Music Fridays- Liturgy, Mozart, and Modern Music: Part 6

Last time, we looked at the Credo section of the Mass in C Minor.

This week, we'll look at some more modern musical approaches to expressing creeds.

For starters, I want to share Rich Mullin's Creed, which uses the text of the Apostle's Creed as the meat of the lyrics. Like many Gen Xers, my journey towards a more liturgical style of worship and a more ancient approach to theology began when I encountered Mullin's music. This remains one of my favorite pieces of modern church music.



Another late-80s/early 90s expression of faith is Vineyard's I Believe in Jesus- a tune most of us Gen X Methodists from West Texas learned at Ceta Canyon at a One Way Camp. Every time I hear this tune I can picture Sunshine Townsend grinning at the prayer rail waiting to lead teens to Christ.



And finally, here is a modern Credo with an old school flair from Taize.


Next week, we'll explore the Sanctus in Mozart's work.