Read CTJ/Saint Upid’s Writings

My Honorable Mention Essay in Belle and Sebastian’s “Write about Love” Contest

chadthomasjohnston.com, January 12, 2011

The Star-Lassoer: An Interview with V2/Bella Union Artist Stephanie Dosen

chadthomasjohnston.com, February 13, 2011

Music Review: Rubblebucket “Omega La La”

Somewhere Over the Audio Rainbow, Prime Parents Club, July 8, 2011

Music Review: SPIN Magazine’s “Newermind: A Tribute Album”

Somewhere Over the Audio Rainbow, Prime Parents Club, July 25, 2011

Music Review: Sam Phillips “Solid State”

Somewhere Over the Audio Rainbow, Prime Parents Club, August 5, 2011

Music Review: Stephin Merritt “Obscurities”

Somewhere Over the Audio Rainbow, Prime Parents Club, August 26, 2011

Music Review: Let’s Active “Cypress”

Somewhere Over the Audio Rainbow, Prime Parents Club, September 13, 2011

Hunting for Musical Easter Eggs: An Interview with Indie Rock Icon Mitch Easter

chadthomasjohnston.com, September 11, 2011

The Cannibal and the Eucharist

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog, February 6, 2012

Supplemental Materials

The Flowering Dark” (Innocence Mission Essay #1)

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog, February 22, 2012

Worshipping the Gilded Game at the 8-Bit Altar

The Baylor Lariat, March 2, 2012

The Disrobing Trees” (Innocence Mission Essay #2)

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog, March 15, 2012

I Grew Up in a World Where Nirvana Didn’t Exist

An Open Letter Written to and Published by Music Critic Everett True (Melody Maker, author of Nirvana: The True Story) via CollapseBoard.com, April 3, 2012

Songs Everyone Can Hear

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog, April 9, 2012

My Own Private Garfunkel

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog, May 2, 2012

My Rainbow Connection, Disconnected

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, May 24, 2012

Half Man, Half Alley Cat

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, June 14, 2012

Delightfully Indulgent Conversation with Chad Thomas Johnston

The Accidental Author blog, Interview with eLectio Publishing CEO Jesse Greever, June 20, 2012

Living Fossils: Discovering Undercover’s “Branded”

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, July 16, 2012

When Work Begets Wonder

rcgale.com‘s “Bereshit Bara: Creativity Series,” July 25, 2012

Shouting “Meaningless” at the Devil!: Mötley Crüe and Ecclesiastes

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, August 3, 2012

The Plundering of a Temple (or “The Rock-afire Explosion and Pizza Parlor Tricks”)

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, August 23, 2012

The Armchair Astronaut Packs for Mars 

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, September 14, 2012

Blessed Are the Tentmakers (Excerpted from Nightmarriage, Book Published May 2013)

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, October 11, 2012

The Scatological Opportunist (Excerpted from Nightmarriage, Book Published May 2013) 

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, November 1, 2012

Constructive Disruption: On Derek Webb’s Mind Ctrl, Part I

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, December 3, 2012

Constructive Disruption: On Derek Webb’s Mind Ctrl, Part II

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, December 4, 2012

A Requiem for Rejects

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, January 16, 2013

Jesus Died for Somebody’s Sins (But Not Mine)

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, February 11, 2013

The Day My Parents Were Raptured

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, March 4, 2013

The Heart, a Home Under Construction

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, March 21, 2013

On Roger Ebert and Cinematic Stockholm Syndrome

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, April 10, 2013

Of Parsonages and Pirates

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, May 1, 2013

Before the Fall of Baseball

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, May 22, 2013

Nightmarriage (Black & White Print/Color Print/E-Book)

eLectio Publishing, May 27, 2013

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Nebuchadnezzar, Nevermore

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, June 10, 2013

Smiling Skulls: On Death and Diversion

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, July 10, 2013

A Feast for Hungry Eyes: An Interview with Sam Phillips, Part I

IMAGE Journal‘s “Good Letters” Blog/Patheos.com, July 29, 2013

A Feast for Hungry Eyes: An Interview with Sam Phillips, Part II

Reveling in Repetition

In Touch Magazine (Online Exclusive), May 1, 2014

Broken Arms, Whole Hearts

In Touch Magazine, Forthcoming Publication

The Reality of Our Reflection 

In Touch Magazine (Online Exclusive), April 1, 2015

When the Sacred Seems Savage

In Touch Magazine (Online Exclusive), July 13, 2015

Luminous Ruminations on The Innocence Mission’s “Glow” 

Chrindie ’95 Retrospective Series at Medium.com, July 14, 2015

A Holey Cloak

In Touch Magazine (Online Exclusive), August 24, 2015

Indoor Smoke Signals 

First Baptist Church Cookbook 2015 Essay + Recipe

Unexpected Growth (or “The Unsung Splendor of Staying Put”)

In Touch Magazine (Print and Online), June 20, 2016

To Build a Throne

In Touch Magazine (Print and Online), August 19, 2016

When a Gift Becomes a Given

In Touch Magazine (Online Exclusive), December 26, 2016

Wholly Scripture: Confessions of a Wayfaring Reader

12-Part Series for In Touch Magazine (Online Exclusive)

1. From Amram to Zelophehad
2. Catching Minnows
3. When Scripture Is a Whip
4. More Than a Manual 
5. A God with a Split Personality
6. The Severity of a Sacrifice
7. That Time We Got Lost (For 40 Years)
8. Into Pieces
9. When God Uses Evil for Good
10. From Slaves to Sons and Daughters
11. Awash in Blood, Afloat in Grace
12. Pictures of An Invisible God

To Be Born Again

Graphic Essay Illustrated by Jeff Gregory

In Touch Magazine (Print & Online), September 2017