New songs for worship, rich in Christian theology. Contemporary hymns, psalms, songs of lament and praise written by members of the Louisville, KY-based Sojourn Community.

... and there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.  -- Judges 2:10b      A lady I used to work with, we'll call her "Debby," lost her father the Thursday before Easter a few years ago. I talked with another coworker, "Kayla," about it the next day. Kayla was a 25 year old, unchurched woman. She said, "Can ... Continue reading »

For all you social networkers and bands on myspace, check us out at http://www.myspace.com/sojournrecords and request"friend" status with us.  We'll add you -- we're friendly folk. Of course you can also visit us at www.virb.com/sojournmusic to hear more mp3s, and keep coming here to www.sojournmusic.com  for the latest news, chord sheets, mp3s, informative articles, our "Helpful Links" section and much more. "All I really wanna do Is baby, be friends ... Continue reading »

This Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, the Sojourn band will lead worship for college students who have come from across the state of Kentucky to attend Focus 2007 at Crestwood Baptist Church, just outside of Louisville (at 6400 Sweetbay Drive, Crestwood, KY  40014). Focus conferences are held every fall, and are designed to equip college students with leadership skills.  Sessions at this year's conference will prepare students to transform ... Continue reading »

"Before The Throne" was birthed out of a series of conversations taking place between churches all across North America, facilitated by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Calvin uses the term "Vertical Habits" to describe the dialogue between God and us, and it challenged churches to come up with ways to teach the concept of worship as a life lived before the throne of God, where each ... Continue reading »

For those of you in the Louisville area, two retail stores are carrying Sojourn's new worship CD, "Before The Throne."  They are: EarX-tacy (1534 Bardstown Road) (www.earx-tacy.com) Christian Book Nook (2116 South Preston Street) Of course, "Before The Throne" is also available at our information table before and after Sunday worship services at 930 Mary Street, and here in the Store of sojournmusic.com. 

Or at least Virb.  Check out our music on www.virb.com/sojournmusic.  If you've got your own profile on that site (which is a cool place for social networkers, bands, photographers, and anyone who likes to post songs, artwork, videos, blogs and the like), request "Friend" status with us -- we're friendly folk. You can check out some mp3s from each of our albums on Virb, as you can at this site -- ... Continue reading »

"Before The Throne" ends with a great benediction song, "All Good Gifts" by Michael Morgan.  Here, Michael discusses the writing process behind that song: One evening back in January, or possibly even December, I can't really remember when exactly (the memorable thing: it was one week before the deadline for song submissions and it was cold outside), I was standing in the gallery talking to Nick Nye, whom I hadn't hung ... Continue reading »

As reported earlier, the Sojourn band will be playing along with six other bands as part of this Sunday's installment of the "Takin' It To The Streets" series.  This time it will be held at Fourth Street Live in downtown Louisville, KY, and will be filmed for a series of Saturday evening broadcasts this fall on Louisville's CW affiliate, WBKI-TV.  Sojourn will take the stage at 2 pm. The event is free ... Continue reading »

The Sojourn worship band will be appearing for a third time at the "Takin' It To The Streets" series, a monthly event that takes worship music outside the walls of individual churches by placing worship bands in Louisville-area hotspots.  Sunday, September 9th at 1 pm we will be appearing at 4th Street live along with six other bands.  The show is free, so come out and hear us.  We'll be on stage ... Continue reading »