Point Of Grace – Heart For The Holidays

I’m one of those people who listen to Christian music, and love singing hymns, and love singing worship songs. So when I’m in the car, or when I’m praying, or reading my Bible, those words and lyrics tend to come to my mind, and remind me who God is, and remind me to pray, and remind me to give Him glory, and help point me back to Jesus Himself—who He is and what He’s done for me. That’s why I call it my love language, because it really ministers to my heart.

CCM: How has that been true specifically through the songs on this new Christmas record, Sing Noel?
DJ: Bringing back all of these carols reminds me of the Christmas story. Singing songs like “O Come All Ye Faithful,” the lyric “joyful and triumphant,” that’s what we’re supposed to be—joyful and triumphant. We are called to come worship Him together, to sing songs to Him together. We are the ones who are the faithful followers, even in our messy stories. That’s why He came.

I love the song “Fear Not.” It’s a newer song that I hope will speak to somebody walking in a time when they’re afraid, that they are reminded they don’t have to be afraid—and that they will be called to come worship Him even when they are afraid.

CCM: You all have children. How do you highlight the season’s meaning to your kids, and how does that revive your own heart with Christmas’ spiritual meaning?
LC: I’ll tell you the truth—when our children came out on the road with us it was easier to help them have a real imprint of Christmas. They would be in the show. They would hear the songs. They would hear the narrative of the Christmas story. But as our children have gotten older we can’t pull them out of school as much. We’ve had to be more intentional about carrying on the tradition of making sure our kids grow up knowing the real reason for the season.

In my family, our little surprise came five years ago. My husband and I had a little baby boy after our 20^th wedding anniversary, and it has been a lot of fun to experience Christmas again [through him]. The other day, we came home and his grandmother, who keeps him while we are out on the road, had helped him prepare a puppet show with these little finger puppets of all the characters of the Christmas story. They used the little puppets to illustrate the story and it was so sweet. It hasn’t necessarily been me or my husband reading the Christmas story day in and day out each Christmas, it has been his grandparents and their love for Christ that has kept that tradition of the real meaning of Christmas. To know that they can look back and go, “I remember when my grandmother told me about who Jesus was,” we are truly, truly thankful.

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