A new worship song starts on Sunday and suddenly the room feels split: some people light up, others shut down. We get it. Church music is personal, tied to memory, tradition, and the way we learned to worship. Today we step back from debating styles and ask a better question: how do we stay together as Christians when our preferences differ?
We share a gem from Billy Graham’s spiritual advice column, where he responds to a church member who wants to complain about “new songs” in the service. His guidance is simple but tough to live out: ask God to help you be grateful for all music that points people to Christ, whether it is a classic hymn, contemporary Christian worship, gospel, or another style. You may not connect with every song, but someone else might, and God can use it to encourage them and draw them closer to Jesus.
