Top Ten Albums of 2009

1. Stockholm Syndrome – Derek Webb

2. No Live on the Horizon – U2

3. Jars of Clay – The Long Fall Back to Earth (“Two Hands” is powerful, if somewhat diluted because of too much airplay)

4. Steven Curtis Chapman – Beauty Will Rise (Weep with those that weep, mourn with those that mourn)

5. What if We – Brandon Heath (“Give Me Eyes” reminds me of the first time I landed in Jakarta)

6. Over and Underneath – Tenth Avenue North (“Love is Here” has some awesome theology)

7. The Fall – Norah Jones

8. I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers

9. Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot

10. The BQE – Sufjan Stevens (I’ve driven on the BQE many times, and if something so depressing can inspire beauty, anything can)