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Re: Over-The-Rhine Digest V3 #531
i don't know if you ever got a response to this posting.....i've been away
from my computer for a few days, and was doing some back-tracking when i
stumbled across this. i seldom take part in the list other than to read
the postings, but this struck me as something to respond to. i too am fed
up with most "christian" artists. i've been working closely with people on
my job that had a very bad impression of "gospel/christian etc" music.
after hearing otr, 77s, 6pence, mike knott, lsu and a few others, they have
come to realize that there really is some real talent under the label of
"christian" music. however, i've been truly disappointed by the fluffy
stuff produced by the mainstream ccm industry. i grew up in a christian
home, preacher's kid....sunday school, youth group, choir....did all the
"good girl" things. i'm now at a real questioning point in my life...due
to a lot of political crap that went on in my church...and still
occurring....i really don't know who God is....or what "truth" is....and
because of this...i am increasingly sickened by the crap on the radio that
is first of all to "edify the believer" and please.......is supposed to
appeal to those "not saved". i consider myself to be a believer....i still
have faith that God exists, i'm just very disappointed in those who claim
to be His own. if someone such as i....raised in the church...can feel
alienated by this music...then how much more alienating can it be for
someone to whom these pretty words of happiness and light were not heard
every sunday morning? it seriously sickens me. i'm imperfect....i've
screwed up many times in my walk "in the light"....and i desire...i need to
hear music that acknowledges that we are all HUMAN....not robots that
memorized those scripture verses so that in those difficult times we can
pull them out to save us from the influences of darkness.
as for courage....if you ever DO find it...please let me know where you
found it....because my search has been fruitless. to paraphrase a
friend....i've been taught many things...."good" things, indeed...as a
child. these doctrines have built for me a foundation that i stand on...a
large foundation that i always felt to be solid, a foundation that could
never change... but only grow.....but in the last 5 years....that
foundation is crumbling....slowly chipping away...until i barely have room
for my teetering toes. if someone can find some courage out there
somewhere......please....point me in the right direction. i am
discovering that otr is a flashlight in this darkness....a glimmer of hope
that i am not alone.
ok....all ranting aside...i'm far from the chicago area....but i wish the
best for your endeavor....sounds like a radio station i've been longing for
.....for years. for your listeners' sakes......i would certainly hope otr
is played daily. : )
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:43:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: jorge moreno <jlmoreno70 at yahoo_com>
Subject: Just saw OtR for the first time!!
Hello, My name is Jorge. Two nights ago, I had the privilege to see OtR
for the first time. I am only a new fan ( 3-4 weeks), and have been so
inspired by them.
Tonight I am in a state of confusion. I am searching for a TRUTH, one that
has eluded me the past thirty years. The inspiration from one of there
songs, sheer poetry, brings me here tonight to write. A line in one of
their albums says that courage is a tool to use to live a life that you
can't refuse. In my life I have lacked this thing called courage, yet I am
on my quest to find it.
If you are out there, if you read this and in your gut you feel that you
must respond, PLEASE do so!!!
OtR is a band that I sense searches for truth, and the truth they do find
they share. If the above statement is a truth, then how do I use this
courage in my life? How do I find my truth and share it?
I am so tired and fed up with "Christian" artists. I don't know how to
deal with the feeling that there is more of a market to "sell" the Gospel,
and not neccesarily to be artists.
Please don't get me wrong. I realize that many need to have a source like
music to and be uplifted, to be taught, to grow. To those who believe,
Christian music can be that source. But what about those who don't know?
And what about those who DO know, yet find an emptiness in the stuff that
is out there?
So what am I geeting at? As a musician, I feel the need to share my music,
but not just to those that are "saved". I know I need and must share with
with those individuals that do not know.
I am stifled because of my own fears. I am looking for support,
encouragement, and friendships of those who feel the same.
Who is out there who wishes to live in the trenches of life and be a part
of the bigger whole? I want to be a part of something different. I want
to do something with the skills God has given in a way not been seen
before.
My current skills and gifts as a musician/ artist/believer/ business man
are limited. But I know that there are others who currently feel the same
and have in there beings strengths and gifts that I do not posses.
Putting myself out there, I want to start a radio station in the
Chicagoland area. This station would not be a "Christian" radio station,
but a radio station that supports artists that are Christians. If you know
what I'm talking about, write back. If you don't know what I'm talking
about but are curious, write back.
Hope and pray to hear from someone soon.
Peace,
Jorge
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