What indie music and faith have in common.

When the publisher of CCM forced me to force Amy Grant to apologize for her divorce.

The Japanese-American painter talks about Christianity, Eastern spiritualism, and the nature of art.

Sandra McCracken discusses her upcoming hymns project, In Feast or Fallow.

The angry little punk rocker who never wanted to grow up.

Why we can’t stop watching Lady Gaga’s brilliant, disturbing “Bad Romance” video.

David Bazan on God, the new atheists, and answering his daughter’s questions.

Cathleen Falsani’s The Dude Abides treats the Coen Brothers canon lovingly but insufficiently.

Carlene Bauer’s story of New York, conversion, and doubt.

Derek Webb discusses his new album, Stockholm Syndrome.

Jane Austen’s society-dissecting spirit lives.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince steps up the visuals and the hormones.

The grotesque cannibalization of Michael Jackson.

Transformers is a worship service for everything fake about our culture.

Film scores are one of the most powerful, participative ways to tell a story.