He not busy being born is busy dying
-Bob Dylan
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,he is a new creation. Old things have passed away behold, all things have become new.
1 Corinthians 5:17
First there was breath, then there was sound. Sound became song which became life... and we danced.
I discovered some new music that rocks my socks off. It's different, it's insane, it's weird, it's alive and it's SO infused with everything I find important these days. I hope you can find yourself in it somehow too...
First things first.. I've liked the band Gungor for a while, but didn't realize how much I liked the band Gungor. If you've never heard of them you need to. You also need to watch this documentary. Essentially (as I gather it) they're attempting to portray creation from the perspective of the old testament and bring that potential of understanding to life through sound and words and layers of organic expression. It's particularly interesting if 1- you've read the old testament and have a fascination with creation 2- if you listen with an open mind and 3- if you often find yourself meditating and reflecting on life and what this God truly is and just the very nature of our relationship with and to the one who made us into being and lives among us and within us. What I like in particular, is that their style of worship is so natural. It almost blurs the lines of secular and spiritual. It doesn't portray a "religious" rule book spirit. It doesn't form to the mold of what "Christian songs" should sound like, yet it demands a curiosity and a willingness to consider the source of all life.
A smaller sample:
This song from Hillsong United is organic, unpolished, vulnerable and wonderful:
First things first.. I've liked the band Gungor for a while, but didn't realize how much I liked the band Gungor. If you've never heard of them you need to. You also need to watch this documentary. Essentially (as I gather it) they're attempting to portray creation from the perspective of the old testament and bring that potential of understanding to life through sound and words and layers of organic expression. It's particularly interesting if 1- you've read the old testament and have a fascination with creation 2- if you listen with an open mind and 3- if you often find yourself meditating and reflecting on life and what this God truly is and just the very nature of our relationship with and to the one who made us into being and lives among us and within us. What I like in particular, is that their style of worship is so natural. It almost blurs the lines of secular and spiritual. It doesn't portray a "religious" rule book spirit. It doesn't form to the mold of what "Christian songs" should sound like, yet it demands a curiosity and a willingness to consider the source of all life.
A smaller sample:
This song from Hillsong United is organic, unpolished, vulnerable and wonderful:
John Mark McMillan's song Heart Runs makes me dance.. and it's just good.
The Liturgist are essentially Gungor under a different name. Sneaky right? I'm not obsessed, maybe a little...
We sit with the understanding of the fullness of the darkness, tragedy and suffering in this world. That understanding leads to a hope, and a faith... which is optimism in it's truest sense.
I recently discovered this one by The Brilliance. So unique and natural.. A beautiful example of infusing God into a casual, relatable communion. This song pretty much sums up the times we're living in, as well as the imperative of my thoughts. Really, it's that encompassing.
Build Your Kingdom Here by the band Rend is so grassroots INSANE, and fun. I love the concept.
And one more Gungor for good measure;-) This is an absolute favorite... usually followed by the song We Will Run.
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