{"id":6924,"date":"2016-02-05T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=6924"},"modified":"2016-02-05T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T20:33:00","slug":"singer-jeannie-ortega-on-letting-go-and-letting-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/02\/singer-jeannie-ortega-on-letting-go-and-letting-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Singer Jeannie Ortega on letting go and letting God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Healing Music.<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeannieo.com\/\"> Jeannie Ortega<\/a>, who I have come to know through some Mastermedia events, was just 19 when she found success as a recording artist via the hit 2006 album <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No_Place_Like_BKLYN\"><em>No Place Like BKLYN.<\/em><\/a> Here she is talking about her personal faith journey and her current indiegogo campaign.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Jeannie Ortega | Shining Light - Album Campaign Promo | JeannieO.com (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2UPnWhMC3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here she is singing the inspirational <em>Grace Won&#8217;t Let Me Go<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Jeannie Ortega | &quot;Grace Wont Let Me Go&quot; | TBN Salsa (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKFKZnB5_BI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Healing Music. Jeannie Ortega, who I have come to know through some Mastermedia events, was just 19 when she found success as a recording artist via the hit 2006 album No Place Like BKLYN. 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