What’s your music preference? I don’t think there’s a word that can really summarize mine. I’m fortunate to have satellite radio in my car (thanks, Mom and Dad!), and I have presets that include Country (new and old), one called “The Coffee House,” “The Blend”…whatever that really means, today’s “popular” music (think Justin Timberlake solo), the “popular” music of the early 2000’s (think JT as part of ‘N Sync), a Sinatra station, and two stations that play Christian music. Don’t even get me started on my Pandora account…
So, my taste in music is all over the place.
From my observations, MOST of the youth I interact with prefer today’s top hits, and that’s really no surprise, considering that that’s what they see and hear all over the place. Now, we could go into a LONG rant about the messages that secular music sends, but that’s not what this post is about. I’ll be the first to admit that nothing makes you realize the inappropriateness of a song faster than listening to it in a car/room full of teens and preteens, but we’re kidding ourselves if we think that we can totally keep kids guarded from those things today (and we’d probably be doing them a disservice by doing so, honestly).
SOOOOOOOO, this summer, I’m on a mission. A mission to introduce the youth here to the idea that there is music with a message that you WANT to hear. Music with THE message, actually. The message of God’s love and forgiveness, of his ability to help us in our every need, of how he can work through us. Each week, we’ll be looking at a different song from Christian radio, and listening to the message it has for us. You can hear the songs and get a recap of our study right here each week!
Looking forward to these posts!