyourself4him

I guess you can say I grew up in the Cheech and Chong Era.  Richard “Cheech” Moran and Tommy Chong met in Canada in the late sixties; then became famous for their comedy routines and films.  Movies like Up in Smoke glorified pot smoking, encouraging Americans to laugh and embrace the concept of getting high.  This genre spawned characters like Jeff Spicoli played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and the Doobie Brothers.  I bought into this movement, laughing with everyone else.  However, a recent death has helped me realize that its not funny anymore.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1.

Earlier in the week, I heard the news that Rashaan Salaam had passed away.  Salaam was the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner and the number one draft pick of the Chicago Bears.  I moved to Chicago the same year he was drafted.  In 1996, I met Rashaan while I was an Assistant Store manager of the Michael Jordan Golf Shop at the Woodfield Mall.  Unlike most celebrities, Rashaan was humble and quiet, not trying to bring attention to himself.  I saw him a couple of times after that, but never spoke with him.  While nursing a leg injury which kept him out of the 1998 NFL season, Salaam admitted to reporters that he was hooked on marijuana during his rehab.

A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, Ecclesiastes 3:4.

According to reports, Salaam’s death appears to have been ruled a suicide.  Beside the note Rashaan left behind, nobody will ever know for sure why he took his own life.  Perhaps, 6 years of playing professional football took a toll on his body.  Maybe, there was some sort of depression or regret from not living up to the expectations of being a former Heisman Trophy winner.  Whatever the reason, drugs cut this young man’s life short.  Some where along the way, Rashaan believed the lies of Hollywood that smoking pot won’t harm you.  How many more people have to die before America wakes up to see its not funny anymore?

by Jay Mankus

 

 

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