Kelsey McGinnis

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Kelsey McGinnis

Nearly 15 years since "Love & War & the Sea In Between," the singer-songwriter is moving into the next phase of his career. These days, Josh Garrels spends a lot of time in the loft of the barn on his property in rural Michigan, where he lives with his wife and five children. The space doesn't look as if it's been home to barn owls in a while; Garrels recently finished enclosing it and turning it into a studio. There's fresh green paint on the walls and can lights in the ceiling.

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Kelsey McGinnis

Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong's Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century. Historian John Dickson knows that "early" Christian music usually refers to sacred chants from the ninth or tenth century. So when he noticed a reference to an ancient Christian hymn from hundreds of years before that-way back in the third century-he was immediately curious.

1 month ago | christianitytoday.com | Kelsey McGinnis

"We'd rather be free than have it be fair."Laura Gideon, a Christian homeschooling advocate, repeated the line from the rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol, where parents sat in rows of chairs alongside school-aged kids and babies sleeping in strollers. Homeschool Iowa's annual Capitol Day, held in early April, invites families to Des Moines to hear speakers, tour the Capitol, and talk with legislators. Thanks for signing up.

2 months ago | christianitytoday.com | Kelsey McGinnis

On a January morning in 2022, the basement of Church of the Redeemer, an Anglican church in a quiet Nashville neighborhood, smelled like food for the first time in months. Someone was preparing a meal in the kitchen. The church had been virtually empty since a funeral for the church's pastor, who passed away in a car accident in August 2021. In-person services hadn't resumed yet; everyone was tiring of virtual gatherings.

2 months ago | kkramermcginnis.substack.com | Kelsey McGinnis

Since the 1970s, American evangelicals have unceasingly worried about the church’s ability to attract and keep young people. Arguably, one reason why the “worship wars” of the 1980s and 1990s went the way they did is because it seemed worth sacrificing tradition to keep young people interested and engaged in the local church, and updating the music seemed like a promising strategy.