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.

I sat down with worship arts pastoral assistant Jamie Barnes for a few minutes to take you inside the planning and execution of a Sojourn worship band practice session.  The talk ranged from a discussion of how worship leaders prepare for a Sunday set during the week (including the use of an online tool known as The Planning Center, available to all churches) ... Continue reading »

I was pleased to meet several Christians involved in the arts this weekend at Sojourn's Cultivate Beauty Festival and to share thoughts with them over coffee, donuts, pizza, Indian food -- you can see that it was a both a filling weekend and a fulfilling one.  I thought you'd be interested to know a little about them and their various ministries.  These people are on the front lines of, as Dr. ... Continue reading »

1. I'm Coming Back, by our own Rebecca Elliott from Before the Throne.  From the review of this CD in Christianity Today: Her (Rebecca's) voice perfectly complements the earnest sentiments of worship in "I'm Coming Back," an earnest and well-written reminder of how we've "wasted all I have on things that will not last."  I couldn't have said it better myself. 2. Come and Sing, by our own Jeremy Quillo, ... Continue reading »

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.  Sojourn Worship Arts Pastoral Assistant Jamie Barnes, an accomplished singer-songwriter, wrote a special Mother's Day song that we're doing in our worship service today -- a scripture song called "Remember Me (Prayer of Hannah)".  Here is Jamie's own recording of this song, our Mother's Day gift to you: Listen To “Prayer Of Hannahâ€? ... Continue reading »

 Tomorrow is Mother's Day, and here are this site we'll give you an mp3 of a special Mother's Day song by our own Jamie Barnes. Tomorrow is also, in the Church Calendar, the day of Pentecost.  Here is a suggested reading for Pentecost -- a Call To Worship.  Following this is a suggested song for Pentecost from our These Things I Remember CD: God will pour out the Spirit on all flesh, and ... Continue reading »

I'm spending today at The 930, Sojourn's home, taking in the great things our Cultivate Beauty Festival has to offer.  Dr. Harold Best is speaking specifically to Christian artist's from 10 am-noon today, and will give a public lecture this afternoon.  We'll also see a festival of short films.  Later tonight, a show featuring Jeremy Enigk (formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate) and ... Continue reading »

Worship Matters, by Bob Kauflin, is one of my favorite books so far in 2008.  I was going to write a full review of it, but you know what?  I can do a pretty good record review, but when it comes to books, I'm certainly no Tim Challies.  So instead of writing a meandering review that fails to communicate everything I'd like to communicate, I've decided to add this ... Continue reading »

We are on the eve of Sojourn's Cultivate Beauty Festival.  Be sure to check the the930.org for a complete lineup of public events.  And if you're wondering about places to eat, read below for a profile by Matt Ralph of a great Louisville barbecue place located a few minutes' walking distance from The 930, Smoketown USA.  But first, here is the vision for the Cultivate Beauty Festival, written by Sojourn's Elders: The Cultivate Beauty Art & ... Continue reading »

I recently sat down with Rebecca Dennison to talk psalms and songwriting.  Rebecca was a featured songwriter (and vocalist) on our psalm-based 2005 album, These Things I Remember, and she has also written music based on psalms for her trio, the Sandpaper Dolls, and for Sojourn's upcoming worship CDs. Click the player below to hear this short discussion, covering Rebecca's thoughts on adapting ... Continue reading »

Worship Arts Pastor Mike Cosper, on Sojourn's "Cultivate Beauty/ Kill Your TV" month: Sometimes I wonder what would happen if God spoke to me in an audible voice. Would I even hear it? Would the voice that Jeremiah described as a "still, small voice" be able to penetrate the din of music, TV, distracted thoughts, advertisements, internet pop-ups, emails, MySpace messages, voice mails, books, letters, friends, ... Continue reading »