Description
A meditation/prayer on the story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector at prayer using the old song "One man went to mow" Can be used for two voices – or one voice. The refrain can be sung to the tune “one man went to mow” – by the leader or by the congregation or it can be spoken - however it best fits your situation.
Two men went to pray
Went to pray together
Two men, one man and their God
Went to pray together.
One of them was a Pharisee
Booooooooo! We know how this is going to go, don’t we?
We’ve come to expect how the Pharisee will come across
We know our gospels well!
This ought to be fun!
Two men went to pray
Went to pray together
Two men, one man and their God
Went to pray together.
It wasn’t like that when the first crowd heard this story
The Pharisee was going to set the example
He’s the expert in religion after all
If we can copy what he does then we might learn something
But we do know that it’s never that simple with Jesus!
Two men went to pray ...
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