#687: Come to Us, Creative Spirit
Apr. 15th, 2020 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsThe time signature is one of those wander-y "it's 2/4 except for when it's 3/4" melodies.
On the surface it seems like a lovely message--we ask God to be with us in all our creative endeavors, which is something I should be able to get behind, as a creative person. Maybe it's just unfamiliarity, but it doesn't quite "click"; a lot of the subtext of the stewardship section is things we can sing during the pledge drives, and there's a disconnect between "let God inspire our creativity" and "also, give money plz and thx." Maybe it's just the broader vocation question of "what do you do when the things you like to do and ways that seem to be serving others don't really overlap." The rhyme scheme, while attempting to be dense, is also not that compelling (house/arouse/rejoice? pray/day/integrity?)
On the surface it seems like a lovely message--we ask God to be with us in all our creative endeavors, which is something I should be able to get behind, as a creative person. Maybe it's just unfamiliarity, but it doesn't quite "click"; a lot of the subtext of the stewardship section is things we can sing during the pledge drives, and there's a disconnect between "let God inspire our creativity" and "also, give money plz and thx." Maybe it's just the broader vocation question of "what do you do when the things you like to do and ways that seem to be serving others don't really overlap." The rhyme scheme, while attempting to be dense, is also not that compelling (house/arouse/rejoice? pray/day/integrity?)
