tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post8936582829035182782..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: Too Hot to Handle: EDM in the ‘Sanctuary’Dr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-25858292688349929092021-07-05T23:16:30.769-04:002021-07-05T23:16:30.769-04:00North American churches are in uncharted territory...North American churches are in uncharted territory these days. I too am finding it increasingly difficult to picture where we are headed in the post-COVID era.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346761712248157930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-41159909850963874072021-07-05T22:10:33.323-04:002021-07-05T22:10:33.323-04:00I think this new age music is ruining the churches...I think this new age music is ruining the churches, and attendance. We can't find a church that isn't rocking out the tunes. We were attending a nice church, and then the Pastor retired. We resigned the church to another denominational church , and in came with them, the loud music. Needless to say, most of our original members have left. I feel very discouraged about the future of our churches. When the older members leave, they take with them their Godly wisdom. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971606321753422301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-65626963313307263292017-07-28T11:36:37.881-04:002017-07-28T11:36:37.881-04:00I suspect the electro-stuff is just another flavor...I suspect the electro-stuff is just another flavor of the month. Most evangelical churches with "modern" music are running 20-30 years behind the new releases. They're back in the eighties, doing soft rock, power ballads and alt-country, and usually there's some attempt to make the songs accessible enough for the congregation to sing along with the choruses. With EDM, however, you're lucky to get much more than a chant.<br /><br />I would be perfectly happy to stick with hymns myself, Q, even if the congregational singing's occasionally a tad disharmonious -- not least because the maximum amount of one's fellow believers can be fully engaged in singing a hymn in a way that does not trouble anyone's conscience or cause distractions.<br /><br />Wouldn't mind some decent lyrics in the language of this century though.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346761712248157930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-28204035954170004592017-07-28T10:57:09.239-04:002017-07-28T10:57:09.239-04:00Interesting that you should see this as an issue. ...Interesting that you should see this as an issue. My experience is exactly the opposite in that during mass often only the few regulars feel they have the talent to contribute towards singing a hymn (and sometimes listening to the person next to you makes you appreciate if someone feels that way :-). Many, I think, don't really want to make an effort and if they would, music has this wonderful quality that it combines even the slightly disharmonious into something sounding decent enough. What you describe seems to lean towards a gospel type of service, which I thought is pretty standard for certain types of Protestantism.<br />Qmannoreply@blogger.com