Music and Religion

All my life I being going to church. I originally started out attending a small Christian church that my grandpa preached at. Looking back now I see how different this church was. The majority of the time was spent worshiping and listening to music. This wasn’t an ordinary church. Everyone was up and dancing and as a child I loved running around dancing and waving the big flags they had. Unfortunately, the pastor of the church, my grandpa, was having an affair wit another women he met on a mission trip. There was a lot of family drama that occurred during this time of the divorce process. While that was happening we began to steer clear from the church. It was years before we started going back to church.

My family and I eventually found a different church to attend. This church was tons different and I wasn’t sure if I liked it. This church was so big and so many people were there that I didn’t know. They played songs I’ve never heard. It wasn’t until I started going to this new church that I realized how different my old church was. The music wasn’t as energetic and people didn’t dance like they did at my old church. It was a difficult adjustment, but the new church taught me a lot that I didn’t know.

I believe the music that was played at my old church was used for worshiping purposed where people could express their feelings for God more openly. The new church that I went too, the music was more used for informative purposes. People view the music purpose in church a different way I believe and some may like the traditional informative lyrics. I enjoy the learning aspect of the new church I attend, by I really enjoyed worship at my old church. I loved to see how the music spoke to different people. Some people would be in tears by the songs and would be laying at the edge of the stage listening to Gods word.

My aunt and uncle at my old church was apart of the worship team and sang songs from morning star. They traveled and would go see them and learn these songs. This one is my favorite. Even though I haven’t been to that church in a long time this song has always stuck with me.