Woah. After the first song, I held off from listening to Hosea by @rachelswilhelm so I could give it proper attention. The moment has finally come and here I am on a train having my mind blown. I can't believe how good this is! https://t.co/ZLwABpCcPd
It was so good to talk to @kkramermcginnis for this article. Church songwriting is about so much more than hoping you get a 'big' song, but you'd hardly know it from most of the talk. Writing 'small' songs for your community could/should be a vibrant ministry in every church.
"Reorienting a church’s musical culture toward grassroots songwriting and local eclecticism could be one sign of our upside-down kingdom. Production value might not be as impressive as radical antipolish."
On making less-than-perfect music.
@CTmagazine
https://t.co/0DkZTHiYdv
Here's the full YouTube playlist of Community Songs Vol.I videos. We're so grateful to Stuart Burke for capturing these. The EP is not a disembodied production, it's a specific group of people and a specific moment.
https://t.co/LrOi8xN4bD
Another track from the new 'Community Songs' EP. 'God Who Makes Us Family' by @chrisjuby.
This one makes room for us to name our individual circumstances as we gather to worship, and then joins us in song as the family of God. https://t.co/aZLh4vaJRR
It's weird being a church songwriter. The measure is not whether people like the way you sing your song, it's whether people want to sing it in their own way when you're not even there. I'm so grateful for these comments about 'Spirit You're Here'...
"I led this song this morning, it really landed." — Sam
"Led at ours last week just me, a guitar and a cello, went down a storm!" — Kelly
"I'm hearing from a range of people in our congregation that's it's really connecting with them." — Eleanor
The 12 Song Challenge is back! Come and join this international community of hundreds of worship songwriters for a year of creativity and collaboration. Registration is open now, the challenge begins on 1st April. Find out more and register at https://t.co/nYnH5AE3HT
I think Romans 8 is my favourite chapter in Scripture. I've already written several songs from it. Here's a new one that draws on many of the things that chapter says about the Holy Spirit.
https://t.co/6gq9InRdXJ #HolySpirit#praise
Looking for theologically rich songs about the Holy Spirit? Our new EP 'Spirit Songs' is out now.
This one is 'Spirit You're Here' by Rebecca Beese and @chrisjuby, drawing from Romans 8.
@kkramermcginnis Yes! It's like cooking for your friends at home instead of going out to a chain restaurant. It doesn't look much compared to what's on offer in lights, but when you experience it, it's profound and humane and holy and even revolutionary.
@ScienceMagician Wow, usually once I know the trick I can force myself to see accurately with this kind of illusion, but no part of my brain will accept that those aren't red. Even when I have a colour picker up showing that it's grey.
"The 10 Principles of Good Worship Songwriting"
A new blog piece, entering the world of design to find wisdom for congregational song.
https://t.co/9ZRjksaPtn
@kkramermcginnis Yes! We're beginning to think about community singing as the theme for our next project. Much simpler songs, written to be sung in small groups. But is it possible to capture the thing that's transcendent about that on a record? That feels like a question we have to wrestle with.
"...it's like our hearts are crying out for some kind of regular person with a regular voice who will get up and sing a praise song without an octave jump that we can all join into..." 🩶