{"id":405,"date":"2008-12-09T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T11:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/12\/whats-your-favorite-christian.html"},"modified":"2008-12-09T11:18:36","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T11:18:36","slug":"whats-your-favorite-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/12\/whats-your-favorite-christian.html","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s your favorite Christian music album of 2008?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we wind down 2008, I started to make a list of my favorite albums of the year. The only problem is that, try as I might, I just haven&#8217;t listened to every album. And there are genres that, even if I had all the time in the world, I&#8217;d never pop in the CD player.<br \/>\nSo I thought it would be fun for us to collaborate on a Best Albums of 2008 list. I&#8217;ll share some of mine, and we&#8217;ll include some of yours!<br \/>\n<strong>So what is your favorite Christian music album of 2008? You can pick any artist, any genre.<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll start my list with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shawn McDonald, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/06\/roots-remixed-but-why.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Roots<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sarah MacIntosh, <em>The Waiters, The Watchers, The Listeners, The Keepers &amp; Me<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Needham, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/pick-of-the-week---jimmy-needhams-not-without-love.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Not Without Love<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we wind down 2008, I started to make a list of my favorite albums of the year. The only problem is that, try as I might, I just haven&#8217;t listened to every album. 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