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In the midst of the Reformation in England, Isaac Watts recognized that people needed to see the gospel in the psalms and hymns of the church, and they needed to sing them in language and metaphors that they understood.  In this, he became not only the father of the modern hymn, but the pace-setter for contextualizing the gospel for the people of God.

As musicians, pastors and songwriters, our desire was to explore the hundreds of hymns that Watts wrote during his lifetime, to learn from … (read more)

Original and Traditional Christmas Songs from Sojourn Artists, including Jamie Barnes, Dirt Poor Robins, Brooks Ritter, and more.  Available now for free or pay-what-you-want.

The emphasis here is on the already/ not-yet tension of Advent, the season of waiting and anticipation before Christmas.  Advent comes to us in the darkest season of the year — a season when the nights are long, the days are cold, and we look with anticipation for the return of the warmth in the spring.  The songs have both a dark sense of anticipation and glimpses of light dawning in the … (read more)

Chord charts, mp3s and iTunes link below

Sojourn’s latest worship album connects the worship practices of the Church gathered to the ordinary stuff of daily life, a life lived before the throne of God. This life is a rich and varied experience of adoration, confession, thanksgiving, prayer for guidance, prayers of repentance and communal sharing of God’s peace, blessing and love.

Comprised of one classic hymn and ten new songs for worship written by members of the Sojourn community, “Before The Throne��? is our most ambitious and collaborative project to date. From … (read more)

This 11-track collection of aesthetically diverse songs of faith, pain, longing and reflection based on the Psalms features worship music by Sojourn community members Mike Cosper, Rebecca Dennison and Jeremy Quillo.

With stylistic influences ranging from the mountains of Appalachia to the villages of Asia to modern American rock, this record reconnects modern listeners with the language of the Psalms, reflects the diversity of creation and explores the tension between faith and doubt, triumph and struggle, laughter and lament.

Dedicated to the memory of Aaron Marrs, … (read more)

Sojourn worship leader Chad Lewis’ rich, powerful baritone shines on this recording of ten self-penned songs that lead us through lament, introspection, acceptance and peaceful assurance as he explores the frailty of human effort and the all-sufficiency of God’s grace.Lewis is a storyteller, and his songs create a world brimming with word-pictures of rivers and fields, peach trees and dusty roads, hardened clay ground and fertile shore lines, dark places where storm winds blow, night skies full of shooting stars, distant seas, cross roads, dwindling fires that yield … (read more)

 Our 2003 collection of mostly original music and two classics (â€?O Come, O Come Emmanuelâ€? and “What Child Is Thisâ€?), this recording celebrates Advent, the season of longing and expectation when the inhabitants of earth await the dawning of a new day and birth of the promised King of Kings. 

Best of all, you can listen to this entire album for free right here — click on the mp3s below.  You can also download the whole album for free from our page on Last FM.

Beautiful instrumental cuts like “The Shepherds: … (read more)

Sojourn began with a series of conversations between a group of people hungry to experience God in an authentic community. The first original songs that Sojourners sang together were the raw, Bible-infused songs of worship leader Jeremy Quillo.

Nine of those songs, in addition to the classic “Come Thou Fount,” are featured on this, Sojourn’s first CD, with Jeremy leading a diverse, energetic band through praise, confession, questioning and fulfillment in Christ.

Several of these songs have become Sojourn classics and still move people to embrace the glory of God in Sojourn worship gatherings today. Songs like … (read more)