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How ‘Sweet’ The Sound
Michael Sweet isn’t hanging up the spandex for a choir robe yet, but with The Master Plan, he’s definitely loosening the studs and opening the door to something more reflective, more devotional, and more personal. Arriving April 3, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl, The Master Plan is Sweet’s first worship-leaning solo record, and it feels less like a career detour and more like a long-delayed destination. “I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted to make this record,” Sweet says, a line that lands with extra weight given the decades of faith-forward metal, soaring hooks, and unmistakable vocals that brought him here in the first place. Sweet admits this album didn’t appear…
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I AM ABLE: Marcel Patillo Carries the Family Legacy Forward
For Marcel Patillo, music was never a distant dream. It was the air he breathed. “As my mom took her first job at a record label… we kind of just grew up in mixing rooms, studios and music video sets,” Marcel says. “So pretty early on, it was kind of like just the normal way of life.” That family legacy runs deep. His mother, Jackie, now serves as president of the Gospel Music Association, his father, Leon Patillo, was a Christian music mainstay in the 1980s and his late brother Gabe was a longtime member of TobyMac’s Diverse City, a voiceover artist heard across major sports leagues, and a…
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*Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell is a gorgeous, dramatic, wordless picture book. The post *Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Big Snow by Jonathan Bean
Big Snow is a picture book about a child’s eager anticipation of a significant snowfall. The post Big Snow by Jonathan Bean appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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*Fish Fry Friday by Winsome Bingham
Fish Fry Friday is a boisterous, colorful celebration of fish, family, and, to a lesser-extent, faith. The post *Fish Fry Friday by Winsome Bingham appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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The Good Shepherd and the Stubborn Sheep by Hannah E. Harrison
Psalm 23 and the Parable of the Lost Sheep are retold with whimsical illustrations in the Good Shepherd and The Stubborn Sheep The post The Good Shepherd and the Stubborn Sheep by Hannah E. Harrison appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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2026 Newbery Report: Three out of Five Ain’t Bad
Yesterday morning we were all together on our texting group watching the live feed of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards. Like good book nerds, we waited breathlessly for the BIG awards, while the ALA strung us along with special-interest categories added over the last fifty years. We won’t do that to you, though.… The post 2026 Newbery Report: Three out of Five Ain’t Bad appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Tommee Profitt Announces Sequel to The Birth of a King
Tommee Profitt is continuing the story with The Resurrection of a King, the sequel to his hit 2020 Christmas album The Birth of a King, dropping March 27. In the social media announcement, Profitt mentioned that this will be an album for the other 11 months of the year. Featuring collabs with a variety of artists, The Birth of a King rose to popularity and has since become a live concert event featuring over 20 artists, an orchestra and choir performed at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Profitt released an instrumental version of the album in 2025.[…]
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*He Always Hears by Alyson Punzi
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