Tuesday, March 18, 2008

just plain mistakes

i just read an article in the magizine christian musician, by keith mohr. it was entitled 'the danger of mediocrity'. he started off by mentioning the gallo wine tag line from several years back, "we will sell no wine before it's time." technology has helped people with just a little talent produce a CD's. and they sound pretty much, well, mediocre. they believe they have enough talent that they head on out to what he calls ccm central, franklin, tennessee. then he talked about the many, many musicians moving to nashville with aspirations of stardom and fame.i think there is way too much grape juice out there and the little that does become wine all tastes the same. but enough about wine and ccm and nashville.what about the worship service as a platform for musicians with just a little talent? are they still grape juice? do you use them anyway because you have no one else? doctors have said that a little glass of red wine at night can be good for you because of the antioxidants found in it. they have also said that red grape juice has antioxidants in it too. Both as it turns out are good for you. How far can you take this analogy? probably not too far. but the heart is first on the list of important items that a leader of worship needs.i'm not going to take this any further. i believe you can figure out what you need to do in your situation. but i will ask one more question, 'when does just plain mistakes become mediocre?
jts

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

People should read this.