Children's Music
What a delight it is to hear the voices of children as they
playfully,
prayerfully ,or passionately express their love for God.
Sometimes the
perspectives I hear voiced by these little ones startle me in their
depth and uniqueness. I remember speaking to one young boy after his
first communion. In awe he said, "It felt like I had put on a
Jesus suit." Adult conditioning might express this as being "clothed in
Christ", but I love the fresh and honest way this boy described his own
experience. Never doubt the depth and intensity of spiritual encounter
that even the youngest among us are given. For this reason, I seek to
write songs for children that are simple but not simplistic ... an
accessible way to celebrate and express their real and often profound
experience of the living God.
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Let the Children Come*** Click the
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 One of my joys as a parish priest is to conduct
children's chapel for
the Emmanuel Preschool. We have our own simple liturgy as we light the
candle, announce Christ's presence with us, listen to age appropriate
scripture, sing songs together, see the pictures and hear the words of
a story, and close together with prayer. I love writing songs for these
kids. One day, an hour before children's chapel, I realized that it was
St. Patrick's Day, and we needed something a little more accessible
than "St. Patrick's Breastplate". So I sat down with the desire to
write a new song and the words and music to "Christ is With Me" came
flooding into my mind. It may have been written for children, but many
adults (including myself!) have found comfort and truth in these words:
The songs on this CD include: The Light of Christ, Anytime, Roundup Song (Let's Go Out and Collect All the Animals), My God is So Big, Follow Me to Bethlehem, People Like You, Jesus Loves Me, Christ is With Me, Jesus Rose, Butterfly Song, When I Set Sail, and Halle-Halle. If you order the "Digital Download", I will send you a link where you can either download the individual songs, or one large "zip" file. By large, I mean about 32 MB, so high speed connection is a help here! Mr. Noah's Fabulous Floating Zoo*** Click the
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Mr. Noah's Fabulous Floating ZooSongbook: $15 / Cassette: 10 |
