I have a confession to make. I’m not a big fan of contemporary Christian music. I find the majority of it simplistic and shallow. For the biggest part it strikes me as people trying to do pop rock and not doing a great job. It’s hard to compete with the world and really doesn’t make much sense to try. That being said there are exceptions. I heard two songs by the Zoe Group in Abilene this week and found them deep, meaningful and downright moving.

I’m a big believer that Christians should be writing music. Down through the ages Christians have composed the greatest music the world knows. Am I wrong to believe we should be better at it then we seem to be right now? This week I had the chance to attend a class that dealt with sacred music and how it’s evolved over the centuries. I come from an acaeppella tradition but I love instrumental music also. It only makes sense to me that what ever we do we should do our bes,t especially when it comes to worship.

So what moves you? What are the songs or musical pieces that move you to worship?