What Happens After Deconstruction? John Mark McMillan Has an Idea.

What Happens After Deconstruction? John Mark McMillan Has an Idea.

John Mark McMillan has always felt slightly out of place in worship music. Not because he isn’t good at it—his breakout song “How He Loves” is still echoing through church sanctuaries two decades later. But because the whole idea of “professional Christianity,” as he calls it, began to feel unsustainable. “Professional believers can’t ask normal questions,” he says. “You end up splitting yourself in half just to survive.” He’s talking over Zoom …