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Jesus, lover of my soul???
Jesus, lover of my soul???
The first step would be to use the imagination and create songs in particular contexts rather than always playing the latest Chris Tomlin track or David Crowder rift. These songs are good, but that's not the point. I may be in the minority, but I actually think the last 10 years have brought about a decent change in worship lyrics and emphasis that wasn't there a decade or so ago. But there is still room to grow, and I think it starts with local artists and local church families coming together to create a worship environment/music that is contextual and relevant to their particular fold.
The first step would be to use the imagination and create songs in particular contexts rather than always playing the latest Chris Tomlin track or David Crowder rift. These songs are good, but that's not the point. I may be in the minority, but I actually think the last 10 years have brought about a decent change in worship lyrics and emphasis that wasn't there a decade or so ago. But there is still room to grow, and I think it starts with local artists and local church families coming together to create a worship environment/music that is contextual and relevant to their particular fold.
The average man or woman is working, taking care of a family, attempting to do their best to keep a hold on their own spirituality (much less the spirituality of others). When they come together for these "small groups" the Bible study that happens is within their context. They don't have language to describe the word in the beauty and depth that Jason has described above, so what are we supposed to do? If we tried to take these messages into the church, they would probably be shot down by a skeptical elder board or pastor who doesn't want to change from the way things have always been. If we try and introduce all of these new terms that we have learned at seminary or Christian college, we will be accused of invading the sacred world of the church will too much secularized university non-sense that makes the Bible too "heady."
What can we do, then, practically to change the life-blood of the church. Do we change it from the inside? If we cannot change it from the inside, do we leave the established church? If we leave the established church, are we given up on all those people (most over 30) who simply have a different mindset about the bible? Is their mindset wrong? These are all questions that I have no answers to, but I want to start a meaningful dialogue about them.
The average man or woman is working, taking care of a family, attempting to do their best to keep a hold on their own spirituality (much less the spirituality of others). When they come together for these "small groups" the Bible study that happens is within their context. They don't have language to describe the word in the beauty and depth that Jason has described above, so what are we supposed to do? If we tried to take these messages into the church, they would probably be shot down by a skeptical elder board or pastor who doesn't want to change from the way things have always been. If we try and introduce all of these new terms that we have learned at seminary or Christian college, we will be accused of invading the sacred world of the church will too much secularized university non-sense that makes the Bible too "heady."
What can we do, then, practically to change the life-blood of the church. Do we change it from the inside? If we cannot change it from the inside, do we leave the established church? If we leave the established church, are we given up on all those people (most over 30) who simply have a different mindset about the bible? Is their mindset wrong? These are all questions that I have no answers to, but I want to start a meaningful dialogue about them.
it makes picking some music for sundays extremely taxing.
i think i trashed about 15 songs for good in just this week alone.
it makes picking some music for sundays extremely taxing.
i think i trashed about 15 songs for good in just this week alone.
Danny: Do we leave the established church? I’m not going to. At least not yet. Is their mindest wrong? Yes and no…we all are in a way. I just get tired of hearing song after song about me.
Danny: Do we leave the established church? I’m not going to. At least not yet. Is their mindest wrong? Yes and no…we all are in a way. I just get tired of hearing song after song about me.
When you get the editors you want, how about someone for music that could link a good song a week with maybe a critique on the band, song, etc. Some of the music video you've posted, I can't make out the words.
I have been struck in reading the psalms by how much anger and anguish there is. I've never gotten that emotional diversity in a church service. Most of the time worship is considered a "celebration". There have been periods of time in my life where I just couldn't connect with the "happy all the time" fascade that many (particularly immature) Christians feel they need to project. I needed a place I could cry out to God in anger. It seems to me that many of the songs that draw from the psalms kind of pick and choose only the hopeful, joyful refrains. But those joyful refrains are much more meaningful when contrasted with the rough earthy cries of the rest of the psalm.
I know there is a lot more variety in Christian music these days than what I get at Church or on the radio. Is there a good website I can visit to find the variety and depth I'm looking for?
When you get the editors you want, how about someone for music that could link a good song a week with maybe a critique on the band, song, etc. Some of the music video you've posted, I can't make out the words.
I have been struck in reading the psalms by how much anger and anguish there is. I've never gotten that emotional diversity in a church service. Most of the time worship is considered a "celebration". There have been periods of time in my life where I just couldn't connect with the "happy all the time" fascade that many (particularly immature) Christians feel they need to project. I needed a place I could cry out to God in anger. It seems to me that many of the songs that draw from the psalms kind of pick and choose only the hopeful, joyful refrains. But those joyful refrains are much more meaningful when contrasted with the rough earthy cries of the rest of the psalm.
I know there is a lot more variety in Christian music these days than what I get at Church or on the radio. Is there a good website I can visit to find the variety and depth I'm looking for?
Interestingly, on Sunday (Palm Sunday), we did singing a bit different. We sung Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (The song was made popular by Rufus Wainswright's version on the Shrek soundtrack...though Jeff Buckley's version is one of the best songs ever. Serious.)
The emphasis of the evening was that the Triumphal Entry was something of a mockery. We sang this song to express our sense of broken, fickle, failure before the Lord of Song:
I heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don't really care for music, do you
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah
hallelujah (4x)
well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah
hallelujah (4x)
well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
hallelujah (4x)
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
(4x)
Interestingly, on Sunday (Palm Sunday), we did singing a bit different. We sung Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (The song was made popular by Rufus Wainswright's version on the Shrek soundtrack...though Jeff Buckley's version is one of the best songs ever. Serious.)
The emphasis of the evening was that the Triumphal Entry was something of a mockery. We sang this song to express our sense of broken, fickle, failure before the Lord of Song:
I heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don't really care for music, do you
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah
hallelujah (4x)
well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah
hallelujah (4x)
well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
hallelujah (4x)
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
(4x)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ
Seriously. This song (and his song Grace) are amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ
Seriously. This song (and his song Grace) are amazing.
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Worship whether us or God focused, is beautiful when your sittin in the jesus center and the homeless gather around to sing some oldies or one maybe they wrote on their own. God always sees the heart. That is where i must daily place myself to be true in my heart of worship. Whether sitting with family friends, strangers or the community at large.
As always we still have a lot to learn. May we always stay "teachable".
Worship whether us or God focused, is beautiful when your sittin in the jesus center and the homeless gather around to sing some oldies or one maybe they wrote on their own. God always sees the heart. That is where i must daily place myself to be true in my heart of worship. Whether sitting with family friends, strangers or the community at large.
As always we still have a lot to learn. May we always stay "teachable".
Also...I can relate to what Darny wrote about the average church-goer and the things on their minds...that feels like my life these days. It just goes to show how different the average church goers life really is from the homeless. Maybe if there were some songs out there that were different, it would connect the two.
On another, but similar note, I've been searching for a church to go to out here in the Twin Cities...and finding it really difficult. Ironically, when we visit a church that sings a song that is familiar to us (i.e. one of the popular songs of the day), it's nice. At the same time, when those songs get sung week after week, they begin to feel boring and shallow. My take is...even if this thing gets figured out on the fringes, its going to take another 30 yrs for it to hit mainstream. And by then, it will be outdated anyway. So what do you do?
Also...I can relate to what Darny wrote about the average church-goer and the things on their minds...that feels like my life these days. It just goes to show how different the average church goers life really is from the homeless. Maybe if there were some songs out there that were different, it would connect the two.
On another, but similar note, I've been searching for a church to go to out here in the Twin Cities...and finding it really difficult. Ironically, when we visit a church that sings a song that is familiar to us (i.e. one of the popular songs of the day), it's nice. At the same time, when those songs get sung week after week, they begin to feel boring and shallow. My take is...even if this thing gets figured out on the fringes, its going to take another 30 yrs for it to hit mainstream. And by then, it will be outdated anyway. So what do you do?