groups such as the Manic Street Preachers appeal to those for whom the church means nothing....and yet they are asking, perhaps in very different ways, the questions that Christians are asking. How can we bridge that gap........how can we rediscover and redefine that long and honourable tradition where songs of the church and songs of society are not seen as enemies to each other but as friends? What an amazing discussion would happen if non-church goers were asked to bring songs which spoke very powerfully into their deepest hopes and aspirations, into their needs and concerns and church-goers were to bring songs or hymns which did the same.
groups such as the Manic Street Preachers appeal to those for whom the church means nothing....and yet they are asking, perhaps in very different ways, the questions that Christians are asking. How can we bridge that gap........how can we rediscover and redefine that long and honourable tradition where songs of the church and songs of society are not seen as enemies to each other but as friends? What an amazing discussion would happen if non-church goers were asked to bring songs which spoke very powerfully into their deepest hopes and aspirations, into their needs and concerns and church-goers were to bring songs or hymns which did the same.
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