Bono
Former CCM editor and Christian music publicist Jay Swartzendruber dies at 52
By Bob Smietana — October 14, 2020
(RNS) — The former CCM editor known for his passion for Christian music and artists is mourned by friends in Nashville and beyond.
Is Jesus king of Kanye’s bank account?
By Shane Claiborne — October 29, 2019
(RNS) — It would be a beautiful thing to see Kanye become a prophet of resistance rather than a profiteer of the Christian market.
Bono and Guggi: A friendship based on art, punk rock and Jesus
By Cathleen Falsani — August 6, 2019
VENICE, Calif. (RNS) — Now one of Ireland’s most celebrated modern artists, the U2 frontman's childhood friend and former bandmate, has a new exhibit in Venice, California.
Bono and Eugene Peterson talk Psalms, Christian art in new video
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 29, 2016
(RNS) "Why I'm suspicious of Christians is because of this lack of realism," Bono says in the video.
The Bible ties freedom to debt relief. Americans should too (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — September 1, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Debt relief would improve prospects for political and economic flourishing for millions of people in dozens of countries. It is literally a life-and-death issue.
Is U2 secretly Christian? Here’s what The New Yorker missed
By Jonathan Merritt — September 18, 2014
If U2’s faith is a secret, like a writer for The New Yorker asserted, it is one of the worst kept ones in the global music industry today.
Bono: David sang the blues and Jesus did some punk rock
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 21, 2013
(RNS) "What’s so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they’re being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the Blues," U2 frontman Bono tells Focus on the Family President Jim Daly.
Marcus Mumford and the trouble with labels
By Cathleen Falsani — April 5, 2013
(RNS) Labels can be helpful when, for instance, applied to cans of soup or barrels of toxic waste. But they are less so when affixed to human beings – particularly when labels are meant to summarize, indelibly, one’s spiritual identity. In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Marcus Mumford, the 26-year-old lead singer of the wildly […]
Marcus Mumford & the trouble with labels
By Cathleen Falsani — April 3, 2013
(RNS) Labels can be helpful when, for instance, applied to cans of soup or barrels of toxic waste. But they are less so when affixed to human beings -- particularly when labels are meant to summarize one's spiritual identity.
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