April Fool- to a point
No, this wasn't really written by any member of the largest nominally Lutheran church body in the United States. It's an April Fool's joke. But it does express an aspect or two of the theology of the ELCA (Everything Luther Cautioned Against) quite nicely:
HYMN TO GOD THE WHATEVERHat tip to Rev. Paul McCain's Cyberbrethren
We are here to be together
O how happy you must be.
You should come for we have called you
To enjoy our company.
Who you are and what your name is,
We can never really say,
But we gather to be happy
On this really special day.
You are like a weaving grandma,
Or a father making rugs,
Like a farmer on her tractor
Trying not to kill her bugs.
We create you when we name you
You appear at our command.
Arent you glad that we still want you
Here to take us by the hand.
We will work for peace and justice,
We are not Republicans.
We believe in Marx and Engels
Not the brotherhood of man.
It is foolish to do mercy
Without handling the root cause.
We will work to feed the hungry
By the passing of new laws
Comments