“My church fellowship loves good hand clapping, rousing songs,” confesses Tamera Perry. “They like some of Paul Baloche’s faster stuff like ‘Today is the Day’ and ‘Because of Your Love.’ These are their favorites. They like to clap!” Writing rousing hand-clapping worship songs for her church in Silver City, New
What a Beautiful Name It Is Hillsongs’ “What a Beautiful Name” by Brooke Ligertwood and Ben Fielding took the worship world by storm a couple of years back and even won a Grammy. We still sing it a lot at our church and I bet you do, too. It’s hanging
“My entire theology is a Man, it’s Jesus,” says Mike Weaver, frontman of Christian music’s powerhouse band Big Daddy Weave. “I’m telling you, He is with you and He’s with you in the most real way.” With robust faith and authenticity, Weaver shares through this warm and often funny episode
If you’re a worship leader or worship songwriter, you already know about Christian Copyright Licensing International. CCLI is one of the most important ministries for songwriters and artists who provide worship songs for the church worldwide, not only because they collect and distribute royalties for your songs, but also because
This week on The Song Revolution Podcast we released an archived episode with Pat Barrett, cowriter of the ubiquitous worship hit, Good Good Father. The episode is fun, engaging, and warm as Barrett shares about his family, ministry, and the sudden demands of having a hit worship song that has
If Brandon Heath could offer a word of advice about how to navigate a well-lived life, he would sum it up in three words: faith, hope and love. These tenants of the Christian faith have provided an unshakable foundation for his own journey with Jesus through the years, and they
Few songwriters cultivate more fertile creative soil when crafting a new album than Phillips, Craig, and Dean. Juggling dual vocations as both pastors and recording artists for more than two decades, Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean have created an impressive body of work inspired by what God is
Few songwriters cultivate more fertile creative soil when crafting a new album than Phillips, Craig, and Dean. Juggling dual vocations as both pastors and recording artists for more than two decades, Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean have created an impressive body of work inspired by what God is
In 12th Century Benedictine tradition, the Church was viewed as a warm and hospitable place always open, and desirous, of wanderers and weary travelers. In fact, one monk would always be posted as the lookout, scanning the horizon for those in need of shelter called the “porter.” Whenever a road-worn
Ahhhh, the sounds of Christmas…. the ubiquitous Salvation Army Santa outside of Walmart and Best Buy with that annoying little bell clanging till you give him a buck just to make him stop (but he never does). The bustle of shoppers and imaginary tinkling of Silver Bells, and the very
