#695: As Saints of Old

[lutheranhymns]

This is an example of the "one verse gets used for the offertory for a few months at a time" genre, we sang the second verse a lot. It makes sense, it's about how we should follow the examples of our ancestors by bringing the fruits of our labors, metaphorically or otherwise. But then we get the line about "the church of Christ is calling us to make the dream come true"! And it immediately clarifies that it's about Christ's love renewing the world, but that doesn't stop me from being amused and distracted when that line comes. "Make the dream come true!" Like, what dream? A fairy-tale story? The dream team of basketball? Your favorite board game partnership? As they say in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," any dream will do.