hymn contemporary

the church’s one foundation
(still) is Jesus Christ, her lord
the church is she
like the damsel in distress
needing rescue
	Christ is the hero
	drawing her
	from the drowning water
	cutting her ties
	by the villain
	to the railroad tracks
	like a melodrama
	and why not
	we’re talking about
	villains and heroes
	and mortgages
	and the need for something better
	as in more
	than who we are

	and we go on to sing
	that Jesus will not fail
	which is not bad
	which is good
	in a hero

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next hymn
or next version
	the church will be a he
	and will be rescued
	by a she
	by the female hero
	who is Christ
	like Zenobia
	or Boudica
	but better than the Romans
	defeating the inimical
	forever

and other genders
or what is genderless
in life
that has life
the organic
I suppose
the inorganic
too
there is a Lord
not only over all
but who is all
to make the rest
only a little separate
in the deified scheme of things
by identity
and purpose
and will

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("The Church's One Foundation" is a Christian hymn; this morning a contemporary fusion of the hymn was shared)

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