COVER STORY: The Roots' career spans 25 years, Grammys and Late Night—and the legendary group keeps making music that matters. In this issue, Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, and Tariq Trotter, better known as Black Thought, open up about God, working with Jimmy Fallon and why hip-hop is an important voice for justice. Also, our 2012 new music guide, a Christian response to illegal immigration, Jason Segel and more.
8- First Word
10- Letters
12- Slices
26- Reject Apathy: Not for Sale
28- Worldview: We need more boring christians
30- The Pulse: My search for truth
34- The Drop: Sharon Van Etton, Givers, High Society
40- An Unexpected Awakening: A look at Europe's changing spiritual climate
44- The age of arrested development
50- The Roots
58- 2012 New Music Guide
64- Gungor
68- Jason Segel
70- Highway to Danger Zone: A humble plea for Hollywood to bring back the golden age of american cinema: the 1980's
74- A Black and White Issue?: Tattoos are so common, they hardly get a second thought anymore. Should a Christian response be different?
78- Who would Jesus Deport?
82- A Connected Gospel
88- Recommends
94- From the Relevant studio