people smarter than i am

"Well, I think that most of today’s Christian music is based on a thin premise. When you take a pop song and weigh it down with the gospel it sort of cheapens both. The theology is too heavy for the song, and the song usually ends up being too light for the theology. Often I feel like you end up with some sort of fuzzy Christian propaganda that doesn’t do music or the gospel any justice. That’s why I like hymns so much. The early fathers wrote many of the texts to hymns that we sing today. I like that they attach us to our Christian history and remind us of what in our faith is worth preserving. Hymns were written by theologians, not pop stars, and that is why when they are sung, we so tangibly feel the weight of glory."

-Fernando Ortega

man...couldn't have said it better myself. i think we often have to rely on others to communicate thoughts for us. maybe that's wrong... but there have been many times lately when i've had these ideas/thoughts/feelings in my head, and haven't really known how to communicate them well on paper. and then a friend, musician, author, etc. will come along and write something in a blog or interview or song that is almost exactly what i would have said, had i had the capability. is that the cheap way out? i don't see it as reliance, but maybe it goes along with the idea of being in community (which is fresh on my mind, having just read pauley's latest post. read it). maybe i can communicate someone else's thoughts as well. opinions?