1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Christian Parent Crazy World, the podcast that tackles 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 1: tough topics to help you be a godly parent in 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: an ungodly world. I am your host, Catherine Seegers, and 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: in today's special best of New Year's episode, I will 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: tackle this inspiring question, how can you learn more scripture 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: this year than you ever have before with your kids? 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: You know that question gets me fired up because I'm 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: going to let you in on a little secret, something encouraging. 9 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: You don't need a seminary degree, a perfect routine, or 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: a superhuman memory to make this happen. I'm going to 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: walk you through our family's method for learning the Word 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: of God. We've been doing this for years and it 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: is shockingly simple. People tell me all the time you 14 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: know so much scripture as if my brain works differently 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: than everyone else's, and trust me, it doesn't. If you 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: If you try the techniques I'm going to share with 17 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: you today, you can learn a lot of scripture right 18 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: alongside your kiddos. And to make it even better, I'm 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: bringing along an amazing singer songwriter to help us do 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: it in a way that's fun, meaningful, and surprisingly simple. 21 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: That's the plan for this episode. Of Christian parent crazy world. 22 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: So let's get started. If you're a parent like me 23 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: who longs to raise children who actually know God's word, 24 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: not just hear about it on Sundays, but actually know 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: it well, you are in the right place. Today, I've 26 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: reached back into the archives and pulled out one of 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: my all time favorite episodes for you this week. And 28 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: you know what, I actually get to sing in this 29 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: one today, Love this seriously. Though with over one hundred 30 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: and seventy episodes under my belt, this one still ranks 31 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: near the very tap for me. It's that good and 32 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: that helpful. Today we're talking about how to hide God's 33 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: word in your heart and how to plant that same 34 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: word in the hearts of your kids. And if you're 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: anything like me, this is something you've wanted to do well, 36 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: and maybe you've struggled to make it consistent or simple enough. 37 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: And I get that life is so busy and attention 38 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: spans or so short and memorizing. Scripture can feel honestly intimidating. 39 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: But over the years, I've discovered a method that makes 40 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: it not only doable, but honestly enjoyable. The primary tool 41 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: that I use is scripture put to music like actual 42 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: Bible versus set to a melody, and you, guys, it works. 43 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: And get this. You can memorize scripture with your kids 44 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: when you are folding laundry or doing dishes, or driving 45 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: carpool or hiding in your closet for five minutes of quiet. 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: Actually I would do that without the kids, you know. 47 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm like pro tip there. But I've recorded a number 48 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: of these scripture songs myself and you can download them 49 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: for free by subscribing over at Katherine Segers dot com. 50 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: For example, I've got John three sixteen through twenty one 51 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: set to melody. And this is such a powerful section 52 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: of scripture because most of us know John three sixteen 53 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: and maybe even seventeen, But verses eighteen through twenty one. 54 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: Check those out this week and your devotionals. Those are 55 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: very important and often overlooked. I have a bunch of 56 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: other verses recorded as well, original scripture songs, so check 57 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: out that whole scripture song bundle. But today I'm not 58 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: doing this alone. No no, no, not going solo here. 59 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: My guest is someone you are absolutely going to love, 60 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: moms and dads. I found him while I was trying 61 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: to learn a new portion of scripture myself, and I 62 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: was immediately blown away. His name is Zach Fitzsimmons, and 63 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: his town, his heart, and his passion for God's word 64 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: are incredible. You will get to learn all about Zach 65 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: as we talk today. So with that said, let's jump 66 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: right in. 67 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: Zach. 68 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: It is such an honor to have you here. I'm 69 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: so excited. Welcome to Christian parent crazy world. 70 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, glad to be here. 71 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, let me set the stage just a little bit 72 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: for my audience to let them know how I stumbled 73 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: across your music and why I stumbled across your music. 74 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: I was looking for a way to memorize Psalms chapter eight, 75 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: and I have over the years, I have memorized a 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: lot of scripture through song. I create scripture songs myself, 77 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: and I'm always on the lookout for artists who do this. 78 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: And I was looking to memorize Psalm eight, and I 79 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: went on YouTube and just looked up scripture songs with 80 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: Psalm eight and a number of people popped up. I've 81 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: done this many times before, and so I just started 82 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: listening to some and trying to figure out, Okay, who's 83 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: got a song that I would really like to use 84 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: to memorize this myself, and I stumbled across yours and 85 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: I started listening to it, and I'm like, who is 86 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: this guy? Because I absolutely love your sound and I 87 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: love this version of Psalm eight and I was like, well, 88 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: that's it. I had no question about it. So before 89 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: we get into your music and everything and your inspirations, 90 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: I just wanted to tell everybody how I found you. 91 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: And I've been using your music now to memorize Psalm eight, 92 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: but not only that, You've got lots of other songs 93 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: you put to music. So I'm gonna keep going from 94 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: there because I'm I'm just in love with your sound. 95 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: So but tell us a little bit about yourself, where 96 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: you're from, tell us about your family and what you do. 97 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 2: Sure. 98 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 3: So, I grew up in Minnesota and was gone in 99 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: Colorado Springs for a year and flightstaf Arizona for eleven years, 100 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 3: just following God's call, leading worshiping the church, and just 101 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: a couple of years ago we decided God's calling us 102 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 3: back home to be to family. 103 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: Things like that. My wife and I have known each. 104 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 3: Other since kindergarten and married for almost twenty five years now. 105 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 4: And it's crazy. Yeah. 106 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 3: So we pretty much spent almost the entirety of our 107 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 3: lives together, which is pretty cool. 108 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 4: Wow. 109 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, so three kids, twenty year old, eighteen year old, 110 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 3: sixteen year old and life is crazy but good. 111 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: That's awesome. So when did you start playing the guitar 112 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: and singing and start writing music? 113 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 2: Yeah. I picked up the guitar at fifteen. 114 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 3: Just felt I mean, I felt like I was maybe 115 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 3: developing a voice for singing, but I kind of wanted 116 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 3: to be able to have some instruments behind me, So 117 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 3: I started picking up the guitar and singing lots of 118 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 3: bands in high school and early twenties. Really was until 119 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 3: like mid twenties, late twenties when I started leading worship 120 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: in the church, and that's really when I just fell 121 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 3: in love with that and God grabbed hold of my 122 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 3: heart and kind of been my journey from there. 123 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 124 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: I am so encouraged to hear that because I have 125 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: a son who is fifteen and he's probably been playing 126 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: guitar for a year or two. He's actually getting quite good, 127 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: and so I'm like, that's that's not too late then. 128 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: Oh not at all, not at all. 129 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, we just got my daughter too, she's eighteen. 130 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: She got for her graduation gift. We went to Gruns 131 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: in Nashville, the guitar shop there, and we got her 132 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: dream guitar there. She got a Minnie Taylor. She's kind 133 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: of the teat and so she's always struggled to oh, 134 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: it's a fun an instrument that fit her, and so 135 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: we got her a Minnie Taylor for graduation. So how 136 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: did you come to the place where you started putting 137 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: scripture straight scripture? And when I say scripture, I'm talking 138 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: like unadulterated word for word translations putting that to music. 139 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, and started back in twenty sixteen. 140 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: So, as I mentioned, I mean I was, I'm the 141 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 3: worst leader at the church and flag staff at the time. 142 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 3: And the pastor decided to do a series in the 143 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 3: psalms for the summer, and so I thought, wouldn't it 144 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 3: be cool if I could write songs that don't change 145 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 3: the scriptures? But he was preaching from the ESV, the 146 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 3: English Standard Version of the Bible. I thought, what if 147 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 3: I stick to it word for word, and then if 148 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 3: I can keep up with the sermon series, make a 149 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 3: recording for the congregation. So they have a way to 150 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 3: soak in the palmon, a new way kind of that 151 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 3: following week. So he's preaching on it that Sunday, and 152 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 3: then my goal was to send out an email that 153 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 3: afternoon that had the audio of the psalm and then 154 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 3: people would kind of be listening to it all week 155 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 3: and so, but I had no idea if I could 156 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: do it or not. It was just kind of like 157 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 3: this idea that I had maybe I don't know, three 158 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 3: weeks before the sermon series started or something like, okay. 159 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: That's a tall order. 160 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 3: But nobody really asked me to do it. So it 161 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: wasn't like it was like if I fail, oh well, 162 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 3: you know, nobody really, nobody really knows. 163 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 2: But then I started. 164 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 3: I mean, the first one that was going to be 165 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 3: preached on was Psalm one, and so that was the 166 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 3: one I started with, and it took me a couple 167 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 3: of days, but I was like, man, I think I 168 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 3: think this works. I'm going to keep on going. Then 169 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 3: I moved a psalm too, and I moved as Home three. 170 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 3: But then I started looking ahead at whatever psalms that 171 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 3: he was preaching on, because he at least gave me 172 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: the calendar for this summer and then tried to keep 173 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 3: up every single week and we accomplished it. 174 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: We got it and got one. 175 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 3: I mean I don't know how many, maybe fourteen or 176 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 3: something that that summer or something like that. 177 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: That's an album right there. 178 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, So I haven't been that diligent since to be like, 179 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: you know, one a week kind of a thing, because 180 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 3: that's kind of a lot, but that is a lot. 181 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 3: It was just I don't know, it was a good 182 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 3: challenge that summer, and I think God bless that. 183 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: So have you done songwriting prior to that, like just 184 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: where you write your own lyrics? 185 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 2: Sure, yep, yep, yep. 186 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 3: And I've been in some original bands over the years 187 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: and stuff and in my own songs and they're fine, 188 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 3: but it's like it's not the same as like the 189 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 3: power of scripture. Like there's nothing that compares to the 190 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 3: power of scripture. I mean, even the greatest song I 191 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 3: ever write is still pales in comparison to singing scripture. 192 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 5: Right. 193 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 3: So, I don't know, I just I think I've found 194 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 3: a place here unless there's really a purpose for me 195 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 3: writing a song that I can't find something, you know, 196 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 3: especially like songs that I want to sing with the 197 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 3: church if I can't find a song that says what 198 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: I wanted to say, then maybe I'll I'll write a song, 199 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 3: you know currently, But otherwise I'm spending more my time 200 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 3: just like writing scripture songs as much as possible. 201 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: It's a different discipline too. I've done a little bit 202 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: of that myself over the years. I'm not the musician 203 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: that you are. I don't play the guitar, so I've 204 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: really struggled to have that instrumentation. But sometimes I'll just 205 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: do it vocally acappella and multiple parts harmony. But it's 206 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 1: a different skill because you're taking something. It's not like 207 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: I'm trying to find something to rhyme with this word 208 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: in that phrase and everything. 209 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 3: You know. 210 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: I've done a little bit of that myself too. I 211 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: used to live in Nashville and you could go to 212 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: all sorts of songwriter stuff, and I did. I went 213 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: to different conferences and things. But this is a very 214 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: different discipline trying to figure out, Okay, this is what 215 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: you're You're pretty rigid because these are the words that 216 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: exist in this version. So this is what I'm using 217 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: and trying to But some people I think really have 218 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: the knack for that, for whatever reason in life. I've 219 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: had kind of a knack for that myself, but you 220 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: clearly do. And what would you describe like Because I've 221 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: listened to a lot of different musicians who do this, 222 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, artists who do this, and I love their music, 223 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: but yours is like I finally, I finally felt when 224 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: I listened to your music that I found my scripture 225 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: songmaker because I love your sound with that acoustic guitar 226 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: and it's a little I don't know, a little Americana, 227 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: a little folksy. What what would you describe the genre as? 228 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, to be honest, I mean, that's my 229 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: wheelhouse right there, That's what I love. 230 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: I mean, as you listen to more of these recordings, 231 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 3: you'll have a harder time trying to figure out what 232 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 3: genre me play in because it's it's I have so 233 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 3: many different influences over the years. I mean, there's some 234 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 3: that are more like electronic, and there's some that are 235 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 3: just like folksy, and there's some like a little bit 236 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: of a country twaying to them or just rock stuff. 237 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 2: You know, It's just it's it's a. 238 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 3: Little bit of and sometimes mixing stuff that don't normally 239 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 3: get mixed, and I think some of that, like and 240 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 3: what I mean by that is like folk instruments and 241 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 3: electronic instruments, like usually they don't end up in the 242 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 3: same song, right, But I just love experimenting with that 243 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: kind of stuff and it makes it to me, It 244 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 3: makes it more interesting to me as a listener. But 245 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 3: I'm also trying to think of how do I navigate, 246 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 3: especially these longer psalms, how can I make it interesting 247 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 3: from beginning to end for the listener. And some of 248 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 3: it's music musicality, but it's also like melodies, big deal, 249 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 3: and so how can you not just hang out, you know, 250 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 3: in two or three notes of the melody, but just 251 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 3: just lead people along in that So it is definitely 252 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 3: a challenge to get these to work that way. I 253 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 3: mean really from the beginning, I had two rules for myself, 254 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 3: and one was I'm going to stick to it word 255 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 3: for word. I'm not going to stray from the words 256 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 3: that are there. And number two, I'm going to do 257 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 3: the entirety of it, not just a portion of it. 258 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 3: So even if it's long, we're going to do the 259 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 3: whole thing kind of a thing. And to try to 260 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 3: figure out how to make that work. 261 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: So that is a huge challenge. The most I've ever 262 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: done is like five or six verses. But when you're 263 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: going for a whole psalm like that, I think and 264 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: you nailed it. 265 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 3: There. 266 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: The having that movement and the interest and going different 267 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: places melodically. We're getting into some of the minutia here 268 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: as singer songwriters are concerned, but that's true, and that's 269 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: what makes it successful, is when you can have that movement. 270 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: Because we've we've educated our kids this way for over 271 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: a decade now. We do a classical Christian education and 272 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: so we put everything to songs, which when I stumbled 273 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: across this way of educating, I'm like, oh, I found 274 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: I found my blaze because I'm musical myself, and so 275 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: we memorize everything to music, whether that's elements on the 276 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: periodic chart or Newton's Laws of Motion, preamble to the Constitution. 277 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, Schoolhouse Rock. They helped us a lot. I 278 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: think a lot of us remember that from some of 279 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: the parents may and grandparents may remember that from when 280 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: we were kids. They have great versions of the a 281 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: lot of different things there. But we memorize history facts, 282 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: we memorize geography, different places in the world. We and 283 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: we do memorize scripture and finding those melodies. There's there's 284 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: some things that stick and there's some things that don't. 285 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: And the and the right melody, you're right if it 286 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: doesn't have a really great melody. Sometimes if they provided 287 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: something for us and I didn't like it, I'd rewrite it. 288 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: That ain'tware. If it didn't stick after a few days, 289 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: I'm like, it's not going to stick. It's probably not 290 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: going to be one of those that we remember long term. 291 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: And so that was really a big deal to me. 292 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: But I was thinking back over the years when we 293 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: found this education. One thing that they talked to us 294 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: about that resonated with me so much. One of the 295 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: guys who was describing the education, he was talking about, look, 296 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: if you can teach your kids three blind mice or 297 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: some other nursery rhyme or something with a rhyme to 298 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: it or a song to it, and then why can't 299 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: we teach our kids the elements on the period I chart? 300 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: Why can't we teach our kids scripture? We've learned John 301 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: one versus one through seven in English and in Latin. 302 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: I've had kids like as young as third and fourth 303 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: grade memorize John one versus one through seven in English 304 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: and in Latin. Do they know all of what the 305 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: Latin words mean? Well, they have to sing the English 306 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: ones to figure it out. But they're learning. And somehow 307 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: when you put it to music, it works. And I 308 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: was telling you before the show, I can quote you 309 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: every single word from the theme song to the Beverly Hillbillies. 310 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: And that show has been off the air for over 311 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: forty years, but I watched it as a kid, as 312 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: a little kid. The reruns is actually it ended the 313 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: year I was born. It's over half a century ago. 314 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: But I can tell you a little story about a 315 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: man named Jay around there barely get this badly bad. 316 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 4: Then one day he was. 317 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: Shooting up the food up from the ground, come up, 318 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: bubble and crude. 319 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 2: All that is. 320 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I can do the whole thing. I can 321 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: do the Brady Bunch. I can quote you a lot 322 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: of eighties rock tunes that I probably shouldn't quote you yet, 323 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: remind you, but I remember them. Don't stop believing. I 324 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: know every lie, every single word. And so using scripture 325 00:16:46,880 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: in this way is incredibly powerful. So how many song 326 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: so you think you have put to Have you just 327 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: done the Psalms? Have you done any other? 328 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 2: It's mostly Psalms. 329 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 3: I've done a few portions of other like some some 330 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: of Ephesians and things like that, but I think I've 331 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 3: only finished twenty four twenty five Psalms at this point. 332 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 3: Like I said, there was some seasons where I'm just 333 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 3: like pushing hard and then sometimes, you know, a few 334 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 3: months might go by before another one gets written. So 335 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 3: I've got another one that's done, but I haven't the 336 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 3: world hasn't heard it yet, so I'm still working on that. 337 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 3: Oh but there's plenty of you know, there's one hundred 338 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 3: and fifty, so it'll keep me busy for quite a while. 339 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: Okay, I want to give the audience a little taste, 340 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: and then we're going to end the show with Psalm eight. 341 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna try with me singing a little harmony. I'm 342 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: not sure if Zoom will cooperate with us. Not we'll 343 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: we'll just have you sing in it. If it cancels 344 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: one of our voices out, I want them to have years. 345 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: But do you want to sing a little bit of 346 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: Psalm one for us? 347 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 2: Sure? I'd love to. 348 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: That'd be great. 349 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: That's a pretty guitar, speaking of mini guitarist, some little 350 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 3: minnie Martin. 351 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 6: As it is the man. 352 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 4: Who walks around accounting. So though weak an no stands. 353 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 7: In the way of sinners, nor sits in the seed 354 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 7: of scarphers. 355 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 4: But his delight is in the law of the Lord, 356 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 4: and on his law. Hummititi, stay and night. 357 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 7: He is like a tree planting by the streams of world. 358 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 7: They give this fruit in its season, and its leave 359 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 7: does not wither. 360 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 8: And all that he does he prospers. 361 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 4: He prospered. The wicked are not so. 362 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 9: But a line chapter that the wind drives away. 363 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 4: Therefore the wicked. 364 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 7: Will not stand in the judgment, nor sitters in the 365 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 7: congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way 366 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 7: of the rightous. Oh, but the way of the wicked 367 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 7: will presh. I won't be like a tree planting by 368 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 7: the streams of wold. The year is fruit in its season, and. 369 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 8: It's leaf does not with the And that he does 370 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 8: he prosperous. He is like a tree planting by the 371 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 8: streams of world. 372 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 4: The year this fruit in can't season, and it's leave 373 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 4: does not with the And know that he. 374 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 5: Does he prosperous. Wool he prosperous, So he prosperous. I 375 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 5: love that. 376 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: That is my next one. I'm going for some one 377 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: after Psawmate once I get I've got. I'm pretty getting 378 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: pretty solid on psaw Mate, and we're gonna go straight 379 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 1: from Psawmate down to a song one as were awesome. 380 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 1: I love that. That's amazing, it sounds incredible. So I 381 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: want to give my listeners a few tips on how 382 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: I go about memorizing scripture and a scripture song, and 383 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: you can you can help me out here offer some 384 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: of your tips as well, Zach. But the way I 385 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: do this with my kids, like I said, we we 386 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: memorized one summer. We found a scripture song Esther mew 387 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,719 Speaker 1: as a woman who does similar to what you do. 388 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: Hers are a little more orchestrated, beautiful voice. She's Asian. 389 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: She has this little lilt to her voice that's adorable. 390 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: So we used one of her songs to memorize all 391 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: of Psalm ninety one. And that's a bit of a 392 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 1: longer one, but we took the better part of the 393 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: summer and we just learned it with the kids. And 394 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: so what I did, we would just take a little 395 00:21:56,359 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: section at a time and it's just repetition, repetition, repetition, 396 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: and Psalm eight, which you have, which I'm learning right now. 397 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: I would just take a little section of it, probably 398 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: the first half of the first verse, and I would 399 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: sing it over and over, probably about a dozen times 400 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: with the kids. It only takes a couple of minutes 401 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: really to get that new section in. So we might 402 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: do that in the morning. Like for your psalm Psalm eight, 403 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: I would Lord, Lord, how majestic is your name? 404 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 6: Man? All the. 405 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 4: Stop? 406 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: I'd stop right there and I'd sing that a dozen 407 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: times with the kids. We might sing it in the morning, 408 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: sing it in the evening. And the way I like it, 409 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: it is kind of like jello when you're mixing it together. 410 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: At first, it's pretty liquidity. There's nothing solid there in 411 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: terms of your memory. You'll visit it again in the 412 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: afternoon and the next day and it might still be 413 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: a little liquidy, and like jello when you put it 414 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: in the refrigerators. Good by the next day. It takes 415 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: a little bit longer with the memory, but it eventually 416 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 1: it'll start to solidify, and then it gets solid and 417 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: then I'll add another little piece onto it. So the 418 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: end of that you have set you a little Harry 419 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: above the heavens, above the heavens. Then we'd sing the 420 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: whole first verse and you would be shocked with your kids. 421 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: Let me tell you, when you do this, within a 422 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: couple of days, they'll have the whole verse. It's not 423 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: that hard. So I'm going to be issuing a challenge 424 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: for my listeners to memorize scripture this way. And I 425 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: guarantee you if you did that, just that little bit, 426 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: you could learn probably several verses in a week pretty easily. 427 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,239 Speaker 1: But let's just say you only learned one. If you 428 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: did just one verse a week like that, you could 429 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: memorize fifty two verses in a year. That's a significant 430 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: section of scripture. If you really got into it, you 431 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: could do more than that, but fifty two verses in 432 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:50,959 Speaker 1: a year. And I told my husband I was going 433 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: to issue this challenge in the show, and he was like, 434 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. That sounds like a lot. It's really 435 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: not that hard because and this is what I wanted 436 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 1: to talk about. Music goes to a different part of 437 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: the brain than straight recitation of a section of scripture 438 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: or anything. I tried, oh my gosh, four years for 439 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: years to memorize the philosophical arguments for the existence of God. 440 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: I just couldn't get them to stick. And you know, 441 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: learning apologetics I wanted to have I wanted to be conversant, 442 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: and I wanted to track with people and remember what 443 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: they were. Could not get them to stick. So you 444 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 1: know what he did. I put them to a melody, 445 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: and suddenly I got them to stick. And I can 446 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: tell you the five philosophical arguments for the existence of 447 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: God are the cosmological, which has to do with cause 448 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: and effect, the teleological design, the anthropological personality, the ontological 449 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: which has to do with perfect being, and the moral 450 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: arguments show that there is a God. And you know 451 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: what he did, I just stole a melody from Joy 452 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: to the world. Five philosophical arguments for the existence of God. 453 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: And so that's how how I did it. And so 454 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: this has been my trick for years. And people they're like, 455 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, you know so much scripture. I don't 456 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: know how you do it. I'm like, it's not that hard. 457 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: Like I said, I can tell you a little story 458 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: about a man named Jed, you know, Moor mountaineer. If 459 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: I can remember that over forty years. That is how 460 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: it sticks in the memory. So how do you go 461 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: about memorizing a larger section like this? Do you do 462 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: something similar? Just a little pieces at a time. That's 463 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: what I would recommend with kids, by the way, is 464 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: just a little section. And that's how I do it myself. 465 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: How do you do it, Zach? 466 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's different for me because I would 467 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 3: say for me, I'm trying to write them, so I 468 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 3: probably do that more so than me taking other people, 469 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 3: you know, trying to memorize other people's versions. 470 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 2: So right as I'm working. 471 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 3: Through it, I'm probably I mean when I did this, 472 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,479 Speaker 3: I probably went through it fifty or sixty times before 473 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 3: it finally got written, you know what I mean. So 474 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 3: you just that much repetition, you can't help but start 475 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 3: soaking in a different way. Right, Just so, I don't 476 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 3: have all of them memorized, but I have probably half 477 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 3: of them memorized that I've done so far. And even so, 478 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 3: I when my kids were a little bit younger, I 479 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 3: used to sing some of these to my kids and 480 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 3: stuff kind of with our nighttime DeVos and stuff like that. 481 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 3: And they still they still bring those up and they're 482 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 3: still able to sing a lot of the words. I think, 483 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 3: I think again, kids sometimes have a little bit more 484 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 3: and they can they can absorb a little bit more 485 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 3: than adults can are a little quickly, and so that's 486 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 3: super fun to just kind of see that like that 487 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 3: the word was was sewing into them through song back 488 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 3: back in those years and still there. 489 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 2: So it's pretty cool. 490 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: That is cool. One other technique that we use, and 491 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,719 Speaker 1: let me just speak to this for just a second. 492 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: Years ago, I heard a woman named doctor Caroline Leaf 493 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: speak on the memory. She likened it to a tree. 494 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: You know, the more branches you have, the more memories, 495 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: solid long term memories. My short term memory is terrible. 496 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: It's absolutely horrible. I cannot ask my kids how many 497 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: times during the day I've lost my phone. I usually 498 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: lose it at least a half dozen times. The short 499 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: term memory isn't there. But in order to get something 500 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: to go from short term to long term memory, it 501 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: is a lot harder without some sort of an aid. 502 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:18,959 Speaker 1: A musical melody or rhyme really really helps, and it's 503 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: almost like a supersonic power that when you put it 504 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: to music, it goes that that branch gets so much 505 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: thicker and healthier. And long term immediately. Like I said, 506 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: for years I tried to learn the philosophical arguments for 507 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: the existence of God. When I put it to music, 508 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,479 Speaker 1: it was almost instantaneous, and I haven't forgotten it and 509 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: all of the it's for the better part of the 510 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: last decade. I've had those in my head and for 511 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: years I tried to learn it without it, and then 512 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, duh, I just put it to music. And 513 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: once I did it, just it suddenly went all of 514 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: a sudden, that branch got really big and healthy. So 515 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: when you're putting this to music like you are, you're 516 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: putting straight scripture to music, you're giving somebody a really 517 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: healthy branch that if they'll just spend a little time. Honestly, 518 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: you don't even have to work it, if you just 519 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: listen to it. A lot of that is going to 520 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: sync in. But one other thing that we do that 521 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: is really helpful. Hey, friends, it's Catherine here. If you're 522 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: trying to raise godly kids in this wild and wacky world, 523 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: you need all the help you can get, and I've 524 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: got you covered. When you subscribe to my website, you'll 525 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: get instant access to tons of free resources made just 526 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: for Christian Parents. 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And of course I'll keep you encouraged with 534 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: my weekly newsletter full of faith filled pep talks and 535 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: outlines of what we're tackling each week on the show. 536 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: So don't miss out. Head over to Catherine Scars dot com. 537 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,959 Speaker 1: That's Catherine Scars dot com and subscribe today because Christian 538 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: parenting may be crazy, but you don't. 539 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 10: Have to do it alone. 540 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: One other thing that we do that is really helpful, 541 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: we'll use a little bit of sign language. Usually we 542 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: end up dropping that, but you might like for your 543 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: song for Psalm eight, a Lord or Lord, you could 544 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: use the sign language symbol for Lord, which is the 545 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,719 Speaker 1: It's the letter L, which is your your thumb sticking 546 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: out and your index thing. You're going straight up making 547 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: an l and you take it from your left shoulder 548 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: down to your right hip, so you would do like 549 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,959 Speaker 1: a as we're singing through it. Oh lord lord, how majestic. 550 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: For majestic, you could do something like awesome. There's not 551 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: actually a word for majestic when I looked it up 552 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: on the sign language website. Now I'll link this all 553 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: in the notes too, but I just awesome. Awesome is 554 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: just kind of two hand pumps up like jazz hands, 555 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: only you're not shaking them, but towards the heavens. And 556 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: so we would pick certain words. We wouldn't use every word, 557 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: but we would pick certain words, and we use sign 558 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: language for it, or you could even make up a 559 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: symbol for it. But sign language is really cool because 560 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: if they're learning sign language, that's another plus, right, that's something. 561 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: So we would take certain words through it with my kids, 562 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: and sometimes they do it with me too, because that 563 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: goes to it even different part of the brain, because 564 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: you're using emotion along with music, along with the words, 565 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: and it does sink in there and eventually you don't 566 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: need the motions and eventually, honestly you could I can 567 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: sit and quote a lot of scripture without the song 568 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: but I can tell you this, It's always going in 569 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: my head. The song is going in my head. Even 570 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: though I'm speaking the verses, the song is going in 571 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: my head. So that's how we've done it over the years, 572 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: and it's really been a powerful tool to memorize a 573 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,479 Speaker 1: lot of scripture. And like I said, people are like, oh, 574 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: it's I'm not smarter than anybody else. My kids they're bright, 575 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: but they're not smarter than anybody else's kids. They can 576 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: just memorize a song like everybody else's kids can. So 577 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: that's how we've done it over the years. But have 578 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: you have you listened to any other artists that do 579 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: what you do? 580 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 6: Yeah? 581 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 3: I mean when I started doing this, I didn't know 582 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 3: anybody was doing word for a word. I mean, you 583 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 3: can find a lot of you know, people that are 584 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,239 Speaker 3: singing psalms kind of more paraphrasing and things like that. 585 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 3: It's a little easier to find, but I honestly couldn't 586 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 3: find anybody for a couple of years. As their mut 587 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 3: did pop up, eventually I'm like, Okay, somebody's doing it. Actually, 588 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 3: somebody else that I have really enjoyed that they sing 589 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 3: from the ESV as well. 590 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 4: Is. 591 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 2: Corner Room is what they're called, and they do they 592 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 2: do great. 593 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not familiar with them, Corner Corner. 594 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 3: Room, so I would definitely check them out, mm hmm. 595 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 3: And they've got quite a few, quite a few albums, 596 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 3: so yeah, definitely. 597 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, a few that I know of Seed's family music. 598 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: They do word for word as well, but it's a 599 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: little more hidsie, a little more juvenile, and since I 600 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: want to do it as well, sometimes i'd rather get 601 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: something I enjoy as well, which I really really enjoy 602 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: your music. So but they really do a great job. 603 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: The Big SB show, I don't know if they're doing. 604 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: They may have some straight scripture, but that's how we 605 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: learned the books of the Bible. They have a phenomenal 606 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: song and they've got a hilarious, really cute song called 607 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: the Twelve Disciples song, and so you can learn the 608 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: Twelve Disciples, but we use the Big SP's version in 609 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: order for my kids to learn all the books of 610 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: the Bible. King things has some music out there, a 611 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: little bit like you said, esther me, that's word for word, 612 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: and then there's some people that do a bit of 613 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: a paraphrase. I noticed Shane and Shane had a really 614 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: beautiful version of psawmate. But it's not word for word, 615 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: and that's what I was going for. Now, if you're 616 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: just looking to worship and learn a little bit of 617 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: the bit, see, you don't know. Sometimes you don't know 618 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: exactly what was the scripture and exactly what was what 619 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: they added to it. And there's nothing wrong with that. 620 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: I think a lot of our worship courses in church 621 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: they use scripture as an inspiration, and that's a great thing. 622 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: But Michael in this episode, and you know, and that's 623 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: that's wonderful for your worship time, private or public or corporate. 624 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: But if you're really looking to memorize scripture and you're 625 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: looking for an aid that will help it to become 626 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: a long term memory and stick in your memory so 627 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: that you can use it and prayer and in ministry 628 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: and in conversations with your kids, or for like me, 629 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: in a podcast, there's nothing better than word for word. 630 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: I liken it to an espresso. It's not watered down, 631 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: there's no filler, it's just almost pure coffee. So it's 632 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: so so wonderful, and so I'm really glad that we've 633 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: had this time to learn how to do this, and 634 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: I want to issue a challenge to my listeners. I'm 635 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 1: going to challenge you try to learn just one verse 636 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: a week. Just try it. I bet you can do 637 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: two or three, but just try it and see what happens, 638 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: and write me about it. Let me know what you're 639 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: learning and what you're you're working on. So is there 640 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: anything else you want to share with us or we 641 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: can before we get to our salmate. 642 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 9: Yeah. 643 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 3: I think it might be important to note that my 644 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 3: initial intent when I began writing music and melodies to 645 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:36,359 Speaker 3: the psalms for myself and for my local congregation at 646 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 3: the time, it wasn't necessarily scripture memorization. I was thinking 647 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,760 Speaker 3: probably more in the lines of scripture meditation and really 648 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 3: absorbing these words in a way of deeper understanding and emotion. 649 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,720 Speaker 3: You know that It was kind of like reading through 650 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 3: asking myself, what is the saying? 651 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 2: You know, what would this feel like? 652 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 3: This? Is this a lament? Is this a joyful praise? 653 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 3: Or you know what's happening in the midst of the psalms? 654 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 3: And how can I write music that hopefully reflects that 655 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 3: for just something that sinks in a little bit deeper. 656 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 3: As we're soaking in the music and the words, and 657 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 3: as I began sharing these songs with the church and 658 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 3: then eventually on YouTube, which you know, it's incredible the 659 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 3: power of the internet, how you can connect to people 660 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 3: all over the world. I was starting to hear from 661 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 3: people that we're using these for scripture memorization, probably for 662 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 3: the most part, you know, whether it be a Christian 663 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 3: schools or homeschool families or individuals were you know, specifically 664 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 3: seeking out songs for scripture memorization. And so I think 665 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 3: that is obviously a valuable tool, but I think there's 666 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 3: also value in just meditating, you know, meditating on God's 667 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 3: word and understanding the deeper meaning. 668 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 2: You know, it's one thing to. 669 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:06,240 Speaker 3: Words, and it's another thing to just have this deeper understanding. 670 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 3: I love this Greek word that I learned years ago, ganosco, 671 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 3: which is kind of like a head and heart knowledge, 672 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:18,240 Speaker 3: and it's that's my goal when I'm digging into scripture. 673 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 3: I want not just a head knowledge, but I want 674 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 3: a heart knowledge of these words. And part of that 675 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 3: was I think my goal with these, which so it's 676 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 3: just so fun. It's so fun to hear how God 677 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,920 Speaker 3: is using these for families people all over the. 678 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 2: World just wanting to soak in God's word in a 679 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:36,919 Speaker 2: new way. 680 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,919 Speaker 1: I love that, I absolutely love that it's true because 681 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: we need to be meditating on God's word just because 682 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: it's God's word. But you know what's going to happen, 683 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,919 Speaker 1: especially when you do that with a scripture song, You're 684 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: going to end up learning it. It's going to sink 685 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: into that long term memory. What do you mean for 686 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: it to or not. That's what's so awesome about the 687 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: power of a song. So with that in mind, why 688 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 1: don't we try the sack. Let's do this. This is 689 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,240 Speaker 1: Zach Fitzsimmons' version of Psalm eight. 690 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 2: All right, let's give this a shout. I'm gonna pull 691 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 2: my in ear out here. 692 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 11: Bulloa how loa, how much jestic is your name? 693 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 4: Mindle you sentil clue. 694 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 11: Above the heaven, above the heavens. 695 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:57,440 Speaker 9: Out of the mouth of babies and infants. You established 696 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 9: strength because of your folds. 697 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 4: To steer the end army and the avenger. 698 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 11: We're gonna look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, 699 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,279 Speaker 11: the moon. 700 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 4: And thus stars which you have set in place. 701 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 11: What is man that you are mindful of him? 702 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 4: And the sun of man, that you care for him. 703 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:43,280 Speaker 11: Yet you have made him a little the world. 704 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 4: In the heavenly bes in crown hem with glory hand down. 705 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 4: You have given him to minion. 706 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:13,800 Speaker 11: Over the works of your hands, you have but all 707 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 11: things under his feet. Ah she been docks in, and 708 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,280 Speaker 11: also the beasts of the field, the birds. 709 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,440 Speaker 4: Of the helephones, and the fish of the. 710 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 9: Sea, whatever passes along the bas the seas. O. 711 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:53,719 Speaker 12: Lord, Lord Arman, jastic is your name in all the 712 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,359 Speaker 12: earth you have. 713 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 4: Set you go long. 714 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 9: Above the heavens, above the heaven. 715 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:18,720 Speaker 11: Lord, how majestic is your name in the years you 716 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 11: have set you glue above the heavens, above the heavens, 717 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,839 Speaker 11: above the heavens, above the heavens. 718 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:44,840 Speaker 4: That's cool. 719 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: I love it. 720 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,839 Speaker 2: Okay, I hope that worked out. 721 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 1: I am so I have to be a backup singer. 722 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: That was awesome. I love that. 723 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 6: I love it. 724 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining me on the special 725 00:40:58,320 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 1: New Year's episode. 726 00:40:59,719 --> 00:40:59,959 Speaker 4: Zach. 727 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 1: Please tell our listeners where they can learn more about 728 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 1: you and your work and where they can hear these 729 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,360 Speaker 1: amazing songs made straight from scripture. 730 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 3: M Okay, well, I would say the best place. I mean, 731 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,560 Speaker 3: I do have a website. It's not a short URL, 732 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 3: but maybe it's a memorable one. It's called www Psalmsongs, 733 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,280 Speaker 3: Word for word dot com and so you can find 734 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,799 Speaker 3: everything there. You can find chord charts and things like 735 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,000 Speaker 3: that if you are a musician and you want to 736 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,640 Speaker 3: try to learn some of these for yourself. YouTube is 737 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,480 Speaker 3: really a great place to find. I mean, everything's on 738 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,799 Speaker 3: streaming platforms, but anything that's new coming out will hit 739 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 3: YouTube first. So as I'm working on new psalms or 740 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,120 Speaker 3: sometimes I'll even do little acoustic demos of new stuff 741 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 3: i'm working on, that's the place to find it. So 742 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 3: at that point you'll just look up Zach Fitzsimmons music 743 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,080 Speaker 3: and it's all right there. So those would be the 744 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 3: best places to start. 745 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:53,839 Speaker 2: Well. 746 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: I definitely subscribe there and actually sent that to my 747 00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: son Your psalm A because we were listening to it 748 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,080 Speaker 1: together as a family in the car. We were actually 749 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:03,919 Speaker 1: in a field trip and we were listening to it 750 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 1: and it was so so worshipful and so beautiful, and 751 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,960 Speaker 1: I'm like, you have got to learn. I want him 752 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,239 Speaker 1: to learn how to play it and maybe we can 753 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,920 Speaker 1: I can sing it with him some that would be awesome. 754 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,480 Speaker 1: But there you have it. Moms and dads, I am 755 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,839 Speaker 1: officially issuing a challenge to all of you parents out 756 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,920 Speaker 1: there to set the example in your homes by hiding 757 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,640 Speaker 1: God's word in your hearts like never before. I challenge 758 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,560 Speaker 1: you to learn just going verse a week. Just try 759 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,280 Speaker 1: it with your kids. When you figure out how easy 760 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,520 Speaker 1: it is, you can probably do more than that. But 761 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,440 Speaker 1: if you aren't used to memorizing scripture this way, start slow, 762 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,520 Speaker 1: Commit to learning one verse a week, and at the 763 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: end of the year, you're gonna have committed fifty two 764 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,680 Speaker 1: versus to memory. Curiously, that is, like just at the 765 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,719 Speaker 1: one a week pace, using the supersonic power of a 766 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: scripture song. You won't even have to work that hard. 767 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 1: And hey, you know, if you don't, if it doesn't 768 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,560 Speaker 1: come easy to you, let me just tell you. Even 769 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: if you only learn like twenty six versus in a year, 770 00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,800 Speaker 1: that's probably twenty six one and you did last year, right, Okay, 771 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,960 Speaker 1: what if it's just one a month, one a month, 772 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:08,640 Speaker 1: twelve versus, that's great, that's twelve more than almost all 773 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,000 Speaker 1: of the people in the world today are learning right now, 774 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 1: all the people you know, So I just make us 775 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:16,960 Speaker 1: a priority in your home and listen to some of 776 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,840 Speaker 1: these beautiful music. Have it going on in the background 777 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 1: while your kids are coloring or playing, or while you're 778 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,120 Speaker 1: doing dishes or folds and laundry, and you will be 779 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,760 Speaker 1: learning God's word. And if you did put a little 780 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,040 Speaker 1: effort to it, I bet you could learn the fifty 781 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,359 Speaker 1: two verses. This is the important thing, though, When your 782 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,279 Speaker 1: kids see you honoring God's word enough to prioritize it 783 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,680 Speaker 1: in your life and in your family, then They're going 784 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:44,879 Speaker 1: to learn the value of God's word themselves. So remember this, 785 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,160 Speaker 1: moms and dad. God's word is planted in our lives 786 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,319 Speaker 1: in seed form. So when you plant His word like 787 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,440 Speaker 1: this in your heart and the hearts of your kids, 788 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,000 Speaker 1: and you're going to watch that grow. Trust me, you're 789 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 1: going to like what you see growing in their lives. 790 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:02,040 Speaker 1: A couple of final notes. Has graciously allowed me to 791 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,680 Speaker 1: offer this semi lin version of his Psalm, a scripture 792 00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: song as one of my free resources for subscribing at 793 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,440 Speaker 1: Katherine Segers dot com. I'm gonna bundle that in with 794 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 1: all my other scripture songs. I say Semilve by the way, 795 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,560 Speaker 1: because Zach was completely live, which is amazing because these 796 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: sounds incredible, but Zoom did not cooperate with us, and 797 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,480 Speaker 1: my audio was a full second off and it was 798 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,920 Speaker 1: in and out, so I had to dub myself in afterwards. 799 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,920 Speaker 1: I really like the way it turned out, so be 800 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,880 Speaker 1: sure to get your copy of that at Katherine Segers 801 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,839 Speaker 1: dot com if you haven't already subscribed, and if you have, 802 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,879 Speaker 1: check the email I sent you about this episode. It's 803 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: in there, and. 804 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,520 Speaker 10: I really pray it becomes something that helps you to 805 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:48,960 Speaker 10: slow down and breathe and soak in God's word. Zach 806 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,480 Speaker 10: also allowed me to offer his live version of Psalm 807 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 10: one to all of you as well. They are both 808 00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:59,279 Speaker 10: now in my Scripture song Bundle with all of my 809 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,800 Speaker 10: other original scripture songs, and as you head in to 810 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,080 Speaker 10: the rest of your day, I just want to encourage 811 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 10: you with this. 812 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:11,120 Speaker 1: You don't have to do everything perfectly to raise kids 813 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:15,239 Speaker 1: who love God and who love His word. You just 814 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,879 Speaker 1: have to be faithful with what's in front of you, 815 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:22,480 Speaker 1: like these little moments, these small steps. God's word planted 816 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,840 Speaker 1: faithfully really does bear fruit. 817 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,799 Speaker 10: So play some scripture songs this year. 818 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,960 Speaker 1: Make it a part of your daily routine, knowing that 819 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,800 Speaker 1: when you do you are planting spiritual. 820 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,839 Speaker 10: Seeds that God will be faithful to grow. 821 00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:44,920 Speaker 1: And always remember God gave you your kids, your specific 822 00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:46,880 Speaker 1: kids for a reason. 823 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:51,960 Speaker 10: That's because you hold the key to unlocking God created 824 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:52,759 Speaker 10: them to be. 825 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:54,640 Speaker 6: We'll see you next. 826 00:45:54,440 --> 00:46:04,359 Speaker 1: Time, Christian parent Crazy World is a production of Life 827 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:05,800 Speaker 1: Audio and Salem Media. 828 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,400 Speaker 9: If you liked what you heard today, please take a 829 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,440 Speaker 9: second to rate and review this podcast in your favorite 830 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,439 Speaker 9: podcast app so that more listeners like you can find 831 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:14,839 Speaker 9: the show. 832 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 1: For more faith filled inspirational podcasts, visit us at lifeaudio 833 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:27,960 Speaker 1: dot com.