“They tried to make me go to rehab,” she sang on her world-conquering 2006 single, “Rehab.” “I said ‘No, no no.’”

These words should become a postcard for every high school across America and handed out on the first day of class.  Amy Winehouse dead at 27 – had her whole life ahead of her.   A young lady who gained all that the world had to offer – but it was not enough to make her happy, to keep her happy – and now she is past this life.  Like Janis Joplin Ms. Winehouse also had a talent for self destruction, and fought a long battle against substance abuse –  had a life that was ALMOST a fairy tale – but sadly this had no fairy tale ending.

Drugs, Alcohol, Racism , Eating disorders and destructive relationships- all forms of self expression and self medicating…  a life in trouble with no one to do an intervention long enough to make it stick.

If you had the chance to spend just 24 hours with her what would you have said or done to try to break this destructive cycle?

Hymnals -Just a worn out tire or what?

Today on the way home I saw someone throw something out of their car – it looked like a book.

Intrigued – I stopped and went to pick it up.   This is not really like me – but for some unknown reason I felt compelled to go and get that book.

After pulling over I got out and walked over to the book, picked it up and found it to be an Old hymnal.

This got me to thinking about the many messages hidden in the hymnal – Are they still relevant or just old like the tires in the picture above?

Could it be that the Gospel has changed?    Or is it something else.

Why don’t people continue to to sing these hymns?   It is as if the message is no longer relevant –   Have we, the church, lost something so important in our  misguided attempt to be contemporary, relevant, and progressive?

I then kicked over the radio – and heard David Crowder singing “All Creatures of Your God and King” –   I at once thought about how the Bible speaks and says “Even the Rocks will cry out…”     Here on this paper – in this book I can hear a Tree Extolling God’s Glory.

I really wish we had more like the David Crowder Band because the messages contained in this old book – thrown out into the corn field on Miami Trace Road in Fayette County has something more than just a Treble Clef and a few notes –   Contained within are the Joyous words of a Christian Heritage Glorifying the same God who was the same Yesteryear – as He is Today as He will Forever be.

Alice Cooper was a guest on the Christian program “The Harvest Show” recently to talk about his Solid Rock Foundation — a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to helping youth and teens.

An amazing story about a preachers kid who ran from the faith – that has come back.