In:brief: December 4

Jars of Clay has wrapped up the final leg of its most recent tour, Good Monsters, promoting its album of the same title. The group toured with former Sixpence None the Richer singer Leigh Nash filling venues worldwide. In other Jars news, their song "Work" can be heard this week promoting the TV shows "House" and "Standoff."

Michael W. Smith's 19th studio release, Stand, is #1 atop many charts, including the Nielson Christian chart and the Combined SoundScan charts. The album is being hailed as his best project since the early 90s. In other Smitty news, he is embarking on his Christmastime tour this month.

And finally, Christianity Today took another look at the group Evanescence and their spiritual ties. The website reviewed some of the songs off of their latest album, The Open Door, drawing out some of the group's spiritual searching. The article can be found here.