Jars of Clay has become quite famous as of late, known the world over! When Ricky Martin met the band in '98, he called them, "humble joes." We recently managed to track down Scott Savage, former drummer. Boyish and shy, he refused to comment what his band experience was like. "A childish answer!" my friend complained...but she brightened up when we found and located Steve Mason and Matt Odmark! Mason was buying out baby supply brand names--Pampers and Super-flo! Odmark explained that it was for his son Evan. So, we can all be rest assured that the Jars are down to earth as ever. Even after working twenty-four seven on their new album If I Left the Zoo (which deals with animal rights), they have remained humble.

Jars carries a hopeful message of God's power displayed in the frailty of man; a message transcending race, ethnicity, and age. I realized just how big they'd gotten when I held a contest. I began announcing it at www.jarsworld.com, the site of my friend Tim. Tim's site is cool, too--Jarsworld's a part of many of our lives now. But who knew the contest would make so many of you crazy? Tim, especially, was bent on winning over Joy, Ed, and Blake. But Joy was blindly determined her persistence would weigh Ed down so much, he'd give up. She discussed how Dan Haseltine explained her favorite song: "It's about how we allow ourselves to dwell in guilt and sin, kings of our own demise."

But don't blame me for making you read all this, for if you haven't noticed, there are 20 Jars of Clay song or album titles hidden within these paragraphs. If you want a challenge, find all 20 before your friends do, so you can rub it in... you'll be glad you were there first!