I grew up in church, in fact, I tell people that I have been in church since 9 months before I was born. I grew up singing hymns and spiritual songs. My dad led our family in devotions after we ate and some of my earliest memories were pretending I was the music minister leading my family in a song after the Bible reading and prayer.

Throughout my life there have been songs that expressed my faith and helped me grasp the truths of what we believe as Christians. I am grateful for churches who made sure that I was singing songs that did this and not just taught us to sing songs just because they were popular. Hymns such as Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, and the Solid Rock helped shape my faith. Songs like Rise Again by Dallas Holm and Praise the Lord by the Imperials helped me express my faith in my youth. Throughout my years in ministry songs like Holy Ground, Shout to the Lord, In Christ Alone, and now The Goodness of God have helped me to worship and strengthen my faith.

I am so glad that God said, Sing to the Lord a new song (Psalm 96).Yes, I still love singing the old songs, but I enjoy signing the new songs as well because they help to express my faith in new and deeper ways. Keep singing but also keep singing with all your heart for the songs help us to express what we believe, but how you sing it expresses how much you believe it.