You are visible evidence of an invisible God. This is nothing short of a miraculous daily occurrence. It is also God’s plan for reaching the world with the message of the gospel of welcome, Grace Turned Outward. Don’t sell yourself short.
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. Hebrews 11:1,3
This is big. This is a big thought — probably the biggest thought you will ever have. For that reason, it’s not something you necessarily carry around in your head all the time. It’s a little too big for that. It’s something you can know and believe, but forget trying to get your arms around it.
by Marti Fischer
From traditional Christian thinking to reaching outside the walls of the church, outside ourselves, John believes it is vital for Christians to recognize and learn how to participate in God’s business to bring men, women, and their children to Him. He has know the Lord almost since birth, chewed on the Word before he had teeth, and has served Him all of his days.
On the other hand, I am a Pagan by birth, prone to pick things up and put them in my mouth as I go, and liable at any time to suggest Jesus pick up His pace. I have no problem making the antagonist a part of the solution or sidling up to evil to coax the requisite good out of it. The consequences to this often include being stabbed in the back or toasted over coals. Yet I cannot imagine living any other way. It is all I know.
On December 1, 2018, The Catch Ministry, Inc. enters a new era. We will be launching an online radio station which will be a new expression of Grace Turned Outward to the World. The station will be called Music the Matters, a name that describes exactly what kind of music we will be playing. We will be playing music that matters from any era and from anybody. You will be hearing music from artists you love that you may not have heard from in a long time, followed by music so new, you’ve never heard it before. You will hear a secular rap song up next to a song by Nancy Honeytree, but whatever you hear, it will have this one thing in common with every other song on this station … it will matter.
Music that Matters Radio has the support and participation of many of the original Jesus Music artists such as Barry McGuire, Randy Stonehill, Paul Clark, and of course will be featuring songs by Larry Norman, Keith Green and Rich Mullins, artists who died too soon for those of us who love their music. Just as importantly, there will be songs by current artists such as Toby Mac, La Crae, and Kirk Franklin. Not to mention a good number of secular songs thrown in — songs by Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, U2, and Dirty Money — songs that, if they don’t present an answer, are nonetheless asking the right questions. There are so many truthful songs in secular music that putting them in a different context will help show off their true colors. These are songs that make you think. Songs that matter.
Though music will be the anchor of the station, we will have some talk — stimulating, thought-provoking. Hosted radio shows and interviews will center around the singer/songwriters, speakers, and influencers’ experiences at the time when Jesus Music was being born. Where have their paths led them over the years, and ultimately where do they see Christianity moving to or away from in the next decades. These are people with very distinct views of Christianity. They epitomize the best of the best of a movement that blew fresh air through the Church and society in general. The wind is blowing again. The hope is that we will change the social and religious debate in the United States by reminding listeners that the present suburban Christianity is a child of the Jesus Movement celebrated in the bars of Las Vegas and parent to a Christianity yet to see the light of twenty-first century day.
The purpose of the station is to provide a new way of looking at a time and a generation that laid the basis for today’s Christianity. We are seeking to partner with those singer/songwriters, speakers, and influencers who can speak to the social and religious upheavals of the ‘60s and ‘70s and can bring the discussion forward for those in their twenties and thirties who are currently undergoing the same societal stresses and asking many of the same questions.
We ultimately want to provide a forum for the coming together of Boomers and Millennials for the furtherance of the kingdom of God — a connection that has been researched and studied by sociologists though no one has actually joined up to work towards the same goal. We believe we can.
“You don’t get to die unless you’ve done something significant.” -Marti Fischer
We want to feature Jesus Music for any age. Jesus Music then and now. Jesus Music is not only confined to the ‘60s and ‘70s; it is the spirit of the music that can and has resurfaced in every generation since. What is Jesus Music if it isn’t honest, transparent, passionate about Jesus and the gospel, and wanting everyone to know?
By now it should be obvious that this station is not about nostalgia. We want to pull from the past what applies to today. We believe the movement of God that many of us experienced 50 years ago can happen again. Indeed we believe it has already begun for the Millennials. That’s why we intend to play the music forward. It is not music ensconced in some distant echo chamber of the past, but it is alive today — as alive as it ever was. For we are creating nothing less than what we had — the sound track for a revolution.
Now it’s up to you. This can’t happen without your support. There will be no launch without you. The Catch needs $14,400 to get these new ventures we’re telling you about off the ground. This radio station has captured me. I hope it can stir you to where you can make it you’re own. Please click on the button and give generously and cheerfully. This country needs a spiritual Millennial movement. The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Billy Graham, London Crusade, 1989
Dear Citizens of the Catch Community:
This Catch begins with an understanding of how Grace is doing its work specific to the Catch. It is followed by a question to our more experienced members. Next you will find a television commercial script. We ask you to use your imagination and see the story in your mind’s eye. We follow the ad with a challenge that requires your vote.
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.” (Matthew 13:31-32)
Ray Stedman — well-known pastor and respected Bible teacher at Peninsula Bible Church, Palo Alto, California in the 1970s and ‘80s — had a bold interpretation of this parable of Jesus. He pointed out that the mustard plant does not become a tree. It is mostly a low-lying plant that grows about 2 or 3 feet high and fills a hillside with beautiful yellow flowers. In some cases it can get up to 5 or 6 feet tall, but even then, it does not have branches that would support birds or bird’s nests. Its growth is not upward and sturdy, it is outward and fragile. Vulnerable might be a good word.
Excessive attachment to political parties agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one party against another, and opens the door to foreign influence and corruption. – George Washington
Where is George when we need him?
For that matter, where is Fred when we need him? I can’t get that kid out of my mind — the young man who dressed up as Mister Rogers for Halloween. He had to be all of 12 
years old, if that. Does he know that Mister Rogers is the antithesis to everything the prevailing male attitude stands for in America today? Does he realize he picked the one image that is terribly missing?
If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you!
— Proverbs 27:11
As some of you already know, our street is famous on Halloween. We are now written up in the “Things To Do” columns of all the local newspapers; even the Los Angeles Times. Our street and the next block over are blocked off to vehicular traffic starting at 4:30pm, which is when the first and littlest goblins, princesses and firefighters start showing up. The picture above was taken in front of our house at 5 pm — the night not even in full swing yet, and you can barely move out there. The blue awning, visible in the upper left corner of the picture, is where the local radio station is set up, playing music until 9:30pm, holding costume contests for kids and adults, and hosting dancing in the street.
John Fischer The Catch 