COMMENTARY
Burning Black Flag: A “Jesus Punk” Remembers the Mid 80s OC
Burning Black Flag At Double Ground Zero: A “Jesus Punk” Remembers the Mid 80s OC By Andy Grenier Eric grabbed the WD-40 and soaked the album cover of Black […]
Musings on Nostalgia at Furnace Fest (by Fr. Christopher Foley of Luxury)
Musings on Nostalgia at Furnace Fest By Fr. Christopher Foley I have just returned from a beautiful weekend playing music with my dear friends after a 20-year hiatus of […]
Amy Grant’s Secret: 2 Jobs & A Prayer
APPLE PODCASTS LINK Through countless slings and arrows, and her own mainstream pop superstardom, Amy Grant has remained the defining face and voice of contemporary Christian music for over […]
The Devil Went Down To Georgia – And Won
The Devil Went Down To Georgia – and Won When I was nine years old in 1979, Charlie Daniels’ “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” was THE dominant song on […]
Spirit In The Streams; Springsteen, Dawes, Blitzen Trapper, Kaiser
Spirit In The Streams; Springsteen, Dawes, Blitzen Trapper, Kaiser – For those with ears to hear. By John J. Thompson When “revival” gripped America and parts of Europe in […]
Thankfulness without Reflection is Noise
Gratitude is a complicated thing, isn’t it? It’s easy to say “Thank you,” and move on. But are sentimentality and nostalgia really the same thing as deep, gratitude and thankfulness? […]
Dance Like A Sommelier; Cultivating Discernment in an Era of Abdication
Is it possible that some of the frustration I feel with myself, and the dismay I feel as I contemplate a modern “Christian” subculture that seems emphatically anti-beauty, anti-love, and […]
How Record Store Day is Like Church
By JJT (written for ThinkChristian.net) Record Store Day persists in a digital age because it reflects our desire for tangible, spiritual experience. As thousands gather at small, defiant, independent retailers for […]