As a worship leader and musician, I tend to listen to a lot of music. Very rarely do I work at home or in the office without music playing. Anytime I come across I song I really like my first inclination is to find a way to play it at church, whether on a Sunday morning or during a youth program time. I think this is a bad mentality of mine though.
Not every song I like is meant to be served up to my whole church. I remember when I discovered the song Beautiful Things by Gungor. That one was a no brainer. It was too perfect, but that kind of song is the exception to the rule.
The past week I’ve been listening to a song by Jesus Culture (young adults group at a church in Redding, California) titled Come Away. You can watch the live version of the song here (click here to watch RSS readers):
I love so much about the song: the guitar riff, the drum pattern, the words of the bridge, the lyrics are written from God to us which is different and sweet, and I’m a sucker for driving but slow worship songs. But I know this song wouldn’t work well at my church or most churches for that matter. The lyrics aren’t deep theologically (“it’s gonna be wild”), the song has a strong charismatic emphasis, and the song is far too repetitive for many people to engage with for the whole song.
Not every song is meant to be shared with the church, even if I love it for myself.
This one I’ll be keeping to myself (and sharing with you).
What are songs you love that you’re keeping to yourself?
