Artist Feature: Rick Alan King
Interview by Lorraine Walker Southern Gospel is full of talented artists who seem to slip under the glare of the spotlight, singing their way across the country every week, bringing…
Artist Feature| Marlene O’Neill: A Canadian Legend
By Lorraine Walker Legendary ladies of Southern Gospel have each had a distinctive sound and personality that have set them apart from the crowd. Singers like Vestal Goodman, Janet Paschal,…
A Certain Kind of Life | Reality Check
By Lorraine Walker I believe that Jesus is the only way to eternal, abundant life. I believe that with every fiber of my being. And yet, sometimes it seems so…
Artist Feature: The Copenhavers
With God, All Things Are Possible By Lorraine Walker The State of Ohio may be known more for Rock and Roll than for Southern Gospel, but with a State motto…
Tell Me Something Good | Reality Check
By Lorraine Walker I was in the middle of one of those times in life where things seem pretty bleak. No new crises, but just trying to find my way…
Being Hit By a Train |Reality Check
By Lorraine Walker On a bright, sunny afternoon in June, two coworkers of mine headed off to the local gym. Their route took them over a set of five railroad…
Artist Feature: Firm Foundation
Putting Jesus ‘Out There’ By Lorraine Walker Youthful energy, tight harmony, engaging lyrics, progressive vocals and multiple award nominations; Firm Foundation is as cool as they come in new Southern…
Ed Crawford: Proclaiming the Mystery
By Lorraine Walker In 2002, the headlines were everywhere and the buzz in Southern Gospel was about the formation of a new quartet, with members that were just rumors and…
Breathless Expectation | Reality Check
By Lorraine Walker “Use your common sense!†Growing up as a farmer’s daughter, life was based on a common-sense approach to problem solving. If it was sunny, you worked the…
Is the Gender of Worship Keeping People Out of Church?
By Lorraine Walker Music is one of the major areas of dissension in the local church. Hymns, Southern Gospel, old choruses, new choruses, alternative worship; all of these are written…