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ELEVATOR PITCH: CCM’s New Vertical Series of Hot Takes
The New Vertical Series Where Christian Artists Have Exactly One Floor to Convince Amanda Sekulow of Their Hot Takes! There are plenty of interview shows where artists discuss faith, creativity, touring, and the deeper meaning behind their songs. Elevator Pitch is not that show. CCM Magazine’s new short-form vertical video series traps artists inside an elevator with CCM co-editor Amanda Sekulow and gives them a one floor ride to defend a completely unhinged hot take. Check out our slate of episodes: Disney Adult Katy Nichole vs. Childhood Trauma Katy Nichole attempts the impossible: convincing Amanda that Disney movies are not emotional damage factories. View this post on Instagram …
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John Allan to Release New Live Album
Southern California native, multi-instrumentalist and indie rock, alt-pop worship artist John Allan releases his first live-recorded Centricity Music EP, LIVE FROM ANAHEIM, June 5. The EP features The Killers influenced alternative pop, Worship Leader Magazine-highlighted “Living God” and declarative, fist-pumping praise anthem “Resurrection Power.” Both songs are available now at streaming and digital outlets everywhere along with pre-buy/save options for the full recording from https//JohnAllan.lnk.to/LiveFromAnaheim. Capturing both high-quality audio and video during the recording of the EP at his Anaheim, CA House of Blues concert Nov. 23, Allan posted on Instagram the next day “We were honored to bow down alongside your vibrant hearts last night. Thank you for choosing…
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Switchfoot Confronts the Postmodern Crisis in New Single
GRAMMY-winning rock band Switchfoot wrestles with tension and uncertainty in their new single “Absolution,” out now on all streaming platforms. Off their highly anticipated forthcoming album Forever Now, due June 26, the song serves as a cry of the postmodern crisis a jarring juxtaposition of an upbeat, catchy melody colliding with a lyric that is deadly earnest. The track is set to be the band’s next single at Alternative radio, impacting on Tuesday, June 2. “While writing ‘Absolution,’ I found myself wrestling with the contradictions within me, asking myself, ‘What wouldn’t I have done in my life? Can I make amends? Is there absolution for these things?'” said Jon Foreman,…
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Q2 2026 Album to Be Released Friday
Author Douglas McKelvey and Jon Lowry, bassist from the band Unspoken, team up again to release Q2 2026, a brand new ten-song album collection based on McKelvey’s new best-selling book series Every Moment Holy, which will be available on streaming platforms on May 29. This is their second full-length album release after they launched Every Moment Holy Prayer Songs, a 20-song double-length album this past January. The two came up with the idea of creating songs based on short, musical, psalm-like offerings to aid personal prayer and meditation after a medical emergency involving one of Jon’s daughters. “I remember my own stumbling words as I tried to comfort my kids…
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The Ledger by Steven Manchester
The Last Honorable Gladiator The Ledger by Steven Manchester is a gritty contemporary Christian novel that is powerfully written with a clear message at its’ heart – God is with us, always – even if we don’t feel His presence. Even if we don’t acknowledge Him. God will never leave us alone. “It’s difficult to […]
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Roar by Varsha Bajaj
Ro can’t wait to hear a real tiger roar when he gets to visit his grandfather’s tiger preserve. But the preserve is under threat…. The post Roar by Varsha Bajaj appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Goodbye, French Fry by Rin-rin Yu
When the bully calls her “French Fry,” Ping-Ping struggles to be exactly who she is: Chinese American. The post Goodbye, French Fry by Rin-rin Yu appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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*George Washington’s World (Expanded Edition) by Genevieve Foster and Joanna Foster
George Washington’s World takes readers on a lively tour of people and events during a single lifetime. The post *George Washington’s World (Expanded Edition) by Genevieve Foster and Joanna Foster appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Styx and Stones by Gary D. Schmidt and Ron Koertge
Styx and Stones follows a 12-year-old of ancient Greece from Hades to the present day and back again. The post Styx and Stones by Gary D. Schmidt and Ron Koertge appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Disney World, Jimmy Buffett… and Amy Grant? Somehow, Yes.
If you’ve visited Country Bear Musical Jamboree at Walt Disney World lately, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the voice of Mac McAnally. If you spent any time around a Jimmy Buffett show, you’ve definitely heard him there too, as a longtime member of Coral Reefer Band. Oh, and casually, he’s also a 10-time CMA Musician of the Year winner and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. And now, somehow perfectly fitting into that résumé, McAnally is also the producer behind Amy Grant’s deeply personal new album The Me That Remains. Honestly, after talking with him, it makes complete sense. McAnally lights up the second Amy’s name comes up. Before they ever worked…
