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

Anyone familar with our latest two CD's, Advent Songs and Before the Throne, has witnessed the stylings and virtuosity of Astonish Entertainment recording artist Dirt Poor Robins (check out their website from our Helpful Links section).  The band consists of the husband and wife team of Neil and Kate Robins (they bring in other musicians on the road), who also are ... Continue reading »

Pilgrim Radio has added two Before the Throne songs to their playlist: "We are Listening" and "All I Have is Yours."  The Pilgrim Radio network broadcasts an eclectic mix of Christian music over California, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana, and makes their programming available for world-wide streaming at www.pilgrimradio.com.  Be sure to check them out! We are less than two weeks away from the first Sojourn songwriting seminar.  ... Continue reading »

As noted previously, Jamie Barnes will be leading a songwriting seminar in Sojourn's building, The 930, at 3 pm Saturday the 19th.  Jamie is a Sojourn worship leader and was involved extensively with our new CD, Advent Songs, as a singer, songwriter and musician.  He is also a professional recording artist, having drawn rave reviews from Billboard Magazine and other publications. Here is an archived performance from January 5, ... Continue reading »

Epiphany, which has historically been held on January 6 as the day the Church celebrates the revelation of Christ with the coming of the Magi, is also celebrated as part of an entire season in some church traditions.  The season focuses on the teaching and healing ministry of our Lord, leading up to Lent. Here is a Call to Worship for Epiphany, based on Psalm 19:1-4: The heavens are telling the glory of ... Continue reading »

As discussed many times on this site and in other forums, the idea behind Before the Throne is that "worship" is not just a style of music or something we participate in together on Sunday, but that it is a life lived before God's throne -- as Harold Best puts it, a "continous outpouring" to God, and a constant communication with Him, a constant response to His call and His love.  We worship God in ... Continue reading »

Wednesday, January 16 from 8 to 9 pm, Sojourn will be a part of the popular Kentucky radio program Kentucky Homefront, which is broadcast each Wednesday on Louisville's WFPK 91.9 FM and streamed live to the world via their website's live audio streaming page. Kentucky Homefront is a long-running program that features music and storytellers from throughout the Commonwealth.  They describe the vision for the program this way: By presenting ... Continue reading »

Courtesty of the SBTS Institute for Christian Worship (visit their website from our Helpful Links section) here is an mp3 of a talk led by Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace Ministries (who also has a home in our Helpful Links section).  This is a comprehensive lecture on how to write songs for corporate worship, with advice on lyrics, melody, theology and more. And here is a PDF text file of ... Continue reading »