Category: Music

The Christian tradition truly has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music. It doesn’t even seem possible some days when you look at the breadth and

What do a bunch of church musicians do for fun one night after a conference? Huddle together in a dorm commons room and watch the Paul Festa documentary

My top 5 Classic Contemporary Christian Christmas Songs As a child of the 80s and 90s who was raised in the Evangelical subculture, I listened to two kinds

When most of us think of holiday music, we probably imagine annoying pop renditions of Christmas classics. If we can stretch our imaginations beyond carols and crooners, we

Have you ever noticed how many love songs are about the first flush of love or about the confusing ups and downs and losses of love? It’s rare

Last night at the free Sandra McCracken concert at Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas, the soulful-folk-singer-songwriter stepped onto stage and lit a candle. Suddenly, the concert setting

If you’re a regular reader of Thinking Through Christianity, you might be familiar with my affinity for Gungor from my post about Christian music. I love the way they experiment with music and the

Note: This blog post originally appeared at ChristineHand.com as part of an ongoing series of cover versions of influential songs and artists. See the original post and accompanying

For someone who loves 70s singer-songwriters, I am sorely deficient in my knowledge of Billy Joel. I mean, I can sing along to “Piano Man” in a heartbeat,

When asked what his favorite hymn was, late singer-songwriter Rich Mullins replied, “Be Thou My Vision — Because it’s Irish.” It’s one of my favorite hymns, too. I