Let the battle of the Indiana Christian music festivals begin. In one corner, MercyMe, Needtobreathe and several other Christian bands are warming up for the World Pulse Festival in South Bend. And just 70 miles to the southeast, Chris Tomlin will headline the Fandana Festival at Huntington University. It’s all happening on the same weekend of Aug. 10 and 11, creating some hard choices for Christian music fans. If you have to make a...

Christian music’s annual Dove Awards will be handed out April 19 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. So it’s time for Hoosierlujah to make its feeble attempt at predicting winners in some of the biggest categories. To find out the actual winners, watch the awards ceremony at 8 p.m. April 19 on GMC. Song of the Year Prediction: Laura Story’s Blessings will take the big prize. No other song in the past year has touched so many...

Indiana’s two major Christian music festivals  — Fandana and World Pulse — will be the same weekend in August, about 70 miles apart. What’s a Christian music fan to do? Wait until more information is released about the headlining acts before deciding which event to attend on the Aug. 11 weekend. Chris Tomlin will be the main act at Fandana, the Christian arts festival in its second year at Huntington University....

For the contemporary worship leader, nothing is more deflating than to hear from the congregation that you should include more traditional hymns in worship. I sometimes bristle at the thought. My immediate internal response to such a suggestion is to question how people couldn’t like the amazing contemporary songs I always choose. But the suggestion isn’t a rejection of newer praise and worship songs. It’s just a longing...

When it comes to picking Grammy winners for the gospel and contemporary Christian music categories, Hoosierlujah is batting about .400. The Christian music awards were announced Sunday afternoon in a pre-telecast ceremony We got two picks right and three wrong. How did you do? We agreed with the Grammy voters on: Best Contemporary Christian Music Song Grammy winner and Hoosierlujah pick: “Blessings,” Laura Story. Songwriter: Laura...