JFH Former Staff: Sara Kelm

Name: Sara Kelm

Role At JfH: Review Writer

Pets: My dear fish Wilson

Job Status: Employed! At George Fox University

Car: Liam Hugo Kelpy-Kelm, a red Ford Escort wagon

Education: B.A. in Writing/Literature, contemplating grad school

Hobbies: Reading just about anything, writing creative nonfiction/poetry, Skyping with my family, making my friends sit through "Youtube with Sara," baking muffins, constantly refreshing my internet browser, making sarcastic comments under my breath

Pet Peeves: Pushy people, weight loss commercials, produce that goes bad too quickly

Thing you MUST Know: I dislike board games.

Guilty Pleasures: Wheat Thins with cream cheese, reality television marathons, IMDB.com, and cheesy early 90s Christian music.

Favorite TV Shows: Currently: Community, House, So You Think You Can Dance; All time: Flight of the Conchords, M.A.S.H.

Favorite Movie: The Sting, Casablanca, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lars and the Real Girl, Paris Je T'aime

Favorite Actors: PAUL NEWMAN. Gregory Peck.

Favorite Actress: Meryl Streep

Favorite Books: On Writing (King), A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Miller), Hamlet (Shakespeare), Our Town (Wilder)

Favorite Bands: Switchfoot. Jon Foreman. Jaymay, Coldplay, Keane, Derek Webb, Relient K, Jaime Cullum, Yael Naim, Relevant FM, an occasional Broadway musical

Favorite Live Shows: Switchfoot, tobyMac, Fiction Family

Favorite Animal: Pigs. Then, elephants and manatees.

Favorite Food: Any baked goods. Also pasta.

Favorite Fast Food: Taco Bell - can't go wrong with 89 cent tacos

Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios, eaten like candy.

Favorite Drink: Apple juice. And milk. I know I sound like a 4-year-old.

Favorite Candy: Andes mints or any chocolate-covered fruit.

Most Embarrassing Moment: I do stupid things far too often to have only one.

Little-Known Super Power: The ability to silence an overly ridiculous conversation/comment with one scathing glance (often accidentally)

Music News Headlines

Matthew West Declares "Jesus Is King" on New Album, Out Now
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:59:12 EST

We Are Messengers Bows the Biggest Hooks of the Band's Career on New Album, "Halfway Home"
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:50:27 EST

Red Worship's Highly Anticipated Album, "Witness," Is Available Today
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:43:16 EST

Jamie MacDonald Expands Record-Breaking Debut with Deluxe Album, Out October 16
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:37:53 EST

Perry Lahaie Revisits the Spiritual Awakening Still Shaping His Life on New Single "Well Done"
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:28:36 EST

ANTHNY Releases Debut Album, "Worship Leader's Diary"
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:23:42 EST

NEEDTOBREATHE Announce The Long Surrender and The Fellow Passengers of Pain Tour
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:04:08 EST

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This Tuesday, September 22
ALBUMS

PFR Target and the Arrow (independent)

This Thursday, September 24
SINGLES

Bloodlines So Much To Lose - Single [Facedown]

NEEDTOBREATHE Can't Apologize (feat. Jonah Kagen) - Single [UMG]

This Friday, September 25
ALBUMS

Altarheart Prone To Wander [Rottweiler]

ANTHNY Worship Leader's Diary [SONY/Provident]

Elan Brio Sound Waves [Polished Arrow]

Brotality Jaws of the Earth (independent)

Forsaken Eternity Shades of Existence - EP [Rottweiler]

Gaither Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends Present You Are Loved: A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria (Live) [Gaither]

gio. PROMISE LAND [Capitol CMG]

Pomegranate More To Find - EP (independent)

Red Worship Witness (independent)

Stryper Throne Of Thorns [Frontiers Music]

We Are Messengers Halfway Home [Curb]

Matthew West Jesus Is King [Story House Music]

The Wood Drake Sessions East to West (independent)

SINGLES

Sarah Anthony Jesus is King - Single (independent)

AustinThaNoble Mommy, I�m Praying for You - Single [Syntax]

Chris Caro DID WHAT I SAID - Single [Syntax]

Jenn Chenoweth Still Small Voice - Single [WieRise]

Peter Ebraheem The King is Risen (feat. K.N.O) - Single (independent)

Kirk Franklin This Time (feat. GloRilla) - Single [Uptown]

Kelo Real Love - Single [Syntax]

Perry LaHaie Well Done - Single [Frontiers]

Rachael Lampa Permission - Single [Centricity]

Jamie MacDonald Used to Be - Single [Capitol CMG]

MŌRIAH Kick - Single [F2]

Neal Morse & The Resonance Walk On Water - Single [InsideOutMusic]

Mackenzie Phillips Made - Single [Gotee]

Presence Music Fight or Flight - Single (independent)

QEW & Cyrus Sonata Nu Nimbus Vibez (ft. Scribe Music) - Single [Syntax]

Jenna Raine I See What You're Saying - Single [Warner]

River Valley Worship King of the Empty Grave - Single [BEC]

Seph Schlueter All In - Single [Provident]

Sleeping At Last Go On Easy - Single (independent)

The Sean Coleman Project Might Just Be My Day (feat. Brad Goff) - Single (independent)

DVD

Gaither Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends Present You Are Loved: A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria (Live) DVD [Gaither]

Next Friday, October 2
ALBUMS

Charles Billingsley Replay [StowTown]

Amy Grant The Me That Remains (Deluxe Edition) [Thirty Tigers]

The Light Superior Dayspring [Rottweiler]

Jake MacAdam Source of Life - EP (independent)

Josh Snodgrass Praise (Instrumental Guitar) - EP (independent)

Tauren Wells Here Comes The Church (Live) [Capitol CMG]

SINGLES

Francesca Battistelli Won't Miss A Moment - Single [Curb]

Gracie Binion & Bella Fabrizio Recompense - Single [BEC]

Koryn Hawthorne God Is Real - Single [Motown Gospel]

Olivia Lane Mother's Eyes - Single [BEC]

Chandler Marie Ride Away - Single (independent)

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