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There’s no such thing as Christian music

For a Christian, music is one of the most profound embodiments of worship.
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Would Someone in Your Life or Community Benefit From Reminiscing?

Reminiscence therapy is defined by the American Psychological Association as the use of life histories — written, oral, or both — to improve psychological well-being.
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The Booty Battles: Meghan Trainor takes a vocal swing at the Skinny Girls

Meghan Trainor’s song: ‘All About The Bass’ heads the top five of Billboard’s top 100 songs for a second straight week. People are loving the song even if some are hating on the conflicting body-positivity claims.
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Taste, tunes and tradition – and why contemporary Christian music isn’t so bad

In my last article I noted that some church leaders are critical of what’s called “contemporary Christian music” (CCM). This is music from the past few decades, usually with a “pop” feel and often accompanied by guitars rather than a pipe organ.
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Should you listen to anti-folk music?

Perhaps it’s a good idea to stay away from anything with a subversive label such as anti-folk, but you might want to make an exception with "All the Rowboats" by Regina Spektor. The song carries all the musical seriousness of folk music, but with a lighthearted, even sarcastic message. Spektor, a Russian-born pianist, might be referring to works by the American realist artist Winslow Homer

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Something to die for?

 

An American myth says that happiness is some sort of leisure activity: a well-stock trout stream; a sunny beach; a golf game on the coast. It’s what we all look forward to in retirement or striking it rich in the lottery. But how many, after achieving their dreams, only find disillusionment? How many, after finding fame, turn to drugs and alcohol for comfort?

 

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Bono: David sang the blues and Jesus did some punk rock

U2 frontman Bono exchanged Bible references and bantered about music, theology and evangelicals’ role in AIDS activism in a recent radio interview with Focus on the Family president Jim Daly.

Growing up in Ireland with a Protestant mother and a Catholic father, Bono imitated C.S. Lewis in “Mere Christianity,” where Lewis argued that Jesus was a lunatic, liar or Lord.

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