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.

"Worship Practices Explained" is a new series running here one day per week over the next couple months.  I'll talk about why Christians do things during worship services and other times that might seem strange to the uninitiated. Blog stats tell me that most sojournmusic.com readers are Christians and that probably at least half are actively involved in volunteer or staff ministry as worship leaders, pastors, church ... Continue reading »

Many of you are probably aware about the story that broke yesterday regarding Mike Guglielmucci, the Australian youth pastor who faked having terminal cancer.  He wrote the hit worship song, "Healer," inspiring others with this declaration: I believe You're my Healer I believe You are all I need I believe You're my Portion I believe You're more than enough for me Jesus You're all I need In one Youtube video that received 300,000 hits, he ... Continue reading »

Matt Redman is one of the top worship leaders and writers in evangelical Christianity, having penned modern classics like "The Heart Of Worship," "Better Is One Day," "Blessed Be Your Name," and "Let Everything That Has Breath.  One of my favorite Redman albums is 2004's Face Down.  I recently "rediscovered" it when flipping through my CDs and thought I'd give a little review. Redman ... Continue reading »

Sojourn worship leader/ songwriter Rebecca Dennison tells the story behind her song "My Rock and My Redeemer," one of our favorites here at Sojourn.  You can hear the track at Last FM and get the chord sheet from our These Things I Remember page here at sojournmusic.com before or after reading Rebecca's story: I wrote the words and melody to "My Rock and ... Continue reading »

  This video comes from Sojourn's fall 2007 appearance at Fourth Street Live, Louisville's downtown entertainment district.  We will return to Fourth Street Live Sunday, September 7.  Hope to see you there!

Worship arts pastor Mike Cosper preached a sermon entitled "Doxology" at The 930 during Sojourn's August 10 worship gathering.  This sermon emphasizes that our praise for God must flow from a good understanding of who He is and what He's done.  You can download it for free from our podcast, Sojournmusic.com Radio, available on iTunes and other podcast directories, or simply click the play button ... Continue reading »

This week’s recap of songs is posted in collaboration with other worship leaders on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com.  Photos courtesy of Daniel Canales.  1. Your Blood Says Everything, by Billy Sommerville for Vineyard/ Mercy Music.  This song got us right into the heart of Christian worship and witness --the cross of ... Continue reading »

Sojourn Music will participate in another Takin' It To The Streets event on Sunday, September 7.  This time the band will perform outside at Fourth Street Live, Louisville's downtown entertainment district.  This is our first return to Fourth Street Live since last year's TV taping for WBKI, the local affiliate for The CW Network. We'll have further details as the date approaches.  ... Continue reading »

It's a quiet day.  Sojourn worship arts pastor Mike Cosper is on his way to Michigan to, among other things, talk with John Witvliet and record some interviews with him for future broadcast on our Sojournmusic.com Radio podcast.  Dr. Witvliet has authored and edited several books on worship and written many articles for various publications.  He is the director of the Calvin Institute of Christian ... Continue reading »

Friday, August 29 at 10 am, my co-writer Lindsey Blair and illustrator Tessa Janes will read from our book Pastor Daddy at the Lifeway Christian Store in Southern Baptist Theology Seminary here in Louisville.  If you're in the Louisville area, we'd love to see you. I've written a few things about Pastor Daddy, Sojourn's first children's book, and ... Continue reading »