If you’re not familiar with the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, beware: what follows contains heresy and spoilers, and I’m not sure which is worse. As a straight white 30-something Christian, I’m required by law to be a U2 fan. Over the summer my wife and I cheerfully paid a large sum of money...

Admit it: you’ve made fun of hair metal. Maybe you went over to a friend’s house and hurled gay slurs at their Poison album covers, or dressed up “ironically” as Dee Snider for Halloween. You youngsters have probably been fed the line that Nirvana saved us from hair metal’s excess and ...

“The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One” – 1991 “The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume Two” – 1992 “A Liturgy, A Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band” – 1993 In the summer of 2001, I drove between Nebraska and the west coast three times. I listened...

I can’t be sure, but I think I saw Rich Mullins in concert. I was in junior high and attending a week-long camp at Kentucky Christian College called “Summer in the Son.” Each night featured a concert from a big-name CCM artist. I remember being excited to see Audio Adrenaline but...