God of grace and God of laughter

God of grace and God of laughter. Carl P. Daw, Jr.* (1944- ). This hymn, with its unusual but effective first line, was written for the tenth anniversary of the Northeast Connecticut Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in 1987, when Daw was working as vicar-chaplain at the University of Connecticut. It was printed in Daw’s A Year of Grace (Carol Stream, 1990). It was given a tune by Cameron Johnson, a member of the Chapter, but it can be sung to any of the well known tunes in the 8.7.8.7.D metre. In Britain it is found in the Unitarian Sing Your Faith...