Praying In The Foyer

Many months ago the wife travelled to a bar on the north side of Indianapolis to see a concert.  One of my favorite artists, Michael Roe, was doing a solo tour meandering across the country in support of his new CD.  Mike is the lead singer and main force behind The 77s, one of my favorite bands.  The name of the venue was Birdy’s Bar & Grill and after googling directions we were on our way.  After sitting through two solo artists open, Mike came out and did a great concert.  After the concert I headed over the the table where some of his CDs were for sale and bought Mike’s / The 77s’ last 4 releases.

The latest 77s’ release is called “Holy Ghost Building” and one of our favorite songs is called “I'm Working on a Building.”  We sing along to this CD on the way to church sometimes.  The song has a repetitive chorus and as such, we can easily alter the lyrics as needed.  I do this to a lot of songs, make up new lyrics on the spot to entertain the kids.  The daughter has picked up this habit as well and she is quite good at it.

Sunday mornings can be rushed at times.  It seems we are 1/2 caught in a Saturday, “lounge around the house” mood and 1/2 caught in a Monday, “let’s get ready to go” mood.  As such we often are running behind in getting out the door to head to church.  Since we started attending the early service at our church we need to be in the sanctuary and in our pews at 8:30.  The service starts on time and begins with a prayer from the pastor.  If we are a minute late, we need to mull around in the foyer waiting for the prayer to finish so we don’t interrupt the prayer.  So then (as you might have guessed) “I’m Working on a Building” become “I’m Prayin’ in the Foyer” with a whole song of lyrics devoted to running and being later for church (you can find a streaming version of the original song on The 77s’ MySpace page, our version is not yet available).

Well as I can see by the time on the clock, it is time to finish up here and head out the door so we are not late for church (aka prayin’ in the foyer).

Jon