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“One of the most affecting communicators in any genre.”

— Billboard Magazine

“The world doesn’t have a Rich Mullins or Keith Green with us anymore, but we still have a Carolyn Arends, doggone it, and I for one am not going to take that for granted.”

— Jared M.

“Carolyn proves that you really can make music that reaches for high standards artistically, yet which is also comprehensible, original, and nurturing at the deepest level.”

— Kirk Johnson

“Hooray for new music from one of the best songwriters around.”

— Andrew Peterson

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May 27, 2023

Happy Birthday, Dear Church

May 27, 2023

Pentecost Sunday was never really on the radar at my little Baptist church. Turns out we were missing our own birthday!

May 27, 2023

Apr 9, 2023

Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold Our Bodies Down

Apr 9, 2023

The doctrine of the resurrection of the body has never come naturally to me. Here’s how Brother Ely, Sister Rosetta, Johnny Cash, and my mama helped me begin to embrace the promise.

Apr 9, 2023

Apr 5, 2023

Psalm 22, Good Friday, and the Princess Bride

Apr 5, 2023

If we hear Jesus’s anguished cry from the cross (“My God, why hast thou forsaken me?”) but we don’t notice that He was quoting Psalm 22 … we may be missing the most important point.

Apr 5, 2023

May 29, 2022

Allow for Space in the Music

May 29, 2022

Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do is think of a truth and embody it rather than say it. When we long to tell a hurting friend that she’s not alone, we can simply sit with her as a tangible reminder that she isn’t …

May 29, 2022