This past weekend we sang a hymn in church! Imagine that… a hymn at Mountain Lake Church! The church that has as it’s byline “We’ll change the way you think about church.” We sang a song written in 1905 – I Stand Amazed in the Presence.
Shawn and the team get it as far as I’m concerned!
We don’t sing songs based on when they were written! We sing songs based on their theology! We sing them because of what they say and this song says a lot!
The old argument about hymns vs. “contemporary” songs is a ridiculous expenditure of time and mental capital. This weekend proves that in an environment where the target is disconnected people… you can play secular music (Losing my Religion by REM) AND a hymn in the same context… not based on when they were written or who sang them but based on what they say!



