Flaten Philharmonic

Erik and his friends delighted us with some amazing music last Sunday and I thought I'd share it with you.

Yes, I couldn't possibly have a worse angle for the videos. I'd much rather be looking at their faces. But, I didn't really have a choice. Close your eyes and enjoy. Thanks again to the Flaten Philharmonic!

Atheist's Don't Have No Songs

I've had a few people ask for the lyrics of this tongue in cheek song I used in my sermon last week. Here it is:



Christians have their hymns in pages,
Hava Nagila’s for the Jews,
Baptists have the rock of ages,
Atheists just sing the blues.

Romantics play Claire de Lune,
Born agains sing He is risen,
But no one ever wrote a tune,
For godless existentialism.

For Atheists,
There’s no good news,
They’ll never sing a song of faith.

For atheists,
They have a rule,
The “he” is always lowercase.
The “he” is always lowercase.

Some folks sing a Bach cantata,
Lutherans get Christmas trees,
Atheist songs add up to nada,
But they do have Sundays free.

Pentecostals sing they sing to heaven,
Coptic’s have the books of scrolls,
Numerologists can count to seven,
Atheists have rock and roll.

For Atheists,
There’s no good news,
They’ll never sing a song of Faith.

In their songs,
They have a rule,
The “he” is always lowercase.
The “he” is always lowercase.

Catholics dress up for Mass,
And listen to, Gregorian chants.
Atheists just take a pass,
Watch football in their underpants.
Watch football in their underpants.

Atheists, Atheists, Atheists,
Don’t have no songs!

Rev Hardum at General Assembly

I've had several requests for the comments of the Ecumenical Advisory Delegate to General Assembly, the Rev Hardum, an arch priest in the Orthodox Church of Belarus. Yes, it's a pretty good smackdown. This is not the whole speech, but his initial greeting and his final coments.