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Tag Archives: Mike Cosper
VIDEO: “Let Your Blood Plead For Me” live performance by Sojourn
Enjoy this new video, recorded live at our Album Release Party at Louisville Memorial Auditorium for The Water And The Blood: The Hymns Of Isaac Watts, Volume Two. Rebecca Dennison sings lead on this song, which I wrote with Jeremy Quillo and Pastor Mike Cosper. You can also hear the audio from the album recording at our Bandcamp page.
Sojourn Musicians Say “The Trick Is … Everything Plaid”
Watch this: Then pledge to memorize Romans 8 with us over the next 40 days. You can see more videos and encouragements like this at Facebook.com/40sojourn and you can download a reading/memorization plan at 40.sojournchurch.com.
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Cold Justice, Subversive Hope & The Wild West: Sojourn Pastor Takes On True Grit
Mike Cosper, our Pastor of Worship & Arts, writes about the gospel and the arts on the Gospel Coalition blog. Check out his new article: a review (with spoilers) of True Grit, the Coen Brothers’ remake of the classic John Wayne western. Here’s a whistle-whetting excerpt: There’s something we love about revenge stories. Watching the local news is a painful experience—stories of corporate greed run side-by-side with stories of murder, rape, abuse, and neglect. We see the darkness of the world around us and cry out with the psalmist, “How long?” Revenge films speak to this cry in our heart, … Read Entire Post
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Sojourn Worship Pastor Talks "Christmas: The Hinge Of History" at Gospel Coalition
Pastor of Worship & Arts Mike Cosper regularly blogs for The Gospel Coalition, one of the biggest Christian blogging platforms in the world. Read his latest post, Christmas: The Hinge Of History at this link. Excerpt: We celebrate Christmas right at the Winter Solstice—a bit of metaphorical genius, if you ask me (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere). Right as the year reaches its coldest, just as the nights get their longest and darkest, we open our Bibles and read, The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land … Read Entire Post
New Sojourn Video, Featuring Our Version Of "The Christ Hymn" from Colossians 1
This past Sunday at Sojourn Gathered, our weekly worship service, we premiered a brand new video preview of our upcoming Colossians sermon series. The video features “The Christ Hymn,” written by worship leader Rebecca Dennison and Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper, and recorded on our These Things I Remember album. Check it out here:
Check Out A New Interview With Sojourn Pastor Mike Cosper
Our good friend (and pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in Illinois) Joe Thorn interviewed Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper as part of his Experiential Theology series. Hop over to joethorn.net and read it today! Here are just a few excerpts: On how theology shapes what we do in gathered worship: Worship has ONE object – the triune God, revealed in the scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Worship has TWO contexts – the broad context of all of life (unceasing, living-sacrifice worship) and the narrow context of the gathered church, who gathers to encourage and build one another up, … Read Entire Post
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Sojourn Music In 2020 – Pastor Mike Cosper On Where We've Been, Where We're Headed
Here in the Sojourn Community, we’re nearing Commitment Sunday — a day when we as a church are being asked to commit to above-and-beyond giving for the sake of the future mission and vision of Sojourn. It’s a good moment for me to pause and reflect (with hope) about where I think the Lord is going to take Sojourn in the next ten years. Before getting to the future, it’s probably helpful to reflect on our past. Ten years ago, when Sojourn began, I was a 19-year-old kid charged with coordinating the musicians who would lead worship. We had only … Read Entire Post
Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper Profiled In Worship Leader Magazine
The brand new March/April 2010 issue of Worship Leader Magazine is titled “Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Writing and Selecting Music to the Glory of God.” And appropriately, for such an issue, they’ve profiled our Worship & Arts Pastor/ songwriter/ musician/ record producer Mike Cosper in their “Worship Leader Profile.” If you get the magazine, check out his two-page spread on pages 66-67. Amidst his profile and a sample set list from a Sojourn Gathered worship service, you’ll find a Q&A interview. Here are some of his quotes from the Q&A: On Sojourn’s biggest challenge in adapting the hymns of … Read Entire Post
NewReleaseTuesday.com Interviews Mike Cosper About "Over The Grave: The Hymns Of Isaac Watts, Vol. 1"
Check out NewReleaseTuesday.com for an interview with Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper. They ask him all about the motivation and recording process for our latest worship record, Over The Grave. A sample quote from Pastor Mike, when asked about themes on the album: One reason we came to Watts is that his stuff has an aggressive tone. What I mean by aggressive is that he goes straight after challenging topics like sin, the devil and death. These are topics which are rich and constant throughout scripture but not necessarily part of the dialog in modern worship circles. I … Read Entire Post
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Ash Wednesday At Sojourn: What It's About, Sample Liturgy & Podcast Interview
Sojourn is hosting an Ash Wednesday service at both of our Louisville campuses on Wednesday, February 17 from 6:30am to 7:30am. I spoke with Worship Leader Lorie King for a five-minute interview on our free podcast, Inside Sojourn, about Ash Wednesday as a Christian event and about the experience of Ash Wednesday at Sojourn. You can hear it for free at iTunes and other podcast directories now: Get Inside Sojourn on iTunes Here Read a past Ash Wednesday liturgy from Sojourn, written by Lorie and Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper Check out additional Ash Wednesday liturgies at theopensourcebook.org Read … Read Entire Post
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Mike Cosper Reviews "Wake Up Love" by Melanie Penn
Back in 2008, I had the privilege of taking part in Dwell 2008 in New York City. Dwell was a church planting conference co-hosted by Acts 29 and Redeemer Presbyterian Church, and was focused on urban church planting. Several hundred church planters packed into an old church in Manhattan for a week to listen to CJ Mahaney, Tim Keller, Mark Driscoll, Eric Mason, Darrin Patrick, and several others spur them on in mission. My very good friend Tim Smith of Mars Hill Church asked me to join him in playing music for the conference, and told me we’d be joining … Read Entire Post
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The Journey Church Worship Pastor Josh Dix, Interviewed By Sojourn Pastor Mike Cosper
Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper recently sat down with Josh Dix, Worship Pastor at The Journey, a multi-campus Acts 29 church in St. Louis, MO. In this interview, you’ll learn about Josh’s background as well as these things: What is a worship experience like at The Journey church Being an “equal opportunity offender” How does he respond to critics after services, who don’t like certain songs or elements What does he think about Guitar Hero? (hint: if you want to be good at Guitar Hero, Josh thinks you should practice piano …)
The Last Week of 2009 on sojournmusic.com
Hi friends. We hope you had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year this weekend. I am vacationing in sunny Florida and will return on January 4, so there is no “Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs” column this week. I will return with that Monday series on January 11. But look for a brand new video Q&A here this Wednesday, featuring Josh Dix (Worship Pastor for The Journey Church in St. Louis) and Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper. And if you haven’t had a chance to check out the new Inside Sojourn yet, visit iTunes … Read Entire Post
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Hear Worship Leader Panels From Acts 29 Boot Camp at New "Inside Sojourn" Podcast
We’re launching a brand new all-church podcast called Inside Sojourn. This podcast, available for free at iTunes and other podcast directories, will include all the kinds of features you’re used to hearing on the old Sojournmusic.com Radio podcast, plus many other interviews covering all sides of Louisville’s Sojourn Community Church. Check out Inside Sojourn at iTunes HERE Get the Podcast RSS feed HERE And for all the Sojournmusic.com Radio listeners who haven’t heard anything new on that podcast in awhile, we’ve launched Inside Sojourn with long-form audio from two sessions of the Worship Track at Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s … Read Entire Post
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Indelible Grace's Kevin Twit On Service Planning, Modeling Christian Living, and the TV Show "Lost"
Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper talked with RUF Pastor/Indelible Grace founder Kevin Twit for three short video interviews during Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s 2009 Louisville Boot Camp. Watch Part One of the Kevin Twit-Mike Cosper Interview Here Watch Part Two of the Kevin Twit-Mike Cosper Interview Here Here is the concluding installment: In this video, Kevin Twit discusses: Whether to plan worship services primarily for believers or unbelievers Modeling the Christian life What is really going on in the TV show Lost???
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Indelible Grace Founder Kevin Twit: 3 Minute Video About What Worship Leaders Should Focus On
Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper sat down with RUF Pastor Kevin Twit, the founder of Indelible Grace, for three short video interviews during Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s 2009 Louisville Boot Camp. We published the first last week here on sojournmusic.com. Now, watch the second: He talks about Whether or not to incorporate multi-media elements into worship services. What worship leaders should focus on. Being the “first interpreter of a song” for people
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Short Video: Kevin Twit of Indelible Grace Interviewed By Sojourn's Mike Cosper
As part of our continuing Five Questions For Worship Leaders series, Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper interviews Kevin Twit, Reformed University Fellowship Pastor and also the founder of Indelible Grace: In this short video segment (the first of three videos featuring Kevin Twit), learn: The background of Indelible Grace How Kevin Twit plans worship services at R.U.F. What criteria does Kevin look for when choosing songs How does he deal with complaints (and how did Marva Dawn inspire him in dealing with complaints) What does Kevin Twit think of Guitar Hero
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Short Video #2: Mike Cosper & Marc Heinrich – Five Questions For Worship Leaders
Bethlehem Baptist Church of Minnesota is famous as Pastor/Author John Piper’s church. Another strength of Bethlehem Baptist is Director of Worship Marc Heinrich. In this second video interview with Marc, Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper asks several questions that music ministers and worship pastors face. Watch this short video above, and visit Marc’s blog, Purgatorio. On this video Marc answers: What is the place for media technology in corporate worship at Bethlehem Baptist? What about the tension between performance and worship? What are your thoughts on gearing services for the audience? Do you gear things more for believers or unbelievers? … Read Entire Post
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5 Questions For Worship Leaders: Mike Cosper Interviews Marc Heinrich Of Bethlehem Baptist
Bethlehem Baptist Church of Minnesota is best known around the world as the home of Pastor/Author John Piper. Another strength of Bethlehem Baptist is Director of Worship Marc Heinrich. In this video, Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper asks Marc to introduce himself to the Sojourn Music viewers and readers. He also asks him other key questions that music ministers and worship pastors face, such as how to deal with complaints. Watch this short video above, and visit Marc’s blog, Purgatorio.
Photo Blog: Sojourn Music At "Ambition," The 2009 Acts 29 Network Louisville Boot Camp
Sojourn was honored to lead over 400 church planters and leaders in worship at the 2009 Louisville Boot Camp at our Germantown campus, The 930 Art Center. All photos courtest of Sojourn’s Chuck Heeke. Click here to see Chuck’s entire collection (in two sets) of Acts 29 Louisville Boot Camp photos — over 200 photos covering every part of this event. Acts 29 Director Scott Thomas speaks before the Sojourn band begins to play. Jamie Barnes and Megan Shaffer
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Videos: What Should A Church Planter Look For In A Worship Pastor?
Visit the acts29network.org blog for three short videos with worship pastors (including our own Mike Cosper). They answer the question: What should a church planter look for when trying to find a worship pastor? From that same website you can also read my Live Blog coverage of the Main Sessions of The 2009 Acts 29 Louisville Bootcamp here at Sojourn Community Church.
Full Details On Free Gospel Centered Worship Workshops
We told you recently about the worship track at Ambition, the Louisville Acts 29 Boot Camp which Sojourn Community Church is hosting on November 10-11. This worship track is being sponsored by the Institute For Christian Worship at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and by Sojourn Community Church. And that means that you can come to all sessions for free, even if you don’t register for the Boot Camp! You can download the flyer at sojournchurch.com, which includes details on all the speakers and the topics for each discussion. If you’ll remember, some of the speakers include Sandra McCracken, Kevin … Read Entire Post
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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Sojourn's Worship Music Set List, 10-25-2009
This set list is one of many that you can find at the worship music set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. You can learn about some of the songs we sing at Sojourn Gathered each week in advance of the Sunday service by reading my “Getting Ready For Sunday” post each Friday at Sojourn’s online journal, TravelBlog. Photos this week taken by Dan Canales, at the 9 a.m. service. 1. Come Ye Sinners by Joseph Hart, new melody by Sojourn’s Brooks Ritter. Brooks came into my office a few weeks ago with this hymn text. He … Read Entire Post
Complete Baby Dedication Liturgy, Free For Use, At theopensourcebook.org
Last Sunday we held a baby dedication service at Sojourn Gathered. Today we’ve posted our entire liturgy for this service at theopensourcebook.org, a website that exists to supply churches with free prayers and liturgical elements. Our worship & arts pastor, Mike Cosper, conceived and launched this site with Nathan Bierma of the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship. From the home page: Our collection grows daily, and comes from real-world church contexts. You are welcome to use anything from the Open Sourcebook for free, as all of our content is protected by the Creative Commons License. See our permissions page for … Read Entire Post
Brooks Ritter To Open For Former Nickel Creek Performer At Kentucky Center For The Arts
As a featured vocalist and songwriter on Sojourn records like Over The Grave, Before The Throne and Advent Songs, and as a regular member of the Sojourn worship team, Brooks Ritter’s magic voice has turned up in a lot of iPods and CD players. He’s also played some big venues, in addition to Sojourn Gathered on Sundays. As one of Louisville’s finest singer-songwriters, he’s performed in venues all over town, played live on 91.9 FM WFPK and gotten radio airplay for his debut solo project, The Horse Fell Lame. (Download The Horse Fell Lame from iTunes) And on Thursday night, … Read Entire Post
Worship Track At A29 Boot Camp Features Sandra McCracken, Major Worship Pastors
Sojourn is hosting the last Acts 29 Boot Camp of 2009 at our Germantown campus here in Louisville, The 930 Art Center. The theme of this conference is Ambition, based on Romans 15:20: “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is not known.” One unique feature of the Ambition Boot Camp will be a stellar Worship Track. In this track hosted by Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper, you will hear from these speakers at various times on Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th: Mars Hill Church (Seattle) Worship Pastor Tim Smith. Bethlehem Baptist … Read Entire Post
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Aradhna – Worship from North India
Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper on Indian band Aradnha, who will be in Louisville this Tuesday the 29th for a lecture and concert at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: A few years ago, Jesse Eubanks handed me a stack of CD’s by a group called Aradnha, and I was blown away. A group of missionaries had created a distinct and beautiful blend of western and Indian folk music. The texts were rich with the gospel, and the music was gorgeous. Aradnha represents the kind of contextualization that all of us should be doing. These are musicians who have come … Read Entire Post
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Worshiping And Hangin' With Sojourn's Sister, New Acts 29 Plant "The Oaks Community Church"
Middletown, Ohio is an interesting town, an old blue-collar community that owed its existence for years to AK Steel. Throw in the mix of students and educators from nearby Miami (OH) college and the fact that it sits on the I-75 corridor between Cincinnati and Dayton, near enough to each city for a work commute or night on the town, and it makes for a diverse population and a blended culture. The Oaks Community Church, a ten-month-old Acts 29 church plant, was birthed by a group of mostly 20-somethings who worshiped God together in a small group before they, led … Read Entire Post
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