There\u2019s a decidedly Christian joy that characterizes his music. It has a lightheartedness, purity, and beauty that captures the fairytale happiness of the faith that C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton spoke of. Consider the album title \u201cAll Things Bright and Beautiful\u201d \u2013 it comes from the title of an Anglican hymn<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> You see this in some of his unreleased recordings as well. He has a touching piano cover of In Christ Alone<\/span><\/a>, and a delightful rendition of How Deep the Father\u2019s Love for Us<\/span><\/a>. He did the song \u201cHere\u2019s Hope<\/span><\/a>\u201d for the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0<\/span> On his blog, he gets very open about this faith, writing about John Piper\u2019s Desiring God<\/span><\/a>, for example, as well as posting an audio excerpt from Piper<\/span><\/a> and quoting him<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> At the same time, however, Young has found plenty of mainstream appeal in the pop music world. \u201cFireflies\u201d was a huge hit and catapulted Young to national prominence. His hit single \u201cGood Time,\u201d a collaboration with Carly Rae Jepsen of \u201cCall Me Maybe\u201d fame, also saw heavy radio play and became a pop music staple in the summer of 2013. He\u2019s written songs for a number of animated films, including The Legend of the Guardians<\/span><\/a> (a movie, appropriately, about owls), Wreck it Ralph<\/span><\/a>, The Croods<\/span><\/a>, and The Smurfs 2<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> It seems, then, that he has found a way to succeed as a Christian in the secular limelight, and not in a more subtle way like bands such as U2 or Switchfoot, whose faith undergirds their songs without being preachy. Young, in contrast, is as unabashedly Christian as it comes in his new song \u201cMy Everything\u201d<\/span> ![\"s4N3H0XMuWWZSkCTqJI-iXrqo98PCfe6-Ax9PuxdC80\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/494\/2015\/08\/s4N3H0XMuWWZSkCTqJI-iXrqo98PCfe6-Ax9PuxdC80.jpeg\")
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