9:49 AM
Jesse
There's been a lot on my mind lately, about what God is doing in my life, and how He's directing me now more than ever. A lot has been building u to this, but the other night, I jokingly started thinking about writing a Hymnal for the 21st century, and then I was like "Meh, hymnals, whatever..."
Then it hit me that we're in need of a return to our basics, while still moving forward. So many churches focus on one thing and loose touch with who they are, who they should be serving, and the type of people that are missing out on God's glory because this church is too involved with their own self interests.
So, I am going to find me a Hymnal (probably a United Methodist one, I have easier access to those) and break it apart and look at what makes a hymnal, and then start piecing a new one back together. I'm not trying to say "Hey, we need new hymnals" I'm trying to say "Hey, sometimes change is needed, and sometimes options are too."
This thought also comes from the annoyance I have about christian worship music royalties. Churches have to pay for a license to legally use worship music. Yeah, surprises the hell out of me, so I'm proposing that the New American Hymnal©®™ to be Creative Commons.
This is the beginning of a whole new adventure for me. It's going to be a blast!
1 comments:
I think this is a great idea! The UM Church was going to put a new hymnal together and was going to get started in 2010 and stopped because of lack of funds. Not sure if they meant lack of their funds or lack of funds for churches to buy them.
Anyway ... go for it.
As a side note. Everything in the UM Hymnal already has "permissions" secured for public singing, public performance, etc. So no royalties for anything in the hymnal. I guess the denomination negotiates that as a package deal. It does make the whole thing simpler than buying a "license" though.
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