[Yt Pst. Fox Iqalquuq]

Well, over at our church, people are at a loss when it comes to the symbolism used in the hymnals. Like what is a dove? What is a deer? What is a lion? What is a tree? Important questions like that. To address that, I'll modify our favourite hymns into something we here can understand.



Wave Jesus Wave

Lord the light of your Love is waving,
In the midst of the darkness waving,
Jesus light of the world wave upon us,
Set us free by the truth You now bring us,
Wave on me, wave on me.

Wave Jesus wave
Fall on this land with Father's glory
Crack, spirit crack,
Fill our hearts with blubber
Floe, iceberg floe
Melt the nation with grace and mercy
Send forth Your word
Lord and let there be light.

Lord I came to your awesome presence
From the shadows into your radiance
By the blood I may enter your brightness
Search me, try me, consume all my frozenness
Wave on me, wave on me.

As we gaze on your kindly brightness,
So our faces display Your kindness,
Ever changing from glory to glory,
Mirrored here may our lives tell Your story
Wave on me, wave on me.

What do you think?

[Butch Dickerson]

What do I think ?

I kinda like it. Snappy, yet hypnotic.
Friendly and luring.
I can see the whole tribe waving at me in the name of the Lord.
"Come Butch, eat this here hi-energy animal blubber power bar. Build strength, for tonight we hunt our enemies and take many scalps"

Need some hip dances and music to accompany your hymns?
Try sampling some B-SHOC for the tribe. http://www.b-shoc.com/
Your words are better than his, but he got good moves on the Jesus Lean --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D7iT2MT00o

{PS -- Is your tribe needing any guns or firewater? I need to make some money.}

[Yt Pst. Fox Iqalquuq]

As the Caribou

As the caribou pants for salt licks
So my soul longs after You.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship You.

You alone are my strength, my spear,
To You alone may my spirit yield.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship You.

I want You more than fool's gold and diamond.
Only You can satisfy,
Only You are the Joy Giver
And the seal's heart of my eye.

You alone are my strength, my spear,
To You alone may my spirit yield.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship You.

You're my friend and You are my brother
Even though You are a Chief
I love You more than any other
I love You more than anything.

You alone are my strength, my spear,
To You alone may my spirit yield.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship You.

[Larry Lee]

I detect a rather limited range of imagery in your "translations", Yt Pst. Fox Iqalquuq. I think you have your work cut out for you.

[Brother Temperance]

Wow. I never even knew that Canadians had any form of culture or literacy, so to see a Canadian writing hymns is really inspiring.