Thanks again! I enjoyed reading and will be back often!

David

I would just write songs whether or not your church was going to use them immediately. Usually a lot of songs have to be written before they’re ready for “prime time” anyway. Eventually, if you write some really good songs, your pastor might be persuaded to try some of them on Sunday morning.

Thanks for pointing out those resources!

The worship team that I play on is led by the pastor of our church, I won’t even go into the problems that this has presented. I write and my late wife had written some songs that our church used to do, however whenever I bring up the subject of the team doing some original songs, it’s met with “well, we want to do songs that people are familiar with”..i.e. on the radio. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of good songs to choose from but I really would like to see our team branch out and start writing some original songs. I guess I was just looking for some feedback from you.

Sovereign Grace resources on song writing can be found by clicking here. You’ll find other resources recommended in those messages.

God Songs by Paul Baloche and Jimmy & Carol Owens has some good stuff in it as well.

I know Christians that have wrongly cut each other out of their lives for what they felt were violations in this matter - your simple fix was great to read. And I am sure great to get out in the open from the start!

It strikes me that when our goal is the glory of God by serving His church, this balance becomes much easier to attain. Thanks for noting this, Bob.

The process you described here is similar to the process Sojourn used on last year’s CD and the one we’re going to record this year (in fact, our songwriting deadline is this week). You’ve given me some good ideas, though.

I’ve never heard of phpBB. I’ll have to check it out.

Can’t wait to hear the fruits of your efforts in the upcoming Psalms project.

I noticed that you referenced collaboration between “older, seasoned writers with younger musicians.” I think a better phrase might have been “…aincent, crusty writers with younger, hip, cool musicians.”

Just the thoughts of a young, hip, cool musician who loves getting to work with those who are crusty…

For those of us who aren’t in Sovereign Grace Churches do you have any books, talks, and/or articles to recommend for us who are interested in writing songs?