tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post2086994523712580183..comments2007-09-25T17:18:34.891-05:00Derek Vreelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278564226756132082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post-102017648574784092007-09-25T17:18:00.000-05:002007-09-25T17:18:00.000-05:00Derek,<BR/>Fred again.<BR/>Tks for the clarification. I most sincerely agree with you! And to be honest Wilma and I just listened to this song. Twice! Most certainly a theme of our Lord Jesus!! What a song! Thank you so much for sharing it. The Holy Spirit filled our hearts with JOY with this awesome worship and praise song! You and your Congregation are to be blessed for sharing it.<BR/>Thanks again,<BR/>Fred FlintstoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post-69480679209538212792007-09-24T15:28:00.000-05:002007-09-24T15:28:00.000-05:00Fred,<BR/><BR/>I reread my comment and I mistyped an important point. What I meant to say was "I am not as interested in the songs (lyrics and words) as I AM INTERESTED the themes.<BR/><BR/>I am not as interested in people (kids included) memorizing the songs as much as I am interested in people loving the Jesus of the songs.<BR/><BR/>I think we can find agreement there. Musical style is a matter of preference and so it is to be expected that different people will have different tastes.<BR/><BR/>DerekDerek Vreelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278564226756132082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post-33018265757408949562007-09-24T15:07:00.000-05:002007-09-24T15:07:00.000-05:00Derek,<BR/>Wilma says I should agree to disagree with you. We both make our points...<BR/>FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post-22166927216050007122007-09-24T10:04:00.000-05:002007-09-24T10:04:00.000-05:00Fred,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking time from the quarry to post a comment.<BR/><BR/>I think that Pebbles and Bam-Bam will not have the same joy. There is a wonderful nostalgia in remembering songs from the past, no doubt about it. <BR/><BR/>For me, I am not as interested in the songs (lyrics and words) as the themes. I want my kids to worship the Jesus of the worship music and love the gospel of the songs. This is why I love this new song "In Christ Alone" -- it is the ancient story of the gospel that has been told and retold down through the ages. <BR/><BR/>I am afraid if we do the same songs, that our kids today will miss the Jesus of the song, but the song itself becomes a distraction. Kids to day live in a media-saturated, viral video, non stop world of movie images and ideas. There is good and bad in that, but for the church, we have to constantly rethink and redesign our music and songs to connect with a fast moving and constantly transitioning culture.<BR/><BR/>Tell Wilma, I said hello.<BR/><BR/>DerekDerek Vreelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278564226756132082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23758043.post-11353735661057914912007-09-24T09:42:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:42:00.000-05:00Worship thru music, songs of praise has mor and more taken front seat with me over the last few years, however, I do not find the repeating theme of songs long enough to remember them. There are always new ones! Not that they are not good, its just that their life in our praise and worship does not last enough to learn/memorize them. I compare this to the occasions when I hear some of the old hymns of when I was younger, and sing along, knowing each word! Willl our children of today have that same joy?<BR/>Fred FlintstoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com