O Say, Can You See?
Ten amazing performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
07/02/2009 05:27 PM
Letter from a Fireworks Stand
| Jul 02, 2009
There’s one day each year when shirtless America enters the wide world of commerce.
The Lessons of War
| Jun 29, 2009
What the U.S. invasion of Iraq taught me about foreign policy.
No Country for Real Movies
| Jun 26, 2009
Transformers is a worship service for everything fake about our culture.
On Music
The Greatest Story Ever Composed
| Jun 25, 2009
Film scores are one of the most powerful, participative ways to tell a story.
The Summer Issue
A Tableau Vivant
| Jun 23, 2009
Memories of summer in the mountains and markets of southern France.
Church Business
Change or Die
| Jun 21, 2009
This week’s Southern Baptist Convention meeting is its most crucial in recent memory.
On Books
Robin Hood Returns
| May 27, 2009
Stephen Lawhead’s King Raven trilogy reimagines the myths.
Faith & Reason
Whose America Is It, Anyway?
| May 25, 2009
Christians and secularists make competing claims to our nation’s foundational principles. Is either side right?
On Television
David and Goliath
| May 19, 2009
A soft-spoken southern worship leader takes on a painted-up Hollywood rock star on tonight’s American Idol finale.
The Field
Yesterday & Today
The Field force together musical ideas whether they fit or not. The result is stunning.
Jars of Clay
The Long Fall Back to Earth
Jars of Clay may be as good as Christian bands come. But do they matter?
Silversun Pickups
Swoon
The Silversun Pickups’ sophomore album is a little smoother, but still muddled.
As Cities Burn
Hell or High Water
Equal parts bold, broken, angry, and insightful, an easy album to admire if not a candidate for love at first sight.
The Appleseed Cast
Sagarmatha
The Appleseed Cast’s seventh album is by turns beautiful and inscrutable.
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