One of the neat things about living in Nashville is the great music here and the people who create it. A one-time neighbor of mine that lived one block over was Andrew Peterson. Occasionally, we’d run into each other on the mountain bike trails behind our house and our kid, his kids, and others would play in the common area out back.
Andrew is a well-known singer-songwriter and is now an accomplished and award-winning children’s book author of The Wingfeather Saga.
Years ago, Andrew wrote a song of the Genealogy of Christ outlined in the Book of Matthew called “Matthew Begats.” It’s a fun song that makes Christ’s family tree come alive through many, many, generations. It’s really a Christmas Song.
My Begats….starting in 1620..
Derrijck Gesinck had Herbert
Herbert, he had Derk
Derk, he had Jan Derk Geesink In ‘T Walvoort and his kin
Then Jan Derk and Elisabeth Ten Bokkel
Then Came Derk Anthonij Walvoort and from his woman Janna Beestman
begat Salomon, he brought Hendrik up
And then came Gerrit Jan, then Henry
Who with Henrietta fathered John Garrett
he married Mary who had Randall
Who had David along with Naomi Ruth, called Peggy
had Scott who we know made this website… he had Katie Grace by Amy….
…well, not quite as catchy as Andrew’s song. but still fun to try and sing. So who begat you? We were all brought into existence by that same Creator who begat us all.
Amazing to think about as that Creator stepped into human history as a little baby who was begat by all these lowly humans to show us what humanity is all about.
Merry Christmas.