It seems there’s always a lot of controversy surrounding Christian artists who “cross over” or who record secular music.
I recently ran across a couple of intersting music videos by Christian artists. In this video, Reliant K, sings the popular Christmas song, Sleigh Ride. It’s kind of a fun video, but what’s your reaction? What do you think of Christian artists recording such songs? Should they stick to Christian stuff? On a sidenote, there’s a Christian station down here that proudly proclaims, “we’re keeping the Christ in Christmas” and then always promptly plays something like Chipmunk Christmas. I’m not sure where to go with that.
Anyway. . . here’s another video. This is a different tilt. Here we have Jars of Clay singing an overtly Christian Christmas song, but as you watch it, well. . . how would you describe it? Funky? Weird? Certainly some interesting imagery. I like the words. I think I like the visual appeal. I guess the word that seems to capture things for me is “magical”. While God doesn’t deal in magic and I hestitate to use the word, there is a certain connotation to it where God does something amazing on Christmas. He capture our imagination with a narrative full of miracles and incredible provision so that he can begin the greatest story, the greatest event in the history of earth. Love did come down on Christmas as the song proclaims. And in the sense of being awed at something utterly different than our experience, it is magical.
