Student leaders are often found in the Music Department. The dux or valedictorian is often found in the Music Department. Those who are found in the Music Department are often found at the top of their chosen field later in life. Music helps young people become the...
Some young people don't succeed until music. Some don't feel part of something until music.Some don't feel comfortable until music.Some don't feel included until music.Some don't feel understood until music. Some don't believe until music. Music can make all the...
Want young people to work together? Put them in a music ensemble. Want them to listen to each other? Put them in a music ensemble. Want them to learn the importance of personal responsibility?Put them in a music ensemble. Want them to connect?Put them in a music...
I believe a child who is holding a piece of music will not be holding a gun, a knife, or a torch. More original: Every child wants to be part of a gang....choir is a GOOD gang. And of course, we are building young people through music, not the other way around.
[Most churches in decline] have a passion to have more money. They have a passion to have more young people. And they have more passion for seeing the church come alive, but they have no passion to do anything differently to get there.
If we lose a generation of young people in the church, it won't be because we didn't entertain them. It will be because we didn't dare them to do something meaningful with the Gospel in light of the world we live in.
What Jesus taught was a radical message of welcome and inclusion and love. I feel certain God loves me just the way I am, and I have a huge sense of calling to communicate that to young people. When I think of myself at 13, sobbing into that carpet, I just want to...