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Keith and Kristyn Getty - modern hymn writers extraordinaire

Graeme CodringtonJul 21,2009
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penfire (not verified)Jul 21,2009

The Gettys

Thanks for the introduction to these wonderful Christian artists! I have passed on this information to others also, so perhaps we won't have to repent, like some others we may know !!

Also, I wanted to see if you had heard of Angus Buchan of South Africa? I recently found a DVD about him and the work he is doing in South Africa for Orphans; since this is one of my "causes", too (in India), I purchased it. So, thought you might also be intrested if you don't already know about him. There is a movie called "Faith Like Potatoes", the true story about Angus.

I do want to ask your forgiveness for offending you or any of your readers concerning some of my remarks. I did feel offended also at some remarks made by you and some others concerning my country; perhaps I overreacted. I know we all love our countries, and have much to be proud of in all of them, as well as things we wish were not associated with our ancestors. But, they were aflicted with the same spiritual disease as we are, sin. So, we must not cover up their sins, but neither continue to cast aspersions upon one another unless we have something concrete to say and then to say it, as scripture tells us, with love; seeking to redeem and not condemn.

Have a blessed day, Grahame !

In Christ,

Glenda Smith

JP Farrell (not verified)Jul 22,2009

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! (if you will forgive the irony). Thanks for the Getty tip, but also for calling out our commercialised formulaic worship recordings of the past few years. I think the same comment applies to CCM as well. I bought myself the latest WOW compilation, and it all sounds the same - or at least the lyrics do. Can we not, with all the creativty God imbues us with, come out with more fresh music? Every now and then someone breaks the mould and cuts a new path, but then it becomes mainstream/conformist too.

Maybe the publishers also need to get back to basics and reward inspired worship instead of what sells. When the machine grows to a certain size it needs a certain size engine to sustain it, and so we have to generate x number of albums a year to cover costs with margin to fund growth. Then we start to go the route of pop(ular) commercial worship, and we get what we have.

When last did you hear a worship album that sounded like actually being intimate worship with believers? I love MW Smith's 'Worship', but are the crowd screaming for Jesus or for Smitty?

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