Katy Perry, photographed by Georges Biard. Image courtesy of Wikimedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cWhen she hit mainstream, I was torn in my feelings in that I was proud she was having success but sad that the gospel music industry lost such a promising talent. I also hated that a voice like hers that could have continued to provide encouragement to Christian teens trying to live counter-culturally had now become a voice of the culture they\u2019re trying to escape.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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