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.

'Be Transformed' - Daniel Montgomery from Sojourn Community Church on Vimeo.  At the beginning of Romans chapter twelve, Paul calls all Christians to be living sacrifices to God, as a true act of worship.  Sojourn Pastor Daniel Montgomery examines this call to whole-life worship in depth. These two ... Continue reading »

Posted as part of the church music set list Blog Carnival at fredmckinnon.com, where you can read many church music set lists.  Photos provided by Dan Canales. 1. Shelter Me, written by Buddy and Julie Miller.  It's been a tumultuous couple of weeks here in the U.S.  Between Hurricane Ike and the threat of economic ruin, ... Continue reading »

This week here on sojournmusic.com, our podcast will feature teaching on "whole life worship" from Sojourn pastor Daniel Montgomery, our "Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs" column with song lyrics, pictures, notes, and mp3 links, a new post in our "Worship Practices Explained" series, and more.  But now, courtesy of Sojourn worship leader Lorie King, here is something for you as you celebrate this Lord's Day:... Continue reading »

"If individuals in the congregation are expected to be 'actors in the worship drama,' as Kierkegaard so aptly put it, they must know in advance what the roles demand.  Further, the Christian church expresses its historicity, its continuity, and consequently its authority, partly by repeating the same actions and words from one generation to another. "At the same time, we dare ... Continue reading »

[caption id="attachment_1040" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Benediction, from "][/caption] In this fifth installment of "Worship Practices Explained," a weekly blog column looking at various expressions of worship that may seem strange to the uninitiated, we look at the benediction: Why Lift Our Hands Up For The Benediction? The "benediction posture" is a raised hand and extended palm. It comes from the biblical ... Continue reading »

What?  Sojourn leaders, all in suits and ties?  Yep.  This was the scene Tuesday as Lead Pastor Daniel Montgomery (first from left) relaxed with Director of Connecting Dave Richards, Sojourn Kids Director Jared Kennedy and Director of Operations Bryce Butler before giving the chapel sermon address at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary here in Louisville.  Daniel preached on Galatians 2:20-21 in ... Continue reading »

The Making of "Fading Grass" by Chad Lewis Just two years ago, Sojourn Pastor Chad Lewis, also a worship leader and singer-songwriter, recorded Fading Grass with the help of Worship Arts Pastor Mike Cosper and engineer/worship leader Eddy Morris (now the Worship Arts Director for Crossing Church, an Acts 29 community planted by ... Continue reading »

From the birth of CCM and the resulting change in many church worship ministries, to the "worship wars" of the 90s, to the modern hymn movement and missional worship practices of a growing number of young church-planting churches, we can easily see how much things have changed in just one generation. The way churches now "do worship", including the way worship arts pastors are trained, is vastly different than it ... Continue reading »

This article is posted in conjunction with other church set lists as part of the Blog Carnival at fredmckinnon.com.  Photos provided by Dan Canales. 1. How Can the Heavens Hold You, by Sojourn's own Jeremy Quillo.  How could we begin the service marking our eighth anniversary as a church body with anything but this, the very first song on ... Continue reading »

'Is This As Good As It Gets?' - Rob Plummer from Sojourn Community Church on Vimeo.  Pastor Rob is one of our volunteer pastor-elders at Sojourn, earning his living as a professor.  In this video from a recent sermon at Sojourn's home, The 930 Art Center, Pastor Rob ... Continue reading »