RELEVANT Issue #52

COVER STORY: What do you get when you combine former CCM artist Joy Williams and Southern rocker John Paul White? The faceted harmonies, heartbreaking lyrics and sometimes otherworldly sounds of the Civil Wars. In this story, the duo talks about how they got together, their 10-year journey to becoming an overnight success and how they may sing gospel songs, but they also sing about cigarettes. 06- First Word 08- Letters 10- Slices 24- Reject Apathy: Clean The World 26- In Their Words: Jeremy Cowart 28- Deeper Walk: All or nothing 30- Worldview: The enemy of "truth"  32- The Drop: Tedashii, Sons & Daughters, Dolorean 38- Slow, Local, Sustainable: Why the ethical food movement is changing how we eat 42- Sleigh Bells 44- A Christian Response to the Arab Spring: How should believers think about the recent conflicts between Arab nations? 54- 2011 Summer Reading Guid:Spend some time with this season's can't miss books 60- Nobody talks about sin anymore: Is this generation so obsessed wit