Review: Songs 4 Worship: intelligent alternatives
Rowland asks: Where are the committed contemporary poets who are in love with Jesus who can write hymns/ songs which do not insult our musical or literary intelligence? One pastor's response: I'd put in a word for Robin Mann. Although he's been around for a while, he hasn't stayed put. These spring to mind: "Just like Jesus" - the song he wrote as a response to the "Piss Christ" exhibition some years back. The credal "God Version 1.0" (largely declaring what God I *don't* believe in, but always ending in a positive). I also know that I've been disconnected from much of what younger people are relating to. Singability is always a challenge.
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