I’m “mail-ordered-ten-Christian-CDs-for-a-penny” years old. I thought Jars of Clay was the bomb but also, for a time, so were Stryper and DC Talk and Newsboys and Michael W Smith and Amy Grant. I’m slightly embarrassed by this. In church on Sunday mornings I sang from the Lutheran hymnal, and at camp I memorized dozens of church camp songs. But for some reason the ubiquity of Christian radio and the popularity of Christian bookstores had me convinced I needed, out of fidelity to my religious heritage, to also follow the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) charts.
That was a really enjoyable post to read and the one you linked was lovely as well. I'll be honest that much of my musical taste over the years has been inspired by you and your recommendations, and I haven't spent much time considering the faithfulness of my music listening. I do know I don't like K-Love on the whole but there are some overtly Christian songs I have come to enjoy. I hope this will inspire me to think about that a bit more.
Uh…come sit by me and let’s talk about it. 😂 You might not want to because I have so many “weird Jesus records” and obnoxious CCM knowledge because I was indoctrinated for many years to believe that “secular” music was wrong, but SINCE we are on the subject…actually I can’t even begin to explain this here, but there’s a lot of good stuff that got stuck in the bubble of “Christian” music and Rich Mullins is probably first among them.
That was a really enjoyable post to read and the one you linked was lovely as well. I'll be honest that much of my musical taste over the years has been inspired by you and your recommendations, and I haven't spent much time considering the faithfulness of my music listening. I do know I don't like K-Love on the whole but there are some overtly Christian songs I have come to enjoy. I hope this will inspire me to think about that a bit more.
Uh…come sit by me and let’s talk about it. 😂 You might not want to because I have so many “weird Jesus records” and obnoxious CCM knowledge because I was indoctrinated for many years to believe that “secular” music was wrong, but SINCE we are on the subject…actually I can’t even begin to explain this here, but there’s a lot of good stuff that got stuck in the bubble of “Christian” music and Rich Mullins is probably first among them.
https://youtu.be/ijf-0euglz4?si=AQmCq4fgaQieJfBW