Only Believe
This song is a great two-way chat to have with the Lord. Give it a listen, then come back and let me introduce you to the man who wrote it. His story is an inspiration! Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Bedtime Songs
This Is My Father’s World
When I was a kid our family vacationed at a YMCA camp in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota. There I learned how to handle a canoe and pitch a tent. And there I learned to love singing Continue Reading →
Let The Joy Overflow
Joy is defined different ways. Paul’s letter to the Galatians lists it as a “fruit of the spirit”. One dictionary definition is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” God and joy are not strangers to each other, and I Continue Reading →
Jesus Loves Me
Classic song, timeless encouragement. Enjoy the song then we’ll talk some more. Who sings these kid’s songs? For a century and a half children around the world have been singing these simple but deep words. Is it only a children’s Continue Reading →
God Will Take Care Of You
This encouraging song is one of many written by a person who overcame a noteworthy personal physical limit and, among other things, developed a wonderful capacity and platform to encourage others in the Lord. Please give her song a sing-along Continue Reading →
My Savior How I Love You
Here is another song by Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. He was born a few years before the Civil War and lived just past the end of WW I. Hymnary.org reports “His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted Continue Reading →
Dakota Hymn
Our song writer, Joseph Renville, was born in 1779 in a small village near the east bank of the Mississippi River in a place now called St. Paul, Minnesota, only four miles from where I was born 175 years later. Continue Reading →
Close To My Door
This old hymn uses lovely imagery to describe a close walk with our living Lord. Please give it a sing-along listen and come back for a chat on kindness and on practicing the presence of God. “♫♪ How kind … Continue Reading →
Softly And Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” All of us — whether we are getting to know Jesus for the first time or have greeted him 30,000 mornings Continue Reading →
My Jesus I Love Thee
This is a fine old gospel song, very much worth knowing because it gives back to us every time we sing it. This song is a wonderful treasure we can “have to give to him that needs”. Please give it Continue Reading →