I thought it would be kind of nice to post what your favourite songs of praise are and any special meaning they have to you. Or even just vaguely-ish religious sounding songs or just songs one associates with religion and why we like them. How they shape one's religious experiences and the like.
Hell why not through in other forms of art as well. Paintings, pictures etc of something that to you, evokes feelings of connectivity to your religion/God whatever.
Some of my faves include All Around Me and Beautiful Bride by Flyleaf. The songs that clued me into the fact that the band was actually Christian. I don't even know why, I just really liked them both and listened to a lot of their stuff in High School. So perhaps there's a nostalgic factor.
Mercy Tree by Lacey Sturm, lead singer of Flyleaf. There's such a passion and sincerity to her performance. A little softer than she usually is, but it's nice.
Broken Pieces by Apocalyptica ft Lacey Sturm. This is what happens when you cross metal heads with classical instruments lol. Not necessarily religious I guess, but Lacey has always sung about being healed through Christ and being deliberately vague in the lyrics to have a more broad appeal.
Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (translation, I See my God in you) A love song from a Bollywood movie, but still very nice. Expresses the idea to me that is important in my lineage. God can shine through every person and whilst it is a silly love song, the video celebrates religious diversity as the couple travel to various houses of worship. I like that. Also it keeps getting stuck in my head and I can't even pronounce the title correctly. So it's amusing to me.
Do you think it's important to connect to your religion, God or even philosophy through music? Is it important or just a nice flourish to have?
Hell why not through in other forms of art as well. Paintings, pictures etc of something that to you, evokes feelings of connectivity to your religion/God whatever.
Some of my faves include All Around Me and Beautiful Bride by Flyleaf. The songs that clued me into the fact that the band was actually Christian. I don't even know why, I just really liked them both and listened to a lot of their stuff in High School. So perhaps there's a nostalgic factor.
Mercy Tree by Lacey Sturm, lead singer of Flyleaf. There's such a passion and sincerity to her performance. A little softer than she usually is, but it's nice.
Broken Pieces by Apocalyptica ft Lacey Sturm. This is what happens when you cross metal heads with classical instruments lol. Not necessarily religious I guess, but Lacey has always sung about being healed through Christ and being deliberately vague in the lyrics to have a more broad appeal.
Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (translation, I See my God in you) A love song from a Bollywood movie, but still very nice. Expresses the idea to me that is important in my lineage. God can shine through every person and whilst it is a silly love song, the video celebrates religious diversity as the couple travel to various houses of worship. I like that. Also it keeps getting stuck in my head and I can't even pronounce the title correctly. So it's amusing to me.
Do you think it's important to connect to your religion, God or even philosophy through music? Is it important or just a nice flourish to have?
