The Eye of the Needle

I really do apologize for this. But as I was writing my stewardship sermon, I couldn't get the the Rocky III theme song "Eye of the Tiger" out of my head. Except this 1982 song by the band Survivor morphed into "Eye of the Needle," a reference to Jesus' statement that "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."

Here's the movie scene with the song if you have no idea what I'm talking about. It does kind of make you want to start training to fight Clubber Lang.

Anyway, before I could finish my sermon, I had to get this distraction out of my head. So here you go. I suggest having the choir sing it as the offertory anthem on Stewardship Sunday.

The Eye of the Needle

Risin’ up, back in the church

Did my time, raised my pledge

Went to communion 

Now I’m back in the pew

Just a man and his will to give more

So many times, it happens too fast

You trade your pledge card for glory

Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of your church

You must fight just to keep them alive.

[Chorus]

It's the eye of the needle

It's the thrill of the pledge

Risin' up to the challenge

Of our Rector

And the stewardship chair

Stalks his prey with his phone

And he's watching us all with the

Eye of the needle

Face to face, out in the narthex

Hangin' tough, stayin' gen’rous

They stack the odds

Still we take to the pews

For the pledge for the church to survive

[Chorus]

Risin' up straight to the top

Had the guts, got my tithe in

Went the distance

Now I'm not gonna stop

Just a man and his will to give more

[Chorus]

The eye of the needle

The eye of the needle

The eye of the needle

The eye of the needle