New Thoughts in Children's Music Ministry?

(l to r) Ellie Holcomb, Sandra McCracken, Katy Bowser
and Flo Paris. These four are working on a new album called
Rain for Roots: Big Stories for Little Ones.
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          My wife and I are carefully navigating how our kids grow musically and how that affects their spiritual growth. We want them to have an enjoyable holistic experience of music and how God's Truth and glory are celebrated through it, even in this kitschy and media-bombarded world. It's quite daunting, also imagining what type of technology kids will be using to listen to music on their own in 10 years.
          Sandra McCracken, a respectable Christian singer/songwriter, wrote a piece on her new album and some good thoughts on music ministry to Children.

          "Some friends and I were remembering and laughing about which childhood songs we could remember. We especially remember the Sunday school songs like 'Seek Ye First,' the camp/scout tunes like 'Rise and Shine,' or the hymns our grandmothers sang to us in the rocking chair 'I Love to Tell the Story.' This conversation got me thinking about what a significant moment that is in a child's life when he or she can absorb art and beauty by way of these clever little soul vehicles called melodies."

          You can read the rest here.