By: bobby

bobby — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:57:30 +0000

Yeah. I get that jdog. I’m just one of those that has trouble leaving it there. I see both sides. On one hand, as worship leaders, our job is to give people word and songs to express their hearts to God in a way that fits them.
But on the other hand, we also need to make them uncomfortable at times, teach about worship, and push them to expand their vocabulary to God at times as well.
Here’s a thought. Why is it that we feel the need to throw some hymns in the mix for the more traditional folks at the expense of some of the younger, and that is expected to be OK, however many of those people are not OK with us doing the same in the other direction? If we are leading for a multigenerational expression of worship, should we not include both voices and encourage them to join with and respect each others expressions?
Hmmm. I think I feel another blog post coming on. Part 3?

By: jdog

jdog — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:12:24 +0000

Bobby…a few months back I had our high school worship leader leading in “big church”…he wanted to do “How He Loves” which we both loved from the Kim Walker version. However, he was not comfortable singing the “sloppy” part. We talked about it and his reasoning (which agreed with mine) was that it was way more likely to be a distraction than to be an enhancement in helping the people in our gatherings to draw nearer to God. So we re-wrote the line in a way that we believed would honor the writer’s intention/emotion, but would not divert people’s attention,(long before we heard the DC*B version) I’m really glad to hear John Mark’s explanation of the original thought, and appreciate the art in it, and also how Crowder sought his input. (and realized that it might have a negative impact)…We sing this song in “our version” and it always evokes an emotional response even without the sloppy part,,,but I would sing the sloppy part if it does not trip up your flock…j

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