True Tunes Celebrates 30 Years and a Future!
Although the “30 Year Class Reunion,” marking the opening of the original True Tunes store in 1989, will include several … Read the rest
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Tom Petty: Our Companion Into the Great Wide Open
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
Tom Petty was the voice of hope deferred, and longing fulfilled.
What a gut punch … Read the rest
Glen Campbell’s Adios
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
Even in the face of Alzheimer’s, Campbell sung of dogged faith in a loving God.… Read the rest
Brad Paisley, Chris Stapleton, and Carrying Willie Nelson’s Torch
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
While Paisley deals in beer cans and bro parties, Stapleton offers a sip of something … Read the rest
There is No Secular Music
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
How Tom Waits, Kendrick Lamar, and Beck blend the sacred and secular.
I’ve said it … Read the rest
Bible Study with Sufjan Stevens
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
In a series of surprise blog posts, indie musician Sufjan Stevens explicitly explores his Christian … Read the rest
The Downside of Dylan Winning the Nobel Prize
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
When we reduce Bob Dylan to a lyricist, we miss out on the incarnational aspect … Read the rest
When Bono met Eugene Peterson…
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
Watch a Fuller Studio video of Eugene Peterson discussing The Psalms with U2’s Bono.
Fuller … Read the rest
The Spiritual Enigma That Was Prince
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
A surprisingly spiritual figure, Prince married the unseen with the seen, the ecstasy of the … Read the rest
When old things become new: a goodbye to Merle Haggard
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
Merle Haggard’s best songs, like “Wishing All These Old Things Were New,” had both an … Read the rest
David Bowie and the Passing of a Blackstar
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
David Bowie captured the confusion and desperation of the modern age like no other pop … Read the rest
Scott Weiland and Debunking the Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net)
A letter from Scott Weiland’s ex-wife challenges us to take the physical and spiritual costs … Read the rest
The Generic Genius of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
By JJT
(Full Article Published At www.ThinkChristian.net)
In his impressive new book The Holy or The Broken, veteran rock … Read the rest
Jesus, Bread and Chocolate; A Personal Appreciation by Doug Van Pelt
(Obviously I can’t review my own book, so I was thrilled when my long-time friend Doug Van Pelt of HM … Read the rest
Just A Cup of Coffee?
My morning cup. Black coffee. Simple, right?
There’s a lot more going on here than meets the eye.
This coffee … Read the rest
The Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate Trailer
The video trailer for Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate; Crafting a Handmade Faith in a Mass Market World is now live. … Read the rest
Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate Cover Unveiling
Yeah – maybe not the kind of news they stop presses for, but this is pretty exciting for me. Here … Read the rest
Steve Taylor and The Perfect Foil’s Goliath
Phrases like “renaissance man” and “quadruple threat” might seem a tad hyperbolic in reference to a largely unknown pop artist, … Read the rest
Lecrae’s Triumphant Anomaly
Much is being made of the commercial success of Lecrae’s Anomaly – as well it should. But beyond the thrill … Read the rest
The Original Christian Music; Rescuing Syriac Hymns
As the horrifying actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) reached mainstream consciousness last month, I … Read the rest
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