Have you ever sat next to someone in church who sings like a yak with bronchitis? What can possibly be going on in their heart as they honk out 'I'm in that place once again' on a monotone?
I spoke on a Christian Union's house party a while ago, and we saw in the Bible that if we belong to Jesus, then whoever we are, whether we can sing or not, we have the most intimate relationship with God that we could ever hope for or deserve (1 Corinthians 6.17).
One of the students came to me afterwards and said, 'You know, this is really good news because I can't sing, and I thought I was missing out.' This comment made me ask why music has become such a potent vehicle for defining whether people are in an intimate relationship with God or not.
