Music For The People

I don't listen to much so-called "worship music." Maybe I shouldn't say that becuase I'm the Music guy here at Riverview. But it's honestly hard to find music that isn't trite, cliche, uninteresting, doctrinally incorrect and un-sing-able. I have found some songs from individual churches that I have heard ("At Your Feet" is from Mars Hill in Seattle, "Tower" is from Journey in Oklahoma)So I am encouraging the bands at Riverview to write songs for our people. I think it's our job as God's creation to mimic Him in a way, to be "little creators", to "sing to the Lord a new song", to create art. This may mean we start singing songs that are dark and questioning like many of the Psalms, it may mean that different genres are explored (country? heavy metal?). It may mean that some of the songs take a longer time to "learn" for those of us singing along. But I'm hoping it will mean music that we won't get tired of after three times singing. I'm hoping it will mean lyrics that are true but not necessarily what you'd expect. I'm hoping that when people hear the new songs they think of God and how creative God is and how loving he is for allowing us to "follow in His footsteps."