It is fashionable in certain Christian circles to talk disparagingly about what are called "Jesus is my boyfriend" songs. These are songs which express a love for Jesus without a lot of theological content. If you swap "Jesus" for the name of your latest flame, the song will work just as well. I've been thinking about this a lot, and I've reached the conclusion that there is a lot to be said for the "Jesus is my boyfriend" song. Certainly a lot more than could be said for the "blood and gore" song. I suspect that our desire to explain and defend our theology every time we open our mouths shows we are not all that secure about it. This leads us to overemphasise it and in the process neglect other important aspects of our spirituality. So here is my defence of the "Jesus is my boyfriend" song. The origin of this type of song can be found in the Jewish and Christian tradition of reading the Song of Songs allegorically,
'Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp.' - Rachel Carson