And her point is? If you read the entire post, it seems that her point is that she's pretty sure that God really prefers only Lutheran hymns and theology (with an emergent, liberal voice, I'm sure). From her perspective, God surely must hold his divine nose when others who didn't get that memo try to give him praise with lesser instruments. Indeed, they deign to prefer "emotionalism and overproduced praise music" that is not just "objectionable," but "abhorrent...totally annoying and absolutely predictable."

Her blog is "sarcasticlutheran" so maybe her arrogance is just a clever ruse. If it is, it doesn't make her emerging Lutheran church (whatever that is, if it really is) look very inviting. Frankly, anyone who would dredge up the tired, old, now-cliched and meaningless line about "Jesus-is-my-boyfriend music" and apply it uncritically to any thing that might be called "praise music" has revealed a shallow understanding of today's music of worship. All of the ten most sung praise and worship songs by the church, as reported on CCLI, are God-honoring, uplifting, "vertical" songs of praise (including "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" at number 9), not "boyfriend" music. That's just a lame, unoriginal, knee-jerk, ad hominem criticism.

If this woman's ideas are for real (Jim Wallis wouldn't allow anything on his blog that isn't, would he?), then she could be a poster child for what I see as the emerging flaw of the emergent generation--sarcastic cynicism of anything not post-modern. If her post is some kind of attempt at sarcastic satire, a concession I would make with grave doubts, then it failed to convince.

I have heard this comment about praise music several times in the last few months and it disturbs me.
Why would someone say “I have an irrational aversion to praise music”? Most Christians I know have an instinctual resonance with praise music. In the song she is talking about the lyric says “Lord, I lift your name on high, Lord, I love to sing Your praises”. King David sang “I will be glad and exult in You;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.”. My Spirit instantly is drawn to praise music. When I join in singing praise music I feel myself joined to the congregations of Heaven and earth who are praising the Lamb because He is worthy>
She goes on to cynically describe praise music as “Jesus is my boyfriend” music. Where did this come from? And what is wrong with the statement anyway. I’m sorry but Israel was always God’s girlfriend. His descriptions by the OT prophets are quite tender and emotional. Most scholars believe the Song of Solomon is a love poem describing God’s love for His bride. In the New testament the church is described as “the bride of Christ”.
I don’t think this aversion to praise and worship music is an age related thing. I am in my middle 50s and most of my Christian friends love to corporately worship with praise songs. Yet most of these songs are written by people in their 20s. They spring from every corner of the earth. From Hillsong in Australia to the Vineyard in America. They cross racial lines, from black artists Ron Kenoly, Darwin Hobbs and Israel Houghton to white artists like Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin. Wherever you find people passionately in love with Jesus, you find what is called praise music. It’s personal, devotional and corporate. So I have to wonder about anyone who says “I have an irrational aversion to praise music”.

And Christian M, you said it better than I.