tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post4607336570823639110..comments2023-12-07T20:31:28.197-05:00Comments on Islands of Joy: Inspired by Dr. Jeremy BegbieSørina Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10907200327850346539noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post-36716441266322396162010-02-26T02:04:23.810-05:002010-02-26T02:04:23.810-05:00I am so thrilled that you got to hear Jeremy Begbi...I am so thrilled that you got to hear Jeremy Begbie! He's one of the most amazing Christian theologians and musicians I've ever met.<br /><br />How to gradually introduce the local church to some of these ideas is a big challenge. I try little by little as well. We are fortunate that we don't have big worship wars between the younger generation and the older, or two services with two completely separate congregations. But we don't have a whole lot of younger people, and new ones who do visit us don't tend to stay very long. That's because we have kept up our historic strength of four-part harmony hymn singing, almost to the exclusion of anything else. I'm not a good enough musician to do what Jeremy does. I wish I could play the piano at all anymore, let alone with such skill, so I could lead people into and surprise them with things they might not have thought they'd like.<br /><br />Here's a wonderful educational and thought-provoking talk by a Mennonite pastor on worship music. The friend of mine who pointed this out to me writes, "He says some of the sanest things I’ve heard on this whole divisive subject."<br /> <br /><a href="http://trinitymennonite.com/worship_music.htm" rel="nofollow">Music Discussion at Trinity</a>Rosie Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554035581795923555noreply@blogger.com