How Brad Paisley and his wife are changing lives.

The Secret of Significance.

This is Dr. Jim Denison's The Daily Article Podcast for Monday, April 8th, 2019.

Keith Urban won Entertainer of the Year at last night's Academy of Country Music Awards.

Thomas Wrette and Casey Musgraves won male and female artist of the year.

But, in my opinion,

the most significant achievement in country music came earlier in the week. Brad Paisley and his

wife, Kimberly, broke ground on a Nashville grocery store that is unlike any I know.

Customers will walk through the aisles selecting fruit, vegetable, cereal, and other groceries.

Then they will check out at the register. However,

no money will change hands. The Paisley's partnered with Belmont University, a Christian

university and Brad's alma mater, building the store next to the school's ministry center.

They hope to serve 3,000 impoverished people a year. Their Christian faith is on clear display in a way that

will impact lives far beyond Nashville.

Many years ago, I attended a church growth conference led by Rick Warren at Saddleback Church

in California.

His approach was not at all what I expected.

I assumed Rick would talk about his church's leadership structure, ministry organization,

and marketing strategy.

Instead, he spent most of the conference discussing the importance of spiritual health, ministry organization, and marketing strategy. Instead, he spent most of the conference

discussing the importance of spiritual health, for himself, his leadership team, and their members.

He explained his passionate focus on spirituality this way. All healthy things grow. Plant a tree in

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