tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post689439461438144602..comments2022-03-26T13:59:23.053-07:00Comments on Anglican Music: Is CCM really appropriate?J.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00248876387772558074noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post-73921292450142006402008-12-02T13:14:00.000-08:002008-12-02T13:14:00.000-08:00Josh,Thanks for the comment on the proper role of ...Josh,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment on the proper role of the music. I think it would be fascinating for you to knock down the bar tunes rumor in your blog, so we can all drink, er, link to it!<BR/><BR/>Ephrem,<BR/><BR/>My question with CCM for "youth" is this: if this is the way we get them into the church or keep them engaged, don't we have to follow through and make it part of the day-to-day service? It seems to me that using it only at youth rallies will not help weekly church attendance, which is what we need to pass the faith to the next generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post-80748672841510637912008-12-01T18:44:00.000-08:002008-12-01T18:44:00.000-08:00Just today I read another interesting article on t...Just today I read another interesting article on this same subject: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2008/12/praise-and-worship-music-in-church.html<BR/><BR/>I am much more welcoming of CCM in youth rally settings than in an actual liturgy. On the other hand, when the songs go on and on, repetitively, I find myself wondering if all that enthusiasm is a little forced.Kathleen Pluthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503297516184028192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post-13867255319361545542008-11-26T11:27:00.000-08:002008-11-26T11:27:00.000-08:00I would contend that the music format is of equal ...I would contend that the music format is of equal theological significance as the words. Text and tune do not exist in mutually exclusive worlds.<BR/><BR/>There is a nasty rumor flying about that Martin Luther wrote a number of his hymns to popular bar tunes. The truth of the matter is that he tried this once. But what he discovered is that the people singing it could not remove the associations of the bar tune despite the Christian text. And so he wrote a new tune and never tried it again.<BR/><BR/>The tune is the vessel in which the text is carried, and so it can effect the theology just as much as heterodox and/or heretical words.<BR/><BR/>But that's just splitting hairs. I whole-heartedly agree with your final assertion! I was just providing a little bit of clarification.Josh Osbunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906913610780375868noreply@blogger.com