Album Of The Day: Living With A Fire by Jesus Culture

Album Art of Jesus Culture's Living With A Fire album - On a bright orange background, in the middle of the cover there's a white matchbook opened on the left side which is full of matches. Six matches are sitting haphazardly to the left of the matchbook.

I'm definitely a bit conflicted about the state of modern worship today. Ideally, the music made by churches would be easy to be sung by congregations. However, much of today's modern worship music is made by mega-churches with huge music teams making arena pop/rock anthems that maybe could be performed by ambitious church music teams, but are not simple hymns or melodies that can be easily be picked up by a congregation or a lone worship leader. Still, I do somewhat find them fun and engaging to listen to, I guess. As an example, this recording of live worship from Jesus Culture church in Sacramento, California, is maybe the group's magnum opus; a sprawling 100-minute session of anthems of prayer and praise to God. And as the album title suggests, many of these songs are aspiring to living with the guidance of God's Holy Spirit. The music is meticulously crafted and rehearsed, but there's also a level of spontaneity as the worship leader and band riff on a song for sometimes upwards of 10 minutes. And having a large bench of worship leaders throughout keeps the sound fresh but still pretty consistent. This album is maybe a bit too long for even my tastes, or maybe it's just right for a long play for a Sunday afternoon or evening of reflection. It's definitely not a collection or hymns, though you may find that a good or bad thing depending on your point of view.

Release Year: 2018
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