No, this isn’t a review of the best new releases of 2008. (While not ignorant on the topic, I haven’t paid a lot of attention to much of the new music over the past year.) Instead, this post will feature the titles of songs that carried some relevance to me during the year. It’s not a list of my favorite songs of all time, but rather songs which had specific meaning during the past year. I hadn’t been planning a year-end post but figured this would be as good as any.

So, without further ado, the list:

The Things We Can And Cannot Keep – Alli Rogers
Deliver Us – Andrew Peterson
Mystery of Mercy – Caedmon’s Call
Standing Up For Nothing – Caedmon’s Call
Trouble – Caedmon’s Call
The Roses – Caedmon’s Call
Slow Fade – Casting Crowns
When Did You Fall – Chris Rice
Lemonade – Chris Rice
Sometimes Love – Chris Rice
Everything’s OK – Chris Rice
You Don’t Have To Yell – Chris Rice
Faith My Eyes – Derek Webb
Lover – Derek Webb
This Too Shall Be Made Right – Derek Webb
Saint and A Sinner – Derek Webb
Cassie – Flyleaf
Whatever My God Ordains Is Right – Indelible Grace
Art In Me – Jars of Clay
One Step At A Time – Jordin Sparks
Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
Find Your Wings – Mark Harris
Use Words – Mark Harris
Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield
I Boast No More – Sandra McCracken
When It Was Over – Sara Groves
You Cannot Lose My Love – Sara Groves
Miracle of the Moment – Steven Curtis Chapman
Cinderella – Steven Curtis Chapman
Yours – Steven Curtis Chapman
Lose My Soul – Toby Mac
If You Wanted Me – Todd Agnew
Where The Streets Have No Name – U2
The Measure of a Man – 4HIM

Happy New Year 2009!