Church Basement Songs - The Rev. Mariner performs songs not quite reverent enough for upstairs
It is not, repeat not your church that Kirk Mariner is singing about in these songs! But if you're familiar with the foibles and idiosyncrasies of church congregations, you'll probably be tempted to think you know exactly who he's singing about. After a lifetime in the church, and 35 years in the ministry, Mariner gives us the real scoop of what the local church is like, singing it like it is. In what sounds like church music he introduces us to: - the decrepit organist, determined to keep going despite advancing age, - the ladies hard at work on the all-consuming annual bazaar, - the Sunday School scholar who's Biblical knowledge is a bit dicey, - preachers who forget how important it is to get the congregation home by noon, and - the congregation gathered for what it does best of all: eating. Mariner's satire includes not only a dig at the preachers out there in "radioland," but also at preachers up there in the pulpit -- of which he is one. Nobody escapes! Irreverent? For sure. (Don't attempt this at home if you're inclined to stuffiness and pomposity.) But in his last song Mariner shows his true colors. After all, surely the willingness to admit how far short we fall of the goal, and to laugh at ourselves for it, is a virtue worthy of Christians.
Kirk Mariner  (Performer)    Format: Audio CD
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