OK, Time To Get Down (To It)

Some readers of this blog will probably be confused about all the fuss. What's the big deal about integrating music and faith? Isn't it obvious? Aren't some songs Christian, and some not? Aren't some styles of music more worshipful than others? Isn't music the universal language? Isn't it the words that make some music Christian?

And so on.

Just to start at a nice clear point, my answer to most of the questions above is, "probably not".

You may disagree... and there's a comment button below this post where you can say so.

In any case, my opinion is that we can't have a real discussion of the integration of faith and music until we dispense with some common canards about music, and about the music of faith. So, over the next few days (if I'm lucky), or weeks (if I'm not), I'll post explanations of why there aren't that many useful analogies between music and mathematics, or music and language, or music and art, or music and communication.

I'd like to start a conversation here... so feel free to respond, and express your opinion.