Another sign could be the Grace Jam concert Saturday night at the Batesville Civic Center, where I will be surrounded by a crowd of very, very young skinny teenagers.

Those teenagers will no doubt look at me and ask, "Who’s the old guy with the facial hair?"

That "old guy," kids, was rocking to this music when you were still learning how to carry your numbers.

When Skillet lead singer John Cooper is belting out the lyrics to "Savior" – "What you got / What you want / What you need / Gonna be your savior" – I’ll be screaming the lyrics and jumping around like the fool I am.

Back in ’96, I was a summer worker at the Gulf Shores Baptist camp in Pass Christian when two buddies and I drove my Volkswagen Fox to Atlanta. We camped out for three days to attend Atlanta Fest, a Christian music festival held at Six Flags Over Georgia.

The road trip budget was tight. We pooled our money for honey buns for breakfast, shared our last meal by splitting a can of chili – which somebody else gave us – and soaked up every minute of the trip.

The highlight of the festival was seeing dc Talk perform the second night as part of its "Jesus Freak" tour. I can still see the stage lights popping on and hearing Toby, Michael and Kevin belt out the Beatles’ "Help."

Everybody went crazy.

When it comes to music, there’s no such thing as "acting your age," or at least that shouldn’t be our attitude.

Ms. Simpson’s "Autobiography" album reportedly sold about three million albums, trouncing Skillet by a couple million albums, but paper-thin lyrics sung by a silly airhead don’t remind us who He is and who we are to Him.

Don’t expect Skillet to beat those teenagers over the head with King James – you don’t reach them like that – but at least they’ll be singing and dancing about something bigger than themselves.

No matter the marketing, the Great I Am trounces "I am Me" every time.