When Jesus visited the earth, He was literally Creator God with us. Here’s another song from “back in the day” that I used for a few seasons to open my concerts. It was my intention to use this song to set the tone for the gathering – we were going to create a ‘dwelling ofContinue reading “Day 15 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Dwelling of Praise”
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Day 14 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Turn the Heart
Today we’re still reminiscing about some old songs of mine – but we’re moving from the children’s songs to this one – a song for dads and other adults. Written for a men’s ministry called, Promise Keepers, the year they used the phrase “Turn the Heart” as their theme. (one of my favorites…what do youContinue reading “Day 14 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Turn the Heart”
Day 13 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – I Asked God
Christmas is the season of giving and the season of asking. Asking God for things is a theme throughout the Scriptures and a theme in my life, for sure! Here’s a song for children and their families – simple but pretty profound at the same time…I’m still trying to grasp the concept of how GodContinue reading “Day 13 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – I Asked God”
Day 12 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – I-M-U-R-F-O-R-G-I-V-E-N
One of my favorite sentences that Jesus ever spoke was, “Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.” Take a listen to another song of mine from back in the day when one of my focuses was writing for children. I confess, I am forgiven! I-M-U-R-F-O-R-G-I-V-E-N Words and music by Douglas C. EltzrothContinue reading “Day 12 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – I-M-U-R-F-O-R-G-I-V-E-N”
Day 11 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Hello There, Children of the World
This song is not new to my children, but this arrangement is. (It was re-recorded on The Choices Project several years later) I love the intro of this version, spoken by Micah Joy (Harris) Macaulay – she was probably 5 or 6 years old…now she’s a pastor of worship in Chattanooga. Find her on facebookContinue reading “Day 11 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Hello There, Children of the World”
Day 10 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – A Guaranteed Yes
Tessa, our first born, was 1 year old when I recorded the children’s album, It Takes Love, for Children of the World / Campus Crusade for Christ. It was part of a curriculum and not so much part of our music ministry to children and their families as my album, The Choices Project. So, I’mContinue reading “Day 10 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – A Guaranteed Yes”
Day 9 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Sophia
In the Hebrew (the language of the Old Testament) every noun has a gender – wisdom is feminine, “Sophia”. In the Book of Proverbs 8, wisdom is personified as a woman, actively calling out for people to choose her path of life and understanding; this imagery is used throughout the book, to emphasize the value andContinue reading “Day 9 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Sophia”
Day 8 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – To the Glory of God
“Glory to God in the highest heaven…” giving glory to God is a major theme of the Incarnation/Christmas story – the messengers from Heaven stated it clearly to the shepherds that glory was ascending to God and peace was descending to earth. My young family was part of the dream and part of church plantContinue reading “Day 8 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – To the Glory of God”
Day 7 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Awesome Most Delicate Lord
Let’s go back to listening to a “whisper of a song” – and specifically about the coming of Jesus to earth – a Christmas song if you will. (Whisper of a Song” – is the phrase I use to describe the recorded demos of my songs. It seems more accurate than saying, catch a “glimpseContinue reading “Day 7 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Awesome Most Delicate Lord”
Day 6 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – I Can Talk to God
I’ve spent a lot of my life on stage: musician, teacher, storyteller, pastor, singer-songwriter, actor, worship leader… and the stages have been small and large, close to home and on the other side of the world. Now the stage I’m on most often is in my hometown leading during chapel at Belhaven University… that said, theContinue reading “Day 6 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – I Can Talk to God”
37 Days of Christmas 