My son, with Down Syndrome, is in Awanna. He us memorizing multiple verses each week, but struggles. For years I have been making up songs to help him memorize his verses. Some are definitely better than others.
One time I got one stuck in my head. At first I was annoyed, like I would be with any other song. Then I realized it was Bible verses and embraced them.
May God make all of these Bible verse songs get stuck in my head abd in my son's head.
I enjoyed reading through the gospels with you in the lead up to Christmas according to the schedule you set out in one of your posts. It was especially relevant to a study my group had been going through about the fruit of the Spirit since it led to us looking at the life of Jesus in a new way as we sought to find evidence of how He displayed those qualities during His time as a human being.
This is good David. I found myself agreeing with you in so many ways. One thought in particular–
“I’m trying to understand the historical reasons why the singing of Scripture has waned. I’m looking for clues as to how people might find enjoyment in it again.”
In my early years as a believer, many of the songs/choruses we sang were directly out of the Scriptures (KJV! 😉 back then) & we often sang a cappella.
How different things are now, but I don’t want to wander down “nostalgia lane.”
I look forward to hearing of your 2nd “non-resolution.”
My son, with Down Syndrome, is in Awanna. He us memorizing multiple verses each week, but struggles. For years I have been making up songs to help him memorize his verses. Some are definitely better than others.
One time I got one stuck in my head. At first I was annoyed, like I would be with any other song. Then I realized it was Bible verses and embraced them.
May God make all of these Bible verse songs get stuck in my head abd in my son's head.
I enjoyed reading through the gospels with you in the lead up to Christmas according to the schedule you set out in one of your posts. It was especially relevant to a study my group had been going through about the fruit of the Spirit since it led to us looking at the life of Jesus in a new way as we sought to find evidence of how He displayed those qualities during His time as a human being.
This is good David. I found myself agreeing with you in so many ways. One thought in particular–
“I’m trying to understand the historical reasons why the singing of Scripture has waned. I’m looking for clues as to how people might find enjoyment in it again.”
In my early years as a believer, many of the songs/choruses we sang were directly out of the Scriptures (KJV! 😉 back then) & we often sang a cappella.
How different things are now, but I don’t want to wander down “nostalgia lane.”
I look forward to hearing of your 2nd “non-resolution.”
Blessings!