"Whatever, isn't it the same Christianity, whether with light shows and video screens and folks in izod shirts and khakis, or with Bibles and people dressed in their finest?"
Yes it is the same Chrisitanity, just more enthusiastic. A new revival period has appears to have started and it's going to be very Charismatic. Not specifically Charismatic, but people are connecting emotionally with Jesus at a level that I haven't seen or experienced before. Your daughter is getting it.
Some words from a recent Christian rock song:
I want to sit at your feet,
drink from your cup in your hand,
lean back against you,
and breathe,
feel your heart beat.
The more I seek you,
the more I find you.
The more I find you,
the more I love you.
This love is so deep,
it's more than I can stand,
I melt in your peace.
As Rick Warren has pointed out, the older music is most frequently about God and Jesus. The newer type of music is love songs to God and His Son.
The above song is most definitely a love song. Quite beautiful to the ear and the soul.
What is the other song that is playing on the radios that kids like so much?...can't remember right now, but I do remember it, I won't be able to get it out of my head. I love the song.
It doesn't matter to me how my daughter gets it. What's she's experiencing is a family of Christianity, a group that genuinely cares about her.
She volunteers for Atlanta Fest, a Christian rock concert held at 6 flags each summer. She says some of the music is just too loud, lots of screaming. Same goes for Big Stuff camp held in Panama City Florida, where high school kids go by the thousands.
She's grown up in my conservative church. So she knows how to act properly in my high Methodism church as well as her Charismatic church.