I love
music. In fact, I am a new-music junkie. When
I was a teenager, I thought the internet was created so that I could just look
up new bands all day and listen to music.
I have not stopped this practice now, even though I have been an adult
for a long time. I believe music
speaks for a generation and where they are in life and and even where they are
with God. This past week, I came across two bands that have been very good for
my soul. Both of these bands are
worship bands who speak to my walk with Christ right now. Good artists are great because they put
into words where people are today.
My
ears first caught hear of Young Oceans. This band is
from NYC, on the Asthmatic Kitty
label along with Sufjan Stevens and The Welcome Wagon. They lead worship at Trinity
Grace Church, which is a neat church movement in NYC neighborhoods. This band has words that lift up our
Savior in praise and use a airy and simple style that leads my heart right into
worship.
Wayfarer
is a band that has captured my headphones and touched my soul. They are describe themselves this way,
"We're Wayfarer from Seattle. We play repurposed hymns and spiritual
songs. Modern music, classic words." I love that they respect the depth of
old hymns and are making the theology in these songs heard again in a fresh
way.
Music
is a gift God has given us, as the church, to write and sing and play and hear
theology, to celebrate our Savior
and our new life, and to worship.
