where art plays into that…
A good friend of mine Alan Levi said to me, “At
some point, as believers, I feel like it aught to
be unmistakably clear if we are following Jesus
that our art reflects that.” Now whether that
comes right out and spells it out in perfectly
plain English, or whether it challenges people
to look into their own hearts, or whether it deals
with the hard parts of life. To me I love the idea
of trying to come at that from a whole bunch of
angles and ultimately just with telling our story
and talking about our experience as individuals
and as a group just living life and following God.
How messy and crazy that can be at times!
How glorious it can be at times! How incredibly
sad that can be at times! It’s just the whole
gamut.
For me, I think about a four-course meal. I think
the church is sometimes guilty of, and I think
even Christian music can be guilty of, being
afraid to talk about the harder, darker things.
And I get it, we want to believe that church and
Jesus is a really happy and safe place. And
Jesus is a safe place, and there is a lot of joy
in following Him, and at the same time I don’t
think its an honest life to not acknowledge how
hard it can be. And I love the idea of positive
and uplifting and encouraging, but sometimes
I need to be uplifted in the middle of a really,
really heavy thing or a season that I’m walking
through. That might mean my heart is not in a
place where I can just sing an old childhood
camp song that I learned.
[WM] Thank you, thank you, thank you, for
this time together. I know it’s a big deal for
everyone to get together due to schedules and
this virus time as well. I’m really excited about
the new project.
[WTK] Thank you Alex! Thank you, brother.
We appreciate you.
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