Album

Domestic Doxology Vol. 1

Released

2021

Domestic Doxology is a collection of songs that Molly wrote over the course of five years which were steeped in mothering littles. These songs are about the (hidden) treasure of mothering, the beautiful, simple faith of a child, and the quest for contentment.

Listen to Domestic Doxology Vol. 1

TRACK 1

Laying Up Treasures

I love this song. The first thing that came to me was the hook and melody “You are laying up treasures in heaven, you are laying up treasures in heaven, etc.” and then the bouncy verse melody followed. I need to hear the truths of this song every single day; I hope others who are pouring out for the children in their lives are encouraged to “not grow weary” but to trust that the harvest of fruit from all the loving seeds they’ve sown is surely coming soon.

TRACK 2

Shades of Green

Some songs are born from years of layered memories, and Shades of Green is one of them. It began with a quiet night under the stars, holding our week-old son and reflecting on “faith like a child.” Years later, when that same child confessed from his car seat that believing in God was sometimes hard, the two moments converged. Out of that tension between innocence and doubt came the heart of this song.

TRACK 3

Just What I Need

Just What I Need was born in a Whole Foods parking lot, where frustration over overpriced apples turned into a prayer. Back at the piano, the playful chorus—“Give me just what I need, Lord. Give me no less and no more.”—captured both humor and honesty. With the classic Peace Like a River woven in, the song became a joyful reminder that contentment brings peace.

The Story Behind Domestic Doxology Vol. 1

Domestic Doxology is a collection of three songs that ponder things like childlike faith and total dependency on God in this amazing journey of motherhood.

“Give Me Just What I Need” is a tongue-and-cheek song I started in the parking lot of Whole Foods, as I shifted from grumpiness over their inflated prices to a grateful prayer for deeper contentment. It’s full of scripture: Acts 17:26 tells us that God has drawn the boundary lines of our dwelling places. Ephesians 2:10 tells us that God has prepared good works for us to walk in. We don’t have to be envious, covetous, greedy…. God has and is pouring out goodness on us and we owe a “debt of gratitude”.

I started “Shades of Green” after laying under the night sky in the backyard with my fresh, week-old firstborn baby. I was full of prayers and dreams for him. I was humbled by the profundity of “faith like a child” as I witnessed this helpless, tiny child and wondered about the faith he’d develop.

“Laying Up Treasures” is a song I wrote to encourage myself and others to “not grow weary in doing good…for in due time, if you do not give up, you will reap a harvest (Galatians 6:9).” It confesses the struggle and chaos of the little years while professing the treasure that raising our children for Christ and His Kingdom truly is.