The Confessions (and Questions) of a Musical Junkie

Is there a soundtrack for church renewal?

This is a question I've been wrestling with lately because, I admit it: I am a musical junkie.

I love them! In film or on the stage, it doesn’t matter. I love the way a story is told through music. Rent is my current favorite. I can’t get the song “Seasons of Love” out of my head. It haunts me, really. My son, on the other hand, thinks this is the weirdest thing ever. He hates musicals (not counting, of course, the musical numbers in the Family Guy season premier a few weeks ago).

I think I love musicals so much because the point(s) are made through song; and they just don’t leave your head. This is why my15-year old now walks around the house singing the songs from that Family Guy episode, no matter how stupid.

And that, I think, is the point of our hymns: The gospel message is supposed to get stuck in your head.