My friend Nathan Peterson released a new single a couple of months ago called "Is It a Sin?"
It's a song I haven't quite known what to do with, both personally and as someone who makes an effort to promote music and art.
Since I am on his promotional street team I got an early link to the song and decided to give it an immediate listen. I knew what was coming because he had told me what the song was about, but...after listening to it once I couldn't bring myself to listen to it anymore. It was too painful, too jarring, and too...well the only word I could think of was "offensive."
Nathan is my friend and he's an artist I've supported for a number of years now. I've interviewed him on my podcast twice and he and his wife even put on a concert in our home, but this new song just wasn't something I could allow myself to promote.
In the very first lines he sings:
"Is it a sin to want to choke the life
Out of the lungs of Jesus Christ"?
