Light weight Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ok, this might be too far out there, but i always thought that with a few tweeks to the lyrics, Queen's Your My Best Friend would make a great Christian song: Ooh you make me live Whenever this world is cruel to me I got you to help me forgive Ooh you make me live now honey Ooh you make me live And a few other older rock songs: Higher Love, Steve Winwood Spirit in the sky, Norman Greenbaum Sweet Lord, George Harrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Spirit in the Sky was my late sister's choice for the closing song at her funeral. She had been a hippie, was always a free spirit, it was so "her", totally appropriate. And in its lyrics, is echoed the title line of "What a Friend I have in Jesus" which was also one of the songs she had chosen. Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey, Jenell, if you like Celtic Woman, check out the band Iona. They've been doing Celtic/spiritual music for a couple of decades now. http://www.iona.uk.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenellYB Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks, WS. Yes, enjoy Celtic Woman, enya, a few others in that genre....but then,lol, I like LOTS of kinds of music, very eclectic. I'll check them out. Jenell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdack Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I've just read through the forum on Progressive Christian Music, and it has some helpful resources, but here's the thing: Our progressive UCC church has a contemporary worship service that prefers rock music -- the louder and more energetic the better! Yet most of the bands producing Christian Rock Music that I've found lean way toward an evangelical or fundamentalist theology. This leaves me way frustrated. Are there some progressives out there who are producing loud, energetic, progressive Christian worship music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glintofpewter Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Our progressive UCC church has a contemporary worship service that prefers rock music -- the louder and more energetic the better! I know a church that adapts rock, broadway, pop songs to theer purposes. I recommend needtobreathe, particularly their early albums in which the references to Biblical themes are more obvious. their songs are more often little sermons or confessions of faith than praise music Years ago our youth group rewrote the words to "stairway to heaven" and 1 or 2 classics and performed them in church. No it wasn't our usual kind of music. Dutch Edited February 22, 2012 by glintofpewter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Hi friends, Four other progressive Christian musicians and I have started organizing folk who are looking for progressive Christian music - as well as other arts. I'd invite you to visit the Facebook group for PCAN - the Progressive Christian Artist Network. You can find many musicians there. We also have an annual gathering called SHIFT. You can learn more about it at www.shiftmusic.org Here are the sites of the group's four founders. We are all touring musicians with years of experience with UCC, DOC, and ELCA gatherings. www.christophergrundy.com www.worldmaking.net www.sirchio.com www.andramoran.com Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivanna Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) Bruce Sanguin's blog this week is on popular music - and his own guitar playing. http://ifdarwinpraye...e-food-of-love/ Edited May 27, 2012 by rivanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Anyone know that hymn that starts, "I feel the winds of God today.."? I have forgotten the rest, unfortunately. Anyway, it popped into my head just now, as I have been working in the garden. Up to my elbows in dirt, smelling blossoms and fresh grass, a little green bug dancing on my arm - it is here, in this moment, that I feel the wind of God breeze through me. I feel the sun on my face and the air gust through the leaves, and it's such a gorgeously God-filled moment. What a beautiful day to be alive! What a wonderful moment to share in God's creations! I hope everyone is having a great day to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Is this the one, Raven? I Feel the Winds of God by Ralph Vaughan Williams I feel the winds of God today Today my sail I lift Though heavy, oft with drenching spray And torn with many a rift If hope but light the water�s crest And Christ my bark will use I�ll seek the seas at His behest And brave another cruise It is the wind of God that dries My vain regretful tears Until with braver thoughts shall rise The purer, brighter years If cast on shores of selfish ease Or pleasure I should be Lord, let me feel Thy freshening breeze And I�ll put back to sea If ever I forget Thy love And how that love was shown Lift high the blood red flag above It bears Thy Name alone Great Pilot of my onward way Thou wilt not let me drift I feel the winds of God today Today my sail I lift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvonne Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Raven, I didn't know the song, but thanks for sharing that moment of grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Paul, Yes, that's the song! I mostly remember the first verse, but I always liked it - and it fit perfectly with what I was experiencing this afternoon. Yvonne, You're welcome. I'm always happy to have something joyful to share. I hope you're having a great weekend! (And I believe I owe you an email lol now that I'm finished playing in the mud...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephM Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADt0xTeDWA&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thanks for posting that, Joseph! That's a much different version than the one I grew up with. There's something about a church organ that just makes everything a little ... funeral-y. This version was much lighter and quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivanna Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Nice song from Dave Matthews’ new album “Away from the world.” Edited September 13, 2012 by rivanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivanna Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 This song by Enigma goes back to the 90’s-- Gregorian chant, French lyrics, a bit Gothic but beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) I love Enigma and still play that album today, Rivanna. It also reminds of the self-tilted album by Deep Woods and particularly their track Sweet Lullaby. Edited November 13, 2012 by PaulS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivanna Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) gospel singer Jevetta Steele, from the 80's Edited November 27, 2012 by rivanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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