Does It Matter Who Makes the Song?
Are there any costs or downsides to encouraging the use of generative AI to create music, even remixes and covers?
Lydia R. Hamessley Explores Why Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” Still Haunts Us So
It was part of Dolly’s gift, both as a singer and a songwriter, to make her songs sound effortless—yet they were anything but.
Who Am I?: Rethinking “The Author” by Brandon Lake and Nick Jonas
If God is truly our Father, then I do not have to run from him with my doubts. I can run to him.
A Life Laid Down or a Platform Built Up?
A personal brand should be a byproduct of ministry, but too many worship leaders hope that ministry is a byproduct of brand.
A Cultural Critique of Michael Jackson and Modern Idolatry
Why do so many of us still desperately want to believe in Michael Jackson?
The Nature of Kendrick Lamar’s “Suffering Servant”
Lamar’s music is a battlefield of competing theologies embedded in the dissonance of lived experience.
Can Christ Speak Through DJs? EDM Provides a Soundtrack for Metamodern Longing
EDM allows young people to lay down pretense and come clean about their desires.
“I Am My Father’s Son”: Stephen Wilson, Jr., Wendell Berry, and the Myth of Self-Creation
Wilson’s songs trace the long, difficult movement where inheritance becomes not just a burden but a belonging.
1985 vs. 2025: A Hope/less Hallelujah
Maybe our lesson from 1985 and 2025 is to be strengthened in the three hopes of Scripture, in giving the past, present, and future over to God.
CAPC’s Favorite Music and Podcasts of 2025
An exploration of the Satanic Panic, a hang out with friends, atmospheric post-punk, the return of folk heroes, and of course, Tay Tay.
Unraveling Joni Mitchell’s “Mystical Thread”
Tracing a renowned songwriter’s lifelong quest for spiritual truth.
A Thousand Guitars and the Kingdom of God
Bruce Springsteen is the political theologian we need in such a time as this.
The Terrors of “Doin’ Better”: Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” and the Book of Job
It’s unsurprising that a song about losing what we love speaks to Gen Z, “the anxious generation.”
Springsteen’s Lost Gospel Album
The world never knew about this soul-stirring, honest-to-God record. Till now.
The Prince of Darkness Wasn’t So Dark After All
If Elvis was the king of rock and roll, then the late Ozzy Osbourne was the patron saint of what came to be called heavy metal.
Who Will Stumble Because of Michael Tait’s Fall?
It may be that Michael Tait’s greatest legacy as a Christian music star is making it that much harder for an unbelieving world to believe in Christ.
