My thoughts this morning stray toward the notion of "what is organic to a congregation?" In particular, what musical possibilities arise from the congregation itself? What are the talents and contributions made possible by the people who gather? If someone were to propose that First Lutheran should have a electric guitar driven praise band, I would have to ask, "Where are the guitarists?" We are a congregation blessed with singers, percussionists, string players, and countless other talented people who can contribute to worship in many ways, but we are not a community full of garage band types. However, if a congregation does have such talents, the liturgy of worship could certainly involve such gifts.
This line of thinking ignores entirely arguments about asthetics or the connection of pop-style music to a commercial music industry or the call for the church to be "in" the world but not "of" the world. But, that's not what I'm thinking about today.
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