We will often use secular songs – I heard it said recently that we have to be fluent in the language that our congregation speaks. It our job to invade the world, not hide away from it. We don’t use inappropriate lyrics, but we will do songs by artists with inappropriate lifestyles. Realistically, we would have to leave the earth if we were looking for music created by sinless individuals…
We recently used “Is It Any Wonder?” by Keane in a message designed to help people release bitterness and come to terms with betrayal. Back in the day, we used “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins to hit the same topic. Songs by Coldplay (“Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” for a service on loneliness) and Queen (“We Are The Champions” for a leadership event) have also found their way into various services and events that we’ve held this year. I think Tom Petty’s “Won’t Back Down” may be making it’s way into a service this fall…
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I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
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