Nearly 70 students from the Pacific Northwest Conference joined the first Youth Journey to Mosaic recently where they heard immigrant and refugee stories and visited a detention center. Their reflections reveal how proximity increases empathy, inviting us to listen, remember our roots, and love our neighbors.
In this final installment, Jelani Greenidge names the tensions in Christian music and offers practical steps for listeners, worship leaders, artists, pastors, and students to engage with curiosity, widen their musical diet, and worship beyond Sunday.
Music has always shaped church culture. Jelani Greenidge considers how music shapes our faith communities and how we might move toward worship that is Spirit-led and life-giving.
New AAMA president Dani Kilgore shares her vision for cultivating an intergenerational, inclusive space where Black Covenant leaders are seen, heard, and valued.
What makes any music “Christian”? This piece questions the label itself, exploring how faith, culture, and commerce shape what we hear—and why it may be time to rethink our understanding of the genre.
In the wake of devastating floods in Texas, Covenant partner, Ark of Highland Lakes, is walking alongside survivors with compassion and commitment—learn how we can help sustain this long-term recovery together.
Exploring the deep-rooted racial split between CCM and gospel traditions, its impact on today’s Christian music scene, and paths toward true unity.
When a private lunch turned life-saving, friendship and faith converged in an unexpected kidney transplant. Rev. Paul Robinson and pastor Greg Ellis share how vulnerability, God’s prompting, and true brotherhood changed their lives forever.
Exploring how lone-wolf fantasies can overshadow gospel community, this essay invites all believers to embrace Jesus’s humble, communal “way of the Lamb.”
Think Christian music lacks creativity? Explore how today’s artists blend genres and cutting-edge tech to craft bold, soulful compositions that can reignite spiritual connection.
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