{"id":3851,"date":"2011-08-08T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T15:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2011-08-08T11:54:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T15:54:41","slug":"30-day-christian-music-challenge-day-1-all-time-favorite-christian-song-or-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/08\/30-day-christian-music-challenge-day-1-all-time-favorite-christian-song-or-hymn.html","title":{"rendered":"30 Day Christian Music Challenge: Day 1 All time favorite Christian song or hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re playing along with the Gospel Soundcheck 30 Day Christian Music Challenge, feel free to share your Day 1 response.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is: this is actually going to be a really tough challenge for me to do &#8211; and I wrote it! That&#8217;s because, unlike books or movies, music changes with my moods. To say &#8220;favorite&#8221; anything musical\u00a0is almost impossible for me. One day I love a song, the next it sounds like nails on chalk board. I&#8217;m wishy washy that way. But I&#8217;ll give it a shot &#8211; and I hope you will too. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/08\/30-day-gospel-soundcheck-christian-music-challenge.html#more-3822\" target=\"_blank\">Especially on &#8220;interactive&#8221; challenge days!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1 &#8211; All time favorite Christian song or hymn: <\/strong>I can&#8217;t pick one favorite, so\u00a0I&#8217;ll pick a beloved hymn, since I love hymns. And I&#8217;ll go with &#8220;How Great Thou Art.&#8221;\u00a0 And if you&#8217; re going to hear the song, who better to sing than the great George Beverly Shea. Or Elvis.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWbsnfHdIGs\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWbsnfHdIGs<\/a>\n<iframe title=\"Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nf0vJiyeLIo?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>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the\u00a0entire <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/08\/30-day-gospel-soundcheck-christian-music-challenge.html#more-3822\" target=\"_blank\">list of the 30 Day Gospel Soundcheck Christian Music Challenge.<\/a>\u00a0Start with Day 1 and share your favorite Christian and gospel music songs!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re playing along with the Gospel Soundcheck 30 Day Christian Music Challenge, feel free to share your Day 1 response. 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