Category: The Latest
Here are the most recent posts from Griffin Paul Jackson.
Best Original Children’s Stories of 2020
Last year, I set out to write a children’s story every week. I did it. In 2020, I wrote 52 stories (plus bits and pieces of dozens more). My motivation was the birth of my...
Best Original Worship Songs of 2020
Last year I committed to write lyrics to a new worship song every week. By God’s grace, I actually accomplished it. I have melodies for each, but am not musically gifted to translate the melody...
Story 52: Simona the Brave
Simona set out to walk a bold new path. She found the way wild, but she didn’t turn back. With a bright brave face and a cape, ruby red, She sang about home as her...
Song 52: Just Gotta Receive
This song is about our need for a savior, how we can’t do the work ourselves but must receive the grace of Jesus. Verse 1 The chill got to my bones I wish I could...
Story 51: Is a Thousand Scoops Too Many?
It was a very hot day and Izzy wanted ice cream. She listened for the sound of the ice cream man’s cart. “One scoop of Doubled-Dunked Chocolate Chunk,” she said when the ice cream man...
Song 51: High Places
This song is about Emmanuel, God with us at all times and in all places. It’s a Christmas song about God becoming man to be with us. Verse 1 Born into flesh Stepped down from...
Story 50: Arg, My Very Terrible Genie
Some people think a genie can only grant you three wishes. They think genies are clever and blue and come out of a lamp. They think a genie will solve all their problems. Well, I’m...
Song 50: My Praise Goes Up
This song is about how in all circumstances, even when things are down, my praise goes up. Verse 1 The dark of night When hope runs thin My hands, my heart All stained by sin...
Story 49: Where Do All the Socks Go?
Every Christmas, Olly’s mother gave him a whole year’s worth of socks. And every year, one by one, Olly would lose all his socks in the laundry. Olly never knew how the socks disappeared. He...
Song 49: Agree
This song is about how, because of God’s sovereign goodness, we can always trust him. Verse 1 You don’t need me But you want me, yeah you want me I chose my own way But...