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.

 Almighty God, in raising Jesus from the grave, you shattered the power of sin and death. We confess that we remain captive to doubt and fear, bound by the ways that lead to death. We overlook the poor and the hungry and pass by those who mourn; we are deaf to the cries of the oppressed and indifferent to calls for peace; we despise the weak and abuse the earth you made. Forgive us, God of mercy. Help us to trust your ... Continue reading »

Yikes.  I woke up shortly after 5:30 this morning, feeling the tremors that rattled Louisville (and all points near, such as Cincinnatti and Indianapolis), the tail end of a 5.4 scale earthquake centering from West Salem, Illinois.  Readers in many parts of the world and U.S. might say, "What's the big deal about some tremors," but it's quite unusual for us here in the ... Continue reading »

Will Kotheimer: How has the sound of Sojourn Music evolved from that time? Eddy Morris: Well, that was just a live recording that we tried to fix a little bit in the studio, the best we could.  It never got released because we'd covered copyrighted music and they wanted us to pay more money for the licensing than we had budgeted for the whole CD. So I said, ... Continue reading »

You can't tell the story of Sojourn, particularly our music ministry, without telling the story of Eddy Morris. It's that simple. Eddy came to Sojourn near the beginning of our existence, bringing the life-experience that a group of mostly 20-somethings needed, but with the exuberance and energy more often seen in a teenager. A teen hopped up on chocolate-covered espresso beans. Eddy has been the recording ... Continue reading »

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, whether he's dressing as the admiral of a ship in Her Majesty's navy, producing records, writing songs, leading worship or touring with his band Dirt Poor Robins, Sojourn worship leader Neil Robins is quite a character.  To say that he has stories to tell would be an understatement. I sat down with Neil recently at The 930 Art Center and ... Continue reading »

1. Hold On (Keep Your Eyes On The Prize) by Pete Seeger.  This traditional song by one of America's masterful 20th century folk singers uses the story of Paul and Silas' time spent in jail for preaching the gospel to weave a tail of perseverance, through the power of "the gospel plow." You can see one of Sojourn's bands perform this classic as the first song of the Takin' ... Continue reading »

Earlier this week I tipped you off to the big cover story on Sojourn in the major Louisville alternative paper, The LEO Weekly. Now, Sojourn worship leader Jason Tiemann, a brilliant drummer who has played with Norah Jones, taught drum workshops at the University of Louisville, and wowed many music lovers near and far (and played on our record, Before the Throne), is the ... Continue reading »

Wednesday Night on American Idol, the eight finalists performed the modern worship standard "Shout To The Lord," changing the line "My Jesus, my savior" to "My shepherd, my savior." Thursday night they performed the song again, this time with the original lyric -- the name of Jesus -- intact.  Whatever we might say about the relative "hip factor" of American Idol, the state of the music industry, or any number ... Continue reading »

This week's edition of The LEO Weekly, Louisville's major alternative newspaper, features an in-depth look at Sojourn in their cover article, entitled "Smells Like Holy Spirit."  LEO is distributed weekly at over 900 outlets in Louisville and Southern Indiana, and boasts a readership of well over 150,000 people. As part of his research, LEO Managing Editor Stephen George interviewed Lead Pastor Daniel Montgomery, Worship Arts Pastor Mike Cosper, Director of ... Continue reading »

"... the best of them (Dylan's Gospel songs) surely comprise a body of work that brings to contemporary religious song something fresh yet well-grounded in traditional strengths, something passionate and full of an authentic saturation in biblical teaching.  Anyone can hear that it wipes the floor with all that awful Pat Boonery, that horrid, pallid, acoustic-guitar-and-tambourine sing-song modernism and those gruesome Age of Aquarius lasers-and-love productions offered ... over the ... Continue reading »