Martin Smith, in explaining to me the calling he felt to organize the CompassionArt ministry, said he felt responsible as a “person with a microphone.” In other words, he felt he needed to use his opportunities, his public voice, well. It got me thinking about the voice that I have in this blog, and on the CMCentral website. No, I don’t have the world’s attention like Martin Smith and the Delirious members might… but you’re reading this right now, aren’t you? I’ve been praying and asking the Lord for a while now to show me how to use well the opportunities afforded by this website to advance the Kingdom, to do good and not harm.

I believe our Social Justice Features, and the new Learning Curve Feature, are a result of that prayer and the desire of myself and the Salem Publishing team to use our opportunities wisely. We enjoy informing readers of artists like Martin Smith who use their public platform to serve the poor, or Amanda Falk who has a heart to see teenage girls resist the culture’s sick messages of body values, or Michael Gungor who cares as much about unifying the Body of Christ for good works as he does about selling records. These are some of our Social Justice Features coming up.

We also believe artists like Chris Nesbitt and Barry Blaze, both of whom shared honestly about times of challenge and struggle in the midst of ministry, have much to say of value, beyond their obvious musical talents. You will hear of their stories and others in our new Learning Curve features. We may not have large platforms or microphones, but we do want to honor the Lord in the way we serve our readers. Oh, and thanks for visiting and reading. We couldn’t do our part without you .

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