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We’re in a series now in our church about Nehemiah and the “power of everyone” working together on building the kingdom and physical structures for the continued pursuit of building the kingdom. One of the songs we’ve been singing each week is “The Power of Your Love” by Lincoln Brewster. After reading a review of the album on Christianity Today, I found out some interesting information about him. Though he still seems like a relatively new talent in Christian music, Lincoln Brewster actually has been long involved in the music business with multiple tours and two previous albums. Originally from Homer, Alaska (the same communityRead More →

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I’m not saying that because I think it’s right, it’s just the biggest target demographic for Christian Music right now, and that just isn’t right. I hadn’t really thought about it much and for many of the same reasons that Russ Breimeier with ChristianityToday does as well. Russ shares in a recent e-mail newsletter the following: Traditionally, Christian music radio is targeted to mothers between the age of 35 and 44. Does that sit right with you? It doesn’t with me. Not because so-called “soccer moms” are enjoying Christian music so much. After all, they’re the primary influence on what their children listen to atRead More →

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Even though we’ve still got a little over a month left in the year, Christianity Today has released their list of the Bets Albums of 2006. Our annual selections for Best Christian Albums in small part serves as a snapshot of the state of the industry, and what’s particularly interesting about this year’s list is how many of the finalists seem “outside the box.” Many of the artists have a foot in both Christian and mainstream markets without finding runaway success in either, and some of them are established artists who today continue to record and distribute music independently. It all reflects our commitment toRead More →

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Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Jars of Clay, is interviewed on Christianity Today. It’s a really great interview and talks about how the band came to record their soon to be released album “Good Monsters” available next week. The specific quote that really hits home is: The gospel never calls us to live our lives privately, but the idea of individualism and isolation has worked itself into our idea of what a good Christian life looks like—that it’s full of quiet times where it’s just us and God. But for me, when I get into that scenario, the only voice I’m really hearing is myRead More →