tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post377468707542272881..comments2024-02-19T05:09:00.099-06:00Comments on Lutheran Confessions: How should we pray? | Creature PrayersClint Schneklothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-42524788529953087372016-03-21T08:21:18.632-05:002016-03-21T08:21:18.632-05:00For those looking for a more in-depth understandin...For those looking for a more in-depth understanding of these magnificent, worth-praying-for creatures, look no further than John Lithgow's song (viewing on YouTube):<br /><br />From time to time I dream that I'm a manatee<br />Undulating underneath the sea<br />Unshackled by the chains of idle vanity<br />A modest manatee, that's me<br /><br />I look just like a chubby, brown banana-tee<br />As I nose along the cozy ocean floor<br />Immune from human folly and inanity<br />That's why a manatee is such a happy, herby bore<br /><br />I'm a manatee, I'm a manatee<br />I'm every bit as wrinkled as my grannity<br />No difference between my face and fanity<br />A noble manatee, well, that's me<br /><br />With the dietary habits of a manatee<br />I never fail to lick my platter clean<br />I sprinkle seaweed on my raisin branity<br />The perfect manatee cuisine<br /><br />With my wit, sophistication and urbanity<br />I dignify my watery domain<br />No one near will ever hear me use profanity<br />Because a manatee has his image to maintain<br /><br />I'm a manatee, I'm a manatee<br />I keep my reputation spick and spanity<br />No difference between my face and fanity<br />A speakly manatee, well, that's me<br /><br />Encumbered by my lumbering giganity<br />I'm thought to be an ocean going brute<br />The least appealing creature on the planety<br />But to a manatee, I'm cute<br /><br />I prefer my world of silence and of sanity<br />But my underwater friends don't all agree<br />For whenever I am dreaming I'm a manatee<br />Somewhere a manatee is dreaming that he is me<br /><br />I'm a manatee, I'm a manatee<br />Outside the fold of boring old humanity<br />No difference between my face and fanity<br />I'm a rolly polly, jelly rolly, sugar bowly<br />Heart and souly manatee, that's meDawn Rundmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150136075337860593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-82060914917878149182016-03-10T10:24:47.431-06:002016-03-10T10:24:47.431-06:00Thank you for this! I appreciate it. Any church t...Thank you for this! I appreciate it. Any church that takes itself so seriously that I cannot pray for the most gentle and bumbling of God's creatures, the manatee, has missed the point. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118872079338388308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-59194195677664673612016-03-10T08:43:02.632-06:002016-03-10T08:43:02.632-06:00I don't understand the argument over praying f...I don't understand the argument over praying for manatees. We pray for people, by name, in church. Why not pray for specific animals too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-82053025834355204192016-03-09T22:58:41.994-06:002016-03-09T22:58:41.994-06:00Did you ever know that you're my hero? Excelle...Did you ever know that you're my hero? Excellent scholarship Pastor Clint.#Reconstitution2022https://www.blogger.com/profile/03299846872995224759noreply@blogger.com