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Familiar tunes abound on Hymns: Some Glad Morning, but every track has been reinvented beautifully by Cindy Morgan. Each song roots itself just enough in the rich gospel tradition without relenting to the predictable formats that have gone before.

Proclaiming God's rightful worth and position is one of the reasons we come to church: to sweep the stuff off the table of our hearts and minds that have crowded out the central place where he belongs.

Perhaps you are still waiting for a breakthrough in your life. Jesus has the breaker anointing to break through in any situation that you or I may face.

Like most viral videos seeking to make a point, this one has its supporters and detractors. Some call it a brilliant parody while others are deeply offended by its supposed slap in the face at churches targeting unbelievers. I tend to side with the first group, and I think there are a few things we can learn from it.

To call MercyMe's latest project, The Generous Mr. Lovewell, a concept album would be an overstatement. But there's certainly a unified thread that runs throughout the 11-track collection of uplifting pop and rock.

It's YOU - not rule-keeping or living a good life (whatever that is) - that makes God's heart sing. But how can we know that, and then, how can we respond to such love?

What makes your heart sing? Can you still hear the music of God's purpose? How do you tune in to the music that makes your heart sing? And how do you find it in the first place?

With eight new songs and other favorites such as "How He Loves" from David Crowder Band, Passion: Awakening adds another impressive offering to a catalog that already leads the worship music pack.

Like its previous two projects, More Than Noise finds Pocket Full of Rocks turning in a mildly likeable, albeit generally unremarkable, batch of praise tunes that don't break the genre's mold but are no doubt reverent with their intention.

What we think about prayer has a lot to say about what we think about God.

Arena-worthy hooks? Check. Sophisticated production? Check. Chart-topping lead single? Check. New Artist of the Year Dove trophy? Well, not yet. But worship-tinted, pop/rock band, Chasen, is poised to be Christian music's next big thing.

With her sophomore record, As Long As It Takes, worship leader Meredith Andrews continues the pop worship trend with a set of songs produced to appeal to both her praise and worship constituency and radio playlists.

Every day our lives are filled with possibilities and opportunities to advance the Kingdom of God. So how do you we "seize the day" as it says in The Message paraphrase of Luke 9:62?

Canadian born and bred rock quartet Starfield continues its association of worship with pop/rock in its fourth release, The Saving One, while acknowledging the Christian walk's split reality between faith and doubt.

What circumstances are you experiencing right now? Provision? Losing it all, like Job? Are you between a rock and a hard place or The Rock and a hard place? Will you curse? Will you kneel? Will you sing?

Far too often I seek God's blessings instead of seeking God. Why do we desire God's intervention in our lives more than His presence?

Co-writes with Matthew West, Sanctus Real's Matt Hammitt and album producer, Charlie Peacock (Switchfoot, Sara Groves), help propel the veteran group into its third decade of ministry with Give Yourself Away.

This Easter, Christians owe it to themselves to become better acquainted with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Part and the other art inspired by the Passion—art that can help us transcend the doubt and nihilism of our age.

Nobody had ever rolled around on the floor calling out praises at my church, as far as I knew. But I had to admit it was intriguing...