Overview

A generation was told to surrender everything for Jesus. A generation were told they were history makers and could change the world. But what happens when the music fades? In this powerful reflection, Lucy Sixsmith revisits the experience of growing up in the Soul Survivor generation. From the euphoric highs of worship tents and passionate songs to the quiet reckoning of adulthood, Sixsmith traces her journey through the charismatic culture of Soul Survivor, a movement that promised transformation, belonging, and divine purpose. With clarity, compassion, and wit, she explores the longing for purpose, the dangers of power, and the cost of unquestioning faith. When the Music Fades offers a vital reckoning with the past, and a search for grace in what remains.

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9781786226150

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""Such an important read! Reflective, challenging and funny, Lucy Sixsmith invites us to examine a faith culture that defined a generation. We owe it to our teenage selves and to the teens still making their way in the Christian faith to pay attention to this book, whether we still hold onto that faith or if we have left it behind."" -- Natalie Collins “When the Music Fades…feels like a book that was costly to write. There are also passages that are very, very funny. I was left with a deep appreciation for Lucy’s candour, introspection and humour and most of all her willingness to voice uncertainty. An important read.” -- Madeleine Davies

""Such an important read! Reflective, challenging and funny, Lucy Sixsmith invites us to examine a faith culture that defined a generation. We owe it to our teenage selves and to the teens still making their way in the Christian faith to pay attention to this book, whether we still hold onto that faith or if we have left it behind."" -- Natalie Collins

Author Information

Lucy Sixsmith is a writer and researcher in English literature and the history of books and reading. She is a Junior Research Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge.

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