There are so many to choose from. But some of the best would give the pastor pause. I love John Lennon’s Imagine.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
But I suspect there are certain lines he might want to edit out…
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
So what is a faithful pastor to do? Be true to the message or to the institution? Is it more important to be no earthly good because we are so heaven bent or more tuned in to doing the best we can improving the one in which we live? Maybe we need some worship songs with some healthy skepticism about the meaning and integrity of the whole religion thing.