1KHO 607: Heaven And Nature Sing | Ellie Holcomb, Far Country

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Ellie Holcomb joins Ginny to trace a clear line from her childhood on the Little Harpeth River to the music, books, and family life she’s building today. She shares how stepping off the tour bus to raise a newborn opened a new creative path—writing Scripture into song during a friend’s battle with depression, which grew into her devotional Fighting Words, a new record (Far Country), and children’s books that invite families to notice what creation is already saying. Together they explore themes parents will recognize: finding hope in hard seasons, letting kids meet the world outside, and remembering what’s true when life feels uncertain. Ellie talks about the images that keep her steady—salt flats reflecting the sky, constellations overhead, a river in winter—and why sometimes you “go dark to see.” It’s a grounded, practical conversation about faith, nature, and raising kids who know they belong. Get Ellie's devotional Fighting Words here Get Ellie's stunning children's books here: Who Sang the First Song?, Don't Forget To Remember, Sounding Joy, Spring Sings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	ahead and get involved. Grab a Coke, drink it in. Okay, here we go. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside
0:50.9	podcast. My name is Ginny Urich. I and the founder of one thousand hours outside and i'm so
0:55.6	honored to have an incredible music artist and author and mama on with us today ellie holcomb welcome
1:04.3	it is so good to be here and i'm looking at your book over your shoulder and it's so cool I can see it it looks awesome when I
1:12.9	literally heard the title of this podcast I was like I'm gonna like this a lot yeah yeah well
1:19.9	because so many of your things are about nature so many your songs are about nature about God's
1:25.8	creation and you've got the devotional and then you have these
1:29.8	gorgeous i mean they are so gorgeous these kids books that you've written they're all about nature
1:36.9	and the pictures are so delightful so i have to tell you a couple things first of all i have a young
1:41.0	friend who is 11 years old named Ellie and she is a huge fan.
1:45.0	So I actually texted her mom when this got scheduled and I was like, look, look who I'm interviewing.
1:52.0	Okay, tell Ellie, Big Ellie says she loves her.
1:56.0	Yes, I will.
1:57.0	Second thing is I somehow I'm on your text list.
2:00.0	You know how you can sign up for like text things and all other text I somehow I'm on your text list. You know how you can sign up for
2:01.7	like text things and all other text lists that I'm on like if it's for a product or like
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