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Back In Business

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 6, 2019

If you’re a regular reader, and you have a very keen eye, and you noticed that my blog posts this past Sunday and Monday looked and felt just a wee-bit different than normal – then you were right. I wrote, compiled, and posted those two blog posts via my iPad (latest model) rather than via my traditional desktop computer system (with monitor, keyboard and mouse). I’m not used to using my new iPad as an actual computer, but I was forced to do just that for several days this week. (It actually worked out much better than expected.)

I had to use my iPad (and iPhone) as computers because I awoke on Sunday morning to the dreaded Windows 10 blue screen of death (“critical process died”) on my traditional computer ! I was also receiving horrifying “1720-SMART Hard Drive detects imminent failure” errors upon bootup. That’s right – disaster struck out of nowhere. Nevertheless I remained surprisingly calm, cool, and collective during the ordeal.

The next day (Monday) I took my computer over to Best Buy’s Geek Squad. They were friendly, knowledgeable, and professional from start to finish, and within 24 hours they had my computer up-and-running with a brand new hard drive installed and all of my folders and files backed-up onto it.

I’m back in business. I have a lot of configuring to do now (since it’s just like using a new computer), but I don’t mind configuring programs. I’ll probably configure them better than ever before. It doesn’t appear that I’ve lost anything at all. It’s a miracle !

The next time disaster strikes with my computer system (or iPad) I shall not hesitate to take it to my new friends over at the Geek Squad. They did good work !

So an all-new weekend of blogging has begun. I’ll be back tomorrow (Friday) night with “My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2009”. Tonight I’m headed up to Fort Lauderdale to see “Weird Al” Yankovic LIVE in concert. I’ve been a fan since I was 16 years old. (Now I’m 52.) I’ll post my review of that show tomorrow night.

My Top 10 Hits – Week 120

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 3, 2019

Every Monday night I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 02ND 2019:

“Born Again” – Austin French [# 1 last week / 14TH week on chart]
“Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co. [2 / 15TH]
“Resurrecting” – Elevation Worship [3 / 8TH]
“Alive” – Big Daddy Weave [4 / 12TH]
“Greatness Of Our God” – Newsboys [5 / 15TH]
“Prize Worth Fighting For” – Jamie Kimmett [8 / 8TH]
“Is He Worthy ?” – Chris Tomlin [6 / 9TH]
“Greater Things” – Mack Brock [9 / 3RD]
”Build My Life” – Pat Barrett [- / 5TH]
“Scars” – I AM THEY [10 / 4TH]

# 1 One Year Ago This Week:
“The Way (New Horizon)” – Pat Barrett

# 1 Two Years Ago This Week:
“Live Like You’re Loved” – Hawk Nelson

Austin French remains at # 1 for a 2ND week with the adopted theme song of the past (nearly) 13 years of my life. I am “Born Again” !

♫ I was down on my luck. I was stuck. I was running ’round broken-hearted. I was sinking so fast. I couldn’t last. Falling apart. And You could’ve ran away. Leaving me there in my shame. Leaving me fighting my pain. But You made a better way. ♫

This upcoming Sunday night starting at 9 PM EDT (U.S. East Coast time) I’ll be watching the K-LOVE Fan Awards on TBN, and I’ll be live-tweeting during the show @ChrisMDay.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again next weekend – 4 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. Enjoy this week my friends. I’m on Twitter @ChrisMDay, and I’m also the man behind the tweets for my church @LivingWatersHFL. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. AMEN.

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Today was another great day with my church family at Living Waters. We celebrated my birthday today with our tradition of coming up to the front of the sanctuary, putting on a birthday hat, holding up a birthday card, and watching on as everyone sings the traditional “Happy Birthday” song. That’s always a lot of fun. We do that about every 2 or 3 Sundays as each new birthday approaches.

Our Lead Pastor continued his sermon series on faith. It was based on Scripture from both the Old Testament (Genesis) and the New Testament (Matthew).

Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind Him. She touched the fringe of His robe, for she thought – “If I can just touch His robe – I will be healed.” Jesus turned around, and when He saw her he said, “Daughter – be encouraged ! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at that moment. (Matthew 9:20-22 NLT)

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1967

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date May 31, 2019

Every Friday night I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 10, 20, or 30 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

This week it’s a special. My birthday is coming up next Wednesday, and the festivities have already begun ! I’ll be 52, and so this week I look back at the Top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 when I was born. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 04TH 1967:

“Respect” – Aretha Franklin
“Groovin'” – The Young Rascals
“I Got Rhythm” – The Happenings
“Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)” – Engelbert Humperdinck
“Creeque Alley” – The Mamas & The Papas

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As I was entering the world these were the biggest hits on AM pop radio stations from coast to coast. I know 3 of the 5 hits above (from Aretha Franklin, The Young Rascals, and Engelbert Humperdinck. My Grandmom was a huge fan of Engelbert, and she had most of her 33s and 45s. Kids, Teens, & Millennials – 33s were what we called “albums” (multiple songs), and 45s were the “singles” of the day. We went to the local record store to buy our music on vinyl, and we played them on “record players”. #GoodTimes

Starting next Friday night it’s a slight format change for “My Top 5 Hits RETRO”. Every month (starting with June) I’ll be following this rotation:

1ST Friday = 2009 = 10 years ago this weekend
2ND Friday = 2004 = 15 years ago this weekend
3RD Friday = 1999 = 20 years ago this weekend
4TH Friday = 1989 = 30 years ago this weekend

For those months with a 5TH Friday (such as today) I’ll be doing a special.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday afternoon and Monday night with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Until then – enjoy your Saturday. Make great memories that will last a lifetime !

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