I take "untameable" to mean "wildly imaginative"! I LOVE thinking of God in that light!
If we're going to question praise songs, we should also question our hymnbook. My congregation recently sang "God of Our Fathers". I questioned the line "Let true religion in our hearts increase." Really? Religion? Or do we mean faith?
One can find criticisms for many songs. However, I feel that as a true aspect of worship, each song SHOULD feel personal for each member. If one feels that to think of God as being "wildly imaginative" helps to blossom their faith, that's wonderful. If one feels that "religion" IS very important, then that song speaks to them.
If we examine each song with a fine-toothed comb we could cause brothers and sisters to stumble as well as give ourselves a LOT of extra work. I say let our unique songs lead unique individuals!
At our church, ALL songs are selected by our liturgy team, NOT our PW team. This liturgy team consists of our lead pastor, our Director of Worship, one worship team member, and various members of the congregation.
Song ideas are discussed with their relevance to that particular worship service's theme. And while our Director of Worship will have a lot of input regarding songs, our pastor always has the final say.
Posted in: Check Out the Music
I take "untameable" to mean "wildly imaginative"! I LOVE thinking of God in that light!
If we're going to question praise songs, we should also question our hymnbook. My congregation recently sang "God of Our Fathers". I questioned the line "Let true religion in our hearts increase." Really? Religion? Or do we mean faith?
One can find criticisms for many songs. However, I feel that as a true aspect of worship, each song SHOULD feel personal for each member. If one feels that to think of God as being "wildly imaginative" helps to blossom their faith, that's wonderful. If one feels that "religion" IS very important, then that song speaks to them.
If we examine each song with a fine-toothed comb we could cause brothers and sisters to stumble as well as give ourselves a LOT of extra work. I say let our unique songs lead unique individuals!
Posted in: Check Out the Music
At our church, ALL songs are selected by our liturgy team, NOT our PW team. This liturgy team consists of our lead pastor, our Director of Worship, one worship team member, and various members of the congregation.
Song ideas are discussed with their relevance to that particular worship service's theme. And while our Director of Worship will have a lot of input regarding songs, our pastor always has the final say.