Music Archives

Springsteen’s Letter to You could only be written by someone who spent the better part of five decades trotting beside the mysterious practices of the Catholic Church

A brief survey of America’s flawed history reveals that during Reconstruction our government has attempted to position itself for greatness in terms of using its power to serve the lowliest in its caste system, formerly enslaved citizens.

We’re not, it turns out, a civilization of rock gods and their devotees; we’re all connected, and we all depend on each other.

The Story of Fire Saga shows us how to mature past win-lose games into a form of infinite play that values process and relationships over victory.

And that’s real soul music. It assumes God is within the reality of life—all of your life. Dancing and dating are in the same universe as politics and poetry—this is all God’s world, anyways.

If Exodus voices our collective hunger for deliverance, it also calls us to work for deliverance, toward liberatory action.

In writing fiction, Taylor Swift has somehow managed to ponder the deeper truths of love and loss and life.

Alexander is redeemed, not because he deserves it, but because Eliza grants redemption to him.

First off, it’s named for the unit of measurement large enough to record melting polar ice. Gigaton wears doom on the album sleeve.

Though Run the Jewels’ vision of a world that is not dominated by division and greed might be imperfect, it is a vision of hope.

No matter his graphic language, depression-stoked benders, and religious satire, Father John Misty still orbits Christianity with a gravity he can’t escape.

We must also educate ourselves, immersing ourselves in the stories and experiences of the Black communities and individuals in America.

Pop culture is a powerful force for change, and these picks from Christ and Pop Culture staff members are a great place to start.

There is something admirable about Cardi B and her efforts to serve her neighbors.

If there’s anything we’re capable of, it’s getting creative with power. And the power over what appears to be truth is a terrible power indeed.

Lecrae’s “Set Me Free” is an artistic extension and expression of what he sees as an opportunity to not only set himself free but to also liberate others from the vices of self-serving attitudes that consume our culture.