Back to hymns

a Biblical thought...
I don't know about you, but I'm running hard for the finish line. I'm giving it everything I've got. No sloppy living for me! I'm staying alert and in top condition. I'm not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself. (1 Cor 9:26-27)

a Book thought...
Hope for the resurrection of the body has been so out of tune with several of the prevailing moods of Christian thought down the years that it has become muzzled, distorted and then not even known. (p159 Wright)

a Dave thought...
It was great to be part of the concert last night which featured the Northwestern College Symphonic Band. This 70 piece ensemble from a Christian College in Minnesota is currently touring Australia, their mission statement reads...Northwestern College exists to provide Christ-centered higher education, equipping students to grow intellectually and spiritually, to serve effectively in their professions, and to give God-honoring leadership in the home, church, community, and world.
Noah was not so much excited about hearing the band itself but about meeting our two billets at the end of the concert. Eventually we did meet Sarah and Rachel and had some great conversations over cake and raisin toast last evening. As we got on to the topic of young adults and church Rachel made the comment that her church had two services, a morning one which was contemporary, and an evening service which was based more around hymns. Her observation is that more and more young people are wanting to sing hymns and that this service is attracting a lot of them as time goes by. She went on to say that perhaps we are all so used to contemporary worship and have had it from the day they entered the church that singing hymns is not so common and many are wanting to worship God in the old way once again.

Just a thought.