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 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 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 4 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Heal Me O Lord

Jeremiah wrote in what we call the 17 chapter of his book, “The sin of Judahis inscribed with an iron chisel—engraved with a diamond point on their stony hearts”  I relate to Judah in that I can be described in the same way – with the same heart condition. I also relate to the womenContinue reading “Day 4 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Heal Me O Lord”

Day 1 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Judah’s Great Lion

Judah’s Great Lion – The Visitation 1989 My father wrote Judah’s Great Lion while he was working as the “Composer in Residence” at First Presbyterian, Boulder CO. – mid ‘80’s. He made this recording in 1989 while he was still living in Colorado. As far as we know this is the only recording to date.Continue reading “Day 1 of 37 Days of Christmas 2024 – Judah’s Great Lion”