Music is such a personal thing. What one person loves and is really moved by, another person can really not. But if you really want to know what I have been listening to lately, it's been almost exclusively Jon Foreman's EPs and Switchfoot. The lyrics are just expressing how I feel these days.
Jon is a committed Christian, but he doesn't aim to have his music categorized as Christian music. Foreman has been quoted as wanting to "make music for the rest of the world." Perhaps it's one reason why I like it. It voices some raw emotion that sometimes Christians are afraid to admit. Try these:
Switchfoot:
Dare You To Move
A popular and well known song.
Meant To Live
Ditto Above
Awakening
My biography in song.
The Beautiful Letdown
Once we let go of what we think we cannot live without, we find what really gives us life.
Stars (Acoutstic)
Think Psalm 19 "The heavens declare the glory of God . . .'
John Foreman's EPs:
Your Love Is Strong
Makes me want to raise a fist in the air for all the times the enemy has made us think God does not care.
Equally Skilled
Convicting. "Both of our hands are equally skilled at doing evil . . ."
Learning to Die
Haunting. Also my biography. "all along I thought I was learning how to take, how to bend not how to break, how to live not how to cry. Really I've been learning how to die . . ."
You might check them out on itunes. John's EPs are folksy, but don't waste your time with the band's albums if you don't like rock.
