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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hot off the presses. I couldn't wait until Saturday to write about the incredible experience of Saturday night's Bash-N-The Code Reunion. What a night, what a night, what a night. I hope this conveys a bit of what we experienced there! READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1986-meets...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up! This week takes a look at the brand new Gaither Music release "You Are Loved: A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither." READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/you-are-lo...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Four decades into their remarkable run, Stryper's Michael Sweet reflects on the band’s history, faith, controversy, and the creative fire behind their new album, Throne of Thorns in this week's God's Music Is My Life newsletter!! READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/2026-stryp...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's my birthday week! The brand new God's Music Is My Life contemplates the past year at 50...and the songs that have been most important to me over the last 365 days. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/thought-on...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The brand new #GodsMusicIsMyLife newsletter examines the convergence of music videos with gospel and Christian music in the early 1980s, with a look at 4 videos of note from 1986. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1986-the-e...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This week's newsletter is up and it pays homage to the great Dolly Parton and reflects on her spiritual journey through the 1975 tune "The Seeker." Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/dolly-part...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The brand new newsletter is UP! I had the opportunity to talk with the iconic Sandi Patty about her life in music and brand new single, "The Voice I Have Now." READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/sandi-patt...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This week's newsletter reflects on four of The Famous Caravans--founder Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, and Shirley Caesar, and how they navigated a changing gospel landscape in 1986. godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1986-the-c...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The brand new #GodsMusicIsMyLife is UP! This week looks at the Wham!concert/docu-film 10 Days in China and puts it in conversation with British CCM artist Chris Eaton's 1986 debut album Vision. READ HERE: open.substack.com/pub/godsmusi...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Lynn Nichols who was behind some of Contemporary Christian Music's most groundbreaking and radical records. We focused on artists and albums from 1986 and I learned so much! READ HERE: open.substack.com/pub/godsmusi...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The brand new newsletter is up-and looks at some of Madonna's collaborators from the last 40 years and their connections with gospel and contemporary Christian music. READ HERE: open.substack.com/pub/godsmusi...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Church of The Good Groove (June 21, 2026) Curated by Tim Dillinger & @soulandjazz.com #LatestShows #OnDemand #FreeToStream 🎧 buff.ly/mUYedev Church of The Good Groove – a one hour show of soulful flavours from the #gospel side of the musical spectrum. #COTGG #14GoodReasons #Discover

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The brand new God's Music Is My Life celebrates the digital re-release of Reba Rambo's historic 1968 debut solo album, "On the Folk Side of Gospel," which was released to digital music outlets on Friday. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1968-reba-...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter revisits the debut album of Rich Mullins which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. READ HERE: open.substack.com/pub/godsmusi...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The new God's Music Is My Life is UP! This week looks at gospel-infused songs that hit Billboard's charts in 1986 by Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Genobia Jeter & Sylvester (w/ Jeanie Tracy, Tramaine Hawkins & Lynette Hawkins-Stephens). READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1986-i-wan...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The brand new God's Music Is My Life is UP! This week looks at the Altar Boys' 1986 cover of Donna Summer's "Unconditional Love," and reflects on her unsung impact on contemporary Christian music, and their shared missions. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1986-uncon...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up!!! This week I'm looking at Kim Boyce's debut album which turns 40 this year!! Read about how she brought dance, pop, and a new sense of freedom to a hesitant Christian music culture. READ HERE! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1986-you-c...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week looks at the productions of Nashboro Records' Shannon Williams who was both a preserver of traditional gospel and innovator of contemporary gospel. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1976-the-p...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life is up! The week's focus is on mainstream albums from 1985 that reflected a contemporary Christian ethos. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-i-wan...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

1985’s "Black and White in a Grey World" is a complicated album to look back on, but as Christian music faces another reckoning, it's a good moment to revisit Leslie Phillips' critique of the business 40 years ago. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/leslie-phi...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week's focus is Sheila Walsh's Grammy-nominated 1985 release, "Don't Hide Your Heart," an overlooked release from this CCM artist who broke new ground for women in the genre. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/sheila-wal...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Post four albums that influenced your music.

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life is UP! This week celebrates the 50th anniversary of Evie's "Again" and The Downings "Praise Him!," albums that are more progressive than some expect from artists considered to be middle of the road. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/the-interp...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week, I examine the releases from that year that made the 1975 Grammy nomination list in the Best Soul Gospel Performance category! Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1975-best-... @followers

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

This week's #GodsMusicIsMyLife examines three albums from 1975 by D.J. Rogers, Andraé Crouch & The Disciples, and Danniebelle Hall, that all expanded the notion of what contemporary gospel could sound like and where it could go. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1975-the-w...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up....with some major news about my New York Community book!! Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/new-york-c...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week, I take a look at 5 albums by the 2ND CHAPTER OF ACTS, B.C.& S. the NEW YORK COMMUNITY CHOIR and its offshoot REVELATION, and the JOHN HASON SINGERS. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/5-groups-w...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter takes a deeper look at the artists included in April's Church of the Good Groove playlist! Read more and listen here! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/church-of-...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week, I take a look Shirley Caesar's 3 releases of 1975 which turn 50 this year, beginning with her crossover hit, "No Charge," a country song about a mother's unconditional love. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1975-shirl...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP--a deep look at movement defining albums that turn 50 this year: Jesus Music icon Honeytree's "Evergreen" and Women's Music icon Cris Williamson's "The Changer and the Changed" READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/song-of-th...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life is UP! It deep dives into new releases by Candi Staton & Russ Taff which find these purveyors of American music telling their stories w/a self-acceptance & clarity of mission that only time & introspection can bring. godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/cover-stor...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Repost with COVID Lockdown soundtrack

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is up! It's all about the contributions of women in the development of CCM with a focus on Reba Rambo--with details about the 4 new reissues I've produced from her back catalog. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/reba-rambo...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week, I look at albums by Inez Andrews and Millie Jackson that turn 50 this year and the ways they employ different, but related, methods of truth-telling in their music. godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/believe-in...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This week's God's Music Is My Life is UP! In this edition, I examine three classic gospel albums that turn 60, 50 and 40 this year and the ways in which they negotiated with perceptions of traditional and contemporary gospel. READ HERE: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1965-1985-...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter is UP! This week takes a deeper look into 1985 and the intersection of R&B and CCM, focusing on 3 soulful releases by Russ Taff, Howard McCrary and Jessy Dixon. Deep dive here! godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-where...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Your last saved celeb pic is your therapist?

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Hello friends and subscribers! We're kicking off 2025 with some new God's Music Is My Life merch. Hoodies, mugs and caps available now....with a few other items on the way! Purchase link: linktr.ee/timdillinger

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The first God's Music Is My Life newsletter of 2025 is live! I look at albums by Amy Grant, Tramaine Hawkins and Teri DeSario (all turning 40 this year) that reimagined what Christian music was about, where it could go and who it was for. Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/1985-the-p...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

The brand new #GodsMusicIsMyLife newsletter is LIVE. I write about two classic gospel albums that turned 30 this year--Albertina Walker's Grammy-winning "Songs of the Church" and the Music City Mass Choir's "We've Come to Praise Him." Read here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/turning-th...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The brand new #GodsMusicIsMyLife newsletter focuses on two classic albums by Cassietta George and Vanessa Bell Armstrong that turned 40 this year. Read and subscribe here: godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/turning-40...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The brand new God's Music Is My Life newsletter takes a look at two albums from the Women's Music and Southern Gospel catalogs celebrating their 50th anniversaries! #MegChristian #TheRambos godsmusicismylife.substack.com/p/albums-wit...

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Day 20 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Day 19 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge

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Tim Dillinger @timdillinger.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Day 18 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge

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