Grand Rapids
I had a cracking time at the Festival of Faith and Music, and I very nearly became a Christian myself when I saw how many people showed up for my workshop. Thanks to Ken Heffner and the Calvin Kru for organizing this thing so well that my only complaint was how little sleep I got because I was having too much fun.
One wee point I want to make about my speech--when I was talking about Christians being too serious about music, I was talking about people at the festival, too. Searching for too much meaning in three-minute pop songs turns you into a weird old guy. Trust me on this one.
One wee point I want to make about my speech--when I was talking about Christians being too serious about music, I was talking about people at the festival, too. Searching for too much meaning in three-minute pop songs turns you into a weird old guy. Trust me on this one.
posted by Andrew Beaujon at 21:56
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Thanks for being at the Festival, Andrew. And I've taken your point about seriousness to heart ... seriously.
While I can't speak for the Festival-goers, I think you'll find that many Christians take words very seriously, song lyrics included. "Word become flesh" and all that.
Oh for sure, Mike. That's why you can't have a Christian record without a lyric sheet. My point is simply that Christians need to embrace irony, i.e., the space between what's said and what's meant, if they have any hope of bridging the gap between the Christian subculture and the general market. That doesn't mean they have to be silly; it just means they have to acknowledge the limits of language.
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