Help a Cinderalla Story in March Madness, Get 2 Free Downloads, Win a CD

They're called "Cinderella stories:" underdog teams that find themselves in a tournament they don't seem to belong in. You've probably heard of a few: The Milan High basketball team (fictionalized as Hickory in Hoosiers). The 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs. The 1954 New York Giants. Reformed Praise.

Reformed who? Yep. As you've probably read, one of our songs, "There Is No Sin That I Have Done," made its way into LifeWay Worship's "March Madness" event, in which 16 songs are pitted against each other for people to vote. We were surprised to see it included, let alone be seeded #2, amongst great song-writers like Chris Tomlin, Keith Getty, Chris Tomlin, Stuart Tomlin, and Chris Tomlin (...there's kind of a theme) and songs recorded by major artists,  like Casting Crowns and Chris Tomlin.

(Truth be told: I think a tourney-style competition with worship songs is a bit odd--even more so if we lose. :)  It's probably like giving "book of the year" awards to study bibles and books and such. But, in the end, we're hoping it will be helpful in getting Reformed Praise's Gospel-centered worship songs into more churches.)

So, here's the deal: It's the fourth quarter. We're getting whipped. Bad. 65%-35%. Casting Crowns (a published, popular, radio-played band) is absolutely wiping the floor with us. Most of the people in the stands have left to get in their cars and beat the traffic. The game is being preempted by re-runs, re-runs of Lassie.

But, voting doesn't end until Monday at noon.

So, would you consider helping us by encouraging your friends, your blog-readers, your dog to vote for "There Is No Sin"?

Free Downloads

To celebrate our inclusion, we're giving away a free download of the song all month on our website.

Likewise, when you vote at LifeWay Worship, you get a code for a free download.

Free CD

Also, each week that we remain in the event, I'll be giving away a free copy of our CD, Merciful to Me. You can enter up to four times:

1. Vote (it doesn't have to be for us...I'm not buying votes here. This ain't Chicago.)
2. "Like" this post (or post a link) on Facebook. (Posting it on your wall is cool too.)
3. Post a recommendation to vote for our song on your blog (and link to this post).
4. Send this on to your friends.

Leave a comment letting me know which ways you've entered. I'll draw a winner on Monday. We'll rerun the contest next week, giving away 2 CDs, if we're still in.

If we get beat, I'll be inside my locker...crying...listening to Casting Crowns. (It's a good song.)