I love this. I remember a time when every young person's entire persona was attached to their favorite genre of music. They only listened to that genre, whether metal, glam, singer-songwriter stuff, techno, or R&B. They only hung out with other fans of the same genre. They even dressed like their favorite artists. My firstborn daughter, for example, was all Goth.

There was a fundamentalist religious nature to these tribes. Metal heads declared that every other kind of music sucked. Singer-songwriter fans looked down their noses at Ozzie and Motley Crue. Etc.

One of the benefits of the digitalization of popular music is that we were suddenly able to create playlists that included many kinds of music. We were no longer so stigmatized and tribalized by music genre. It became okay to have a few country songs on our playlists, or some pop confection.

Your idea of teaching empathy through song sharing is brilliant. God knows that this troubled world could use more empathy. And, if more Christians opened their minds to even a minimal awareness of world religion, they would see our commonalities and become more tolerant and accepting of other pathways to what is essentially the same spiritual place. Peace.