In reply to Glenn Kahle.

If you purchase the Lutheran Service Builder you will have access to more of the modern songs. The problem with much of that style of music is that it will not endure. The style is a current fad, they will be "out of style" in another ten years. A hard bound hymnal needs to be as current in 30 years as it is today, so including a number of modern style songs that will be out of fashion in ten years is counter productive. The hope is that most of the hymns included are "evergreen," songs a melodies that will stand the test of time. If we had a larger customer base maybe we could make an annual paperback book of songs and new style liturgies like the Roman Catholic Church does. Other wise, the Lutheran Service Builder is a much better way of keeping current on conservative modern worship songs. I do agree that we need a better way of promoting and publishing modern songs and hymns that may have the ability to become the future "classics." But that is not a hard bound hymnal.