To all of my faithful followers. I have so very much to catch you up on and a lot to share, however...I definitely wanted to share my excitement and of course my PROUD mom emotion upon hearing the following words written about CALEB (the name Caleb and Will Franklin are using for their band name). The following is a forward that I received after the boys opened for Amy Grant in Florida on January 21st. I just had to share a couple of pics with you and let you read what someone is saying about my boys!!!!! Please pray for them as it appears that their career in music has begun! They start the Casting Crowns tour on February 4 and will be doing 40 plus shows with them. Pray God's protection as they begin to steward their story and their experiences well. I believe in them, and I know that they will use their platform to make much of the ONE who saw fit to bless them with their talent. Now as they begin to give to others, may many come to know the Giver of life, and the One who holds my Maria...
Here are the words that were written
Last night Caleb opened for Amy Grant in Orlando, FL. While the band was playing, the radio programmer for Z 88.3 in Orlando, a key reporting station, posted this to a radio program director e-mail forum read by our industry’s key radio professionals
Subject: The future of Christian musicI am sitting here in a church in Orlando FL watching the future of Christian music. CALEB (the band name Caleb & Will Franklin Chapman use for their new group)... is fresh, edgy, modern, cool and all the same powerful.
Their song WAIT is as good (maybe better) than most of the songs on the radio now. Remember the name. CALEB looks like his dad, but is doing his own thing.
~jeff cruz
Thank you Z 88.3!!!
I was there and they were wonderful. Caleb has a great voice and has a wonderful way about him on stage. Music was meaningful and well done! Just know God has great things in store for them! MaryBeth, I am so happy they are using their talents for Him!
Posted by: Maureen | January 23, 2010 at 11:10 AM
How exciting! You have every right to be a PROUD Momma. May CHRIST continue to bless your family.
Posted by: Gigisullivan | January 23, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Awesome!! We live in Orlando and the "Z" is the best radio station in the nation in our opinion!! :o) Great job guys!!
Posted by: Kelly | January 23, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Oh wow..what great praise for the boys! You and SCC must be busting buttons now!
Posted by: Brenda | January 23, 2010 at 11:00 AM
I'm praising God with tears in my eyes! Y'all have all been in our prayers!!! God's furnace is hot but the yeided product give's Him more glory!
Paint on clay vessels is easilly wiped off until fired in a kiln. The temps for pottery and porcelain are between 1200 and 2500 degrees F. He holds His own together as we go through the fire! We, the vessels can trust unswervingly, the Hand of the Potter. I know you know this, it's more for lurkers. ;)
Posted by: Tanya Johnson | January 23, 2010 at 10:56 AM
So exciting! I can't help but think of them -- not all that long ago -- on stage with their dad when they performed under the band name Two Car Garage. (Which was your idea, as I recall.) They've come a long way since "Football in the Air," but I knew then that they were destined for greatness. :) LOVE IT!!! (By the way, it was my concert photos that were used in CCM magazine in the boys' first published spotlight as a band. I was then and still am very honored by that!)
Cherish in Nashville
Posted by: Cherish | January 23, 2010 at 10:56 AM
That is WONDERFUL! I am so happy for the boys! You should be a proud mamma!
Posted by: Jamie Jo | January 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Praise be to God!! What a wonderful proud Mom moment! And I love hearing my boys sing his songs around the house....truth is seeping into their hearts through CALEB's music.
Posted by: Michele Hall | January 23, 2010 at 10:38 AM
I totally agree!!!!!!!!!! I have both of Caleb's ep's and they are awesome!! I would love to hear them on the radio very very soon!! I wish I could have seen them at the concert! When I heard they were opening the concert I was very upset I wasn't going to be there!!!!!! :-)
Posted by: mindy | January 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM
How awesome is that! You and SCC have done a great job raising your boys. I'm glad to know that as my girls grow, they'll have good music to listen to that was written/recorded by men of integrity.
Posted by: jill | January 23, 2010 at 10:33 AM