Accessibility, Relevance and Fearless Expression! (Essentials Green ‘09)
Zach I totally agree…
“….Although I think that some of it should be, I also think that our culture clearly proves that people can connect through listening and experiencing as well… which opens up a world of possibility.”
Accessibility, Relevance and Fearless Expression! (Essentials Green ‘09)
In heaven I believe there are going to be huge cooperate gatherings and smaller “stages” with all sorts of different music. I believe that people will Worship God in whatever style they enjoy the most as well as appreciating every Worship other style.
Just because we don’t all appreciate quantum physics like the quantum physicist doesn’t mean we cant appreciate the space between atoms.
And who says complexity is bad. God created an infinitely complicated universe. But just because we cant full understand it doesn’t mean we cant take something from it.
I believe we do have to be relevant but at the cost of true unhindered freedom? I agree we should try to sing songs in Keys that are doable but should that be the Golden rule?
The more I think about this, the more I realize that there must be room for both accessibility and cultural relevance, as well as Holy Spirit controlled outlets for fearless expression of our God given talents.
I like to sing songs that are easy for my church family to sing, but there are times that within those songs I humbly allow my passion for God to shine. Not to show off (at least most of the time hopefully!), but to creatively use God given talents to Worship my Savior. As I do that I find that this actually sets people free. I mean we are taking about being “fully alive” right.
Should the Christian Astrophysicists teach simply and humbly? Absolutely yes! But there are times when he is compelled to use all of His acquired technical and intellectual prowess in a scientific journal for Gods Glory and anything less would be cheating himself, humanity and ultimately God! lol
As Worship Leaders we must be careful to create an Atmosphere that is both accessible and relevant to the culture, but keeping in mind that we were created to fearlsessly use and multiply our talents for the Glory of God!
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