I think taking down the decorations should be a part of the whole New Year’s Resolution process. At Christmas, we celebrate the the birth of Jesus. The New Year is another birth. So we make resolutions in an effort to embrace the newness of it all. I think the taking down of the decorations should be a celebration of life renewed. It should be a nose-dive into the next season.
I don’t claim to be an expert on the modern emerging church movement, nor do I have the time or energy to break down the little I do know. That’s what wikipedia and google are for. But what the emerging movement is doing is asking questions about how the church can move forward in the 21st century. To move forward, the movement is looking backward, and it is attempting to address the church’s shortcomings. That process is never pretty.
I say all this about Christian music because it appears that the same thing is happening in the burgeoning Christian film industry. They’re trying to keep up and rip-off instead of bring something new to the table. And worse still, here at the birth of the industry, they aren’t even pulling it off. It’s like a street hustler trying to tell us the watch is a Rolex when we can see the gold paint flaking off. At least there was some real talent at the inception of the Christian music industry. Keith Green and Second Chapter of Acts could get it done. The Christian film industry doesn’t have it.
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Matthew and Lizi The Meaning of It All "Soulful vocals and heartfelt songwriting"  |
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Andy Melvin The Human Engine Waits "Catchy and exquisite, energetic and mellow" |
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Peter Nevland Just My Mouth "Laugh, and then cry. Smile big" |
