Write About Jesus Workshop

09/23/2026

Our special 'sign-up' opportunities -

In a lot of ways, Write About Jesus has already begun— we are taking everything to the workshop venue this morning— that means the race is on!

09/22/2026

Write About Jesus starts Thursday! -

Write About Jesus starts in just a few days, and that means my home is filled with all kinds of supplies, boxes of t-shirts, notebooks, nametags, and all the stuff that makes the workshop happen.

09/14/2026

Enter your song by midnight Eastern tonight -

Please read the rules and guidelines in our COMPETITION menu. There you will also find instructions telling you how to get your lyric and audio files into the correct format.

08/28/2026

ENTER OUR DESIGN THE T-SHIRT CONTEST! -

08/17/2026

Early Registration Deadline is August 24 -

Last year we had so much fun with all the t-shirt slogans that our registrants suggested. We eventually landed on “WARNING: Anything You Say or Do Could Inspire My Next Song.” And the creative person who submitted it won a free registration!

08/12/2026

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12/25/2025

DECEMBER 25 - You will conceive and give birth to a song, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end. Luke 1:31-33 NIV

12/25/2025

and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

12/24/2025

DECEMBER 24 - Early on in writing musicals with David Moffitt and Travis Cottrell, we started including the words “grace” and “glory” at least once in every musical. In fact the first musical we ever wrote together was called Come! In Grace and Glory. I could tell you several other connections we have to those two words, but one of my favorites how David told us that when his grandmother was in the last days of her life, she sang the hymn “I Can Hear My Savior Calling” over and over. You might think she would sing that first verse, because she surely was hearing her Savior calling her home. But instead, those who were with her said she lifted her hands and sang “He will give us grace and glory” again and again.

Later David and I wrote a lyric that said “Hallelujah, what a morning, when I reach for that nail-scarred hand, and I’m led from grace to glory, on the banks of the Promised Land.”

You can tell that our tie to that particular phrase was strong. So when we started writing today’s song, we wanted people to remember that this Christmas story that we relive and remember every year is all about celebrating that Jesus came into the world to rescue us from sin. Ultimately, it is all about His grace and His glory.

It’s Christmas Eve. Mary and Joseph are arriving in Bethlehem, and Mary is beginning to realize that the message from the angel is about to become real in a way it hasn’t been up to this day. As she communicates the urgency of their situation to Joseph, he’s beginning to wonder where they can find shelter, privacy, and maybe some help in delivering a baby into their dark world.

It’s been 2000 years, but the miracle is still just as miraculous.

Immnauel. God is with us.

He has come to give us grace. Give Him the glory He deserves.

12/23/2025

DECEMBER 23 - I came across today’s song by accident as I was listening to some other songs and my iTunes played it. Honestly it felt like God tapping me on the shoulder and saying, “Don’t forget this one.” It brand new to this Advent calendar.

Something like that happens with Christmas every year for me. I think I’m all ready. I’ve got my list of last minute things I need to do as the final countdown begins. And it all seems “do-able.” Until… a get a notice that a gift I’m giving won’t be here until January 9th. And a package for “an unknown recipient” is waiting for me at my apartment’s package room. And I remember that I need to make at least one trip to my storage unit, and to the bank, and to the nail salon… and of course, I haven’t wrapped anything. Suddenly my well-ordered Christmas plan has become crazy again.

I am an incurable list maker. I live by lists. I’m constantly coming across lists I’ve made of my plans. The thing is, God’s list doesn’t always match up with mine. In fact, it almost never does.

On His list for me today is

1. Stop and remember to spend time being grateful.
2. Pray for the people you’ve promised to pray for.
3. Don’t let sacred moments pass by unnoticed.
4. Worship the One who is the only one worthy of it.

During the month of December, at the top of my list each day is “Post the advent calendar song.” So here we go.

“He has come to heal the broken
Let blinded eyes be opened
In the power of His name
Love will be his invitation
Welcome liberalion
Our God has come to save.

Glory to the newborn king!”