{"id":704,"date":"2009-05-05T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/the-problem-with-christian-music.html"},"modified":"2009-05-05T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:14:00","slug":"the-problem-with-christian-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/the-problem-with-christian-music.html","title":{"rendered":"The problem with “Christian” music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catholic Online<\/a> is offering us some musical food for thought from Deacon Keith Fournier:<\/p>\n

“The problem with much of what calls itself ‘Christian’ music these days is that it puts ‘God words’ to poor music. Sometimes in so doing it misses the opportunity to truly move human hearts toward God\u2019s Living Word, the One who truly understands the human experience and is capable of transforming it through His redemptive love. Additionally, it often misunderstands the fullness of the Christian mission. We are not called to build little cultural ghettos within which we escape the corruption and pain wrought by the effects of sin. Sometimes we develop such strange language and subcultures that real people, the kind who flocked to Jesus, find us at best unapproachable and at worst weird.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We are to manifest in very human and real ways the implications of that pre-eminent passage from the Sacred Scripture: ‘God so loved the world the world that He sent His Only Son (John 3:16).’ He still does, and He sends his Son into that world through us. We are to be with the very people whom He came to save, heal and love! We need to sing, dance, weep and play with them. Not only do they need it, we do as well. I have had the privilege of spending time with some very holy people in my life\u2014true saints. One thing I can say is they were intensely real, intensely human and approachable. I know that\u2019s how Jesus was and how He should be experienced as people still touch the hem of His garment through us.”\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the rest of his commentary<\/a> and see what you think.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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