Where have all the songs gone?

I for one, am pleased that there is lots of modern worship and praise music available.  As a Dad with three kids ranging from 10 to 19 it’s great that they go around listing to Hillsongs United (pictured), Parachute Band and the likes on their iPods.

I also love the fact that we can have “ragey” worship in our Sunday services (praise God for the fact that our older folk are more interested in the younger folk and their friends than in their own ears!)

What bugs me though is the fact that it seems almost impossible to find music in this genre to cover the full gambit of theological needs.  Where are the songs that admit we’re struggling, that we have doubts and that we need God to show up?  Where are the songs that really speak of the Trinity in any meaningful way?  Where are the songs that talk of God’s justice as well as His love?  Where are the songs that speak of The Salvation Army doctrine?

And the answer isn’t that we should use all the old hymns…  (William Booth would have expected, no, demanded that we be cutting edge).

We need new songs,  but all sorts of new songs.