The following quote is from the NPR Song of the Day blog:

Until 2005, David Bazan led the indie-pop band Pedro the Lion, which had spent the previous 10 years making smart, crushingly bleak records with Christian themes. Bazan himself has always sung outspokenly about his faith, but his work is invariably shot through with disappointment and doubt, with an emphasis on the sordid underbelly of human nature. For someone working in Christian music, he’s spent his entire career dwelling on religion’s many gray areas.

Still, it’s something of a surprise that Bazan’s new album (Curse Your Branches) is about the singer’s conversion to agnosticism — in some ways, it plays like a breakup letter to God — which has accompanied his forays into parenthood and sobriety. Many albums document the process of finding God, but not so many reflect on losing God, especially coming from someone whose work has been so outspokenly spiritual in nature.

I would submit that there are very few Christians who have not had attacks of atheism or agnosticism sometime during their lives.  Even Mother Theresa admitted as much in letters to her friends, and I know that I have had a few myself (but that is for another post).  So I think it is necessary for us to examine our faith closely, and to also be open to listen to what others who do not share our views are thinking or saying.  I found his song “Hard to Be,” which can be found at the top of this page, to be thought-provoking and decided to share it with you, my gentle readers.  I hope to buy Bazan’s album soon, and when I do, I will post my review of it here for you to read as well.