I just sat and listened to modern worship music for 2 1/2 hours.  

 

I'm trying to figure out why I feel so discouraged.

 

I think part of it is that it's hard to find that sweet spot in the Venn Diagram where the following circles all overlap:

 

Based on biblical truth alone

Understandable language--nothing too antiquated, or too culturally modern

Singable

       no weird time signatures

       normal vocal range spans

      no general clunkiness of melody and lyric

Playability

      nothing requiring a great amount of skill, basically,

                since we're fairly limited there, and we get one practice

      nothing too rhythmic, since we're short a drummer

Well Written--I threw that in there because I'm a writer,

        and I can't stand lazily written worship songs. 

Has a stylistic appeal to the general majority of the

        people we lead in our little midwestern church. 

 

Time to go raid the fridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to eat. 

 

a lot. 

 

That's how my week in ministry has gone.