a list for friday–worship songs I have trouble singing, part 1 (repost)

There are many, many fine “hymns, psalms and spiritual songs.”

But I’m a words person, and it’s difficult for me to sing a song with lyrics that are silly, untrue or confusing. Unfortunately our evangelical bubble is filled with them—and thus we begin a two-part series of my top ten least-singable choruses.

1. Draw Me Close

Objectionable lyric:

You are my desire
No one else will do
Cause nothing else can take your place
To feel the warmth of your embrace

Why: I think he’s saying, “Nothing can take the place of feeling your warm embrace.” Which is slightly creepy, but could be overlooked if it was anywhere in the general area of grammatical …

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In the Bible, 40-day timeframes were often times of testing; Jesus fasted and prayed in the desert for 40 days, Noah endured the ark, Moses hung out with God on mountaintops, and the Israelites explored the Promised Land.

In the next 40 days I will not be floating around in a boat with hundreds of animals, but I WILL be packing all of my earthly belongings, moving them to Philadelphia, and getting married in Cincinnati. Which means my six weeks will be as stressful as Noah’s but with better food.

Two years ago I opened this blog up to guest posts and got several great submissions. At the time, I wanted to …