Why is it that this vehicle (music intended for worship) often isn't designed/changed for its intended purpose?
We don't drive a race car on a construction site. Neither would we put elevator music to graduation ceremonies or funeral music to birthdays. So why does music intended for worship often have for itself a "Venn diagram" and a reliance on interpretation?
It might be my personal belief, but I do not think music meant to worship a King you believe to be the only King, should be questionable or up to interpretation. It should not be that once you take away the words, that it suddenly loses its integrity or meaning.
Worship, even without lyrics, ought to be unapologetic and pure... that even by hearing a lyric-less song, points to something/someone greater. Nobody needs to see a race car racing and on the track to know/guess what it is meant for.
I will use the race car analogy to address style briefly. Race cars of the early 1900's and race cars now have already changed/improved drastically. But at no point in each time period, would you confuse the car that races to the every-day commuter. Additionally, this whole "write a new song" can be approached with a similar nature of figuring out if certain modifications to your race car are truly good.
To the point of reaching people with various genres:
I'd liken it to trying to change one's culture to reach another culture. The more the change, the less culture there is to offer. To simplify it greatly, a 60% change would render only 40% pure culture left to share.
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18 май 2024
