20 Songs Getting Us Through 2020

20 Songs Getting Us Through 2020 JULY 26, 2020 [RELEVANT THIS WEEK]( THE BEST OF RELEVANTMAGAZINE.COM [Hero-5.jpg]( STORY OF THE WEEK [20 Songs Getting Us Through 2020]( [rn-x.png] Here are 20 songs that have helped the most this year. It’s not a comprehensive list of our favorite songs so far, but it’s a good slice of the musical landscape we’re living in this year. [READ NOW]( WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW [• Eugene Cho: Why I Pray for President Trump]( A few years ago, Eugene Cho prayed with President Barack Obama. He's praying for the current Commander-in-Chief too. [• Taylor Swift Has a Surprise New Album, ‘Folklore,’ Co-Written With The National’s Aaron Dessner]( On Thursday, Swift announced a surprise new album which dropped at midnight, and the guest list is something to behold. The new album is called Folklore, which Swift called a “brand new album of songs I’ve poured all of my whims, dreams, fears and musings into.” Maybe the biggest stunner is that 11 of the 16 songs were co-written or -produced by her fellow once-in-a-generation songwriting luminary The National’s Aaron Dessner. [• Judah Smith: ‘Righteousness is Contagious’]( The pastor and best-selling author, Judah Smith, on the messiness of grace and the wildness of Jesus. [• Twitter Has Suspended Thousands of QAnon Accounts]( On Tuesday, Twitter took the rare step of a sweeping crackdown, removing thousands of accounts associated with the quickly growing QAnon conspiracy theory. Twitter said QAnon’s messages violated company policies and could spread harm. The New York Times reports that Facebook could be taking similar action later this month. [• 10 Church Phrases That Really Need to Go Away]( The church environment can be a funny one. In it, we often use words and phrases no one else uses—and sometimes there are very good reasons that they don’t. Christians can use a language that’s all but foreign if you’re not used to it. Some of the language is helpful and some of it is not. But either way the Church definitely has its own language, and so I (Mitch Tidwell) decided to ask the Twitter world what church words need to, well, go away. [• Dave Franco Will Stop, Collaborate and Star in a New Vanilla Ice Biopic]( Stop, collaborate and listen to this Hollywood news. 30 years after “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice is still in the news and now, his story is headed to the big screen. Dave Franco will be starring as Rob Van Winkle, the Texas breakdancer who would go on to achieve a rare sort of notoriety as Vanilla Ice. [• Rumor: Donald Glover Is Getting a ‘Lando’ Solo Series on Disney+]( There’s no shortage of intriguing projects in the works over at Lucasfilm. From Taika Waititi’s mysterious upcoming Star Wars movie to a handful of new TV shows including the newly announced Bad Batch, it’s clear that Disney is determined to leapfrog from The Rise of Skywalker’s grand(-ish) finale to the Anakin Skywalker saga into stranger territories. And one new rumor suggests they’ll do it with a little help from Donald Glover. WHAT YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO [• Relevant Podcast]( This week’s show features Dawn Porter, director of the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble and John Kingston, author of American Awakening and the creator of the American Awakening Podcast. [• Relevant Daily]( Tune in every day to Relevant Daily where Tyler Huckabee brings you what’s happening at the intersection of faith and culture. MOST SHARED [Hero-17.jpg]( GOD [The 5 Most Misused Bible Verses]( [bible.png]( LIFE [5 Spiritual Practices You Can Do in Quarantine]( [Hero-4.jpg]( CULTURE [Watch the Trailer for Beyoncé’s New Visual Album]( [rn-logo.png]( © 2020 RELEVANT Media Group. All Rights Reserved [Cover-96.png]( [SUBSCRIBE]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?](    Don't want to receive these emails anymore?  [unsubscribe from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( RELEVANT Media Group · 55 West Church St. · Suite #211 · Orlando, FL 32801 · USA