When the Music Fades - by Lucy Sixsmith (Paperback)

About the Book

A generation were told they were history makers and could change the world. But what happens when the music fades? In this powerful memoir, Lucy Sixsmith revisits the experience of growing up in the Soul Survivor generation, from the euphoric highs of worship tents to the quiet reckoning of adulthood.

Book Synopsis

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 memoir, 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.

Review Quotes

"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