The Writing Worship Podcast - For Worship Songwriters

Erica Violet is a worship leader, songwriter, and recording artist with a deep passion for God’s presence and authentic connection. Her music blends modern worship with a vibrant, emotionally-driven sound, creating space for listeners to find peace in the middle of anxiety and to trust God in every season. Serving as an associate worship pastor in the Chicago area and traveling to Nashville to wri...

Matt Mouzakis holds an MA in Biblical Studies and Biblical Languages from Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary, and a ThD in Biblical Studies (New Testament Backgrounds) from Covenant Theological Seminary. He serves as the Worship and Discipleship Pastor at The Point Church in Seymour, Indiana.  Matt is passionate about helping the church rediscover the beauty of Scripture, with a...

We sit down with Joe Wadsworth (Founder) and Danny Beck (Producer) of The Online Recording Studio (TORS) to discuss how to have your music expertly recorded, produced, and distributed by their award-winning team. We answer Q&A questions from attendees of a live Writing Worship Webinar. Links mentioned in this podcast... Schedule A Consultation Call and Get The 10% Discount On Your First Bookin...

Krissy and Eric sit down for a mid-summer update. They discuss the "river of resistance", the challenges of developing a church songwriting culture, tickets still available for the Writing Worship Retreat in the fall, and the reTURNing EP. Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwr...

On today's episode, we talk with Amy Sutton of Northwoods Community Church in Peoria, IL. Amy shares about how she's introduced the practice of psalming, not only to her team, but to the church at large. Here's a LINK to one of their worship services where they psalmed as a congregation!  Here's a LINK to HOLY SPIRIT, COME (Spotify) the first release from Northwoods mentioned i...

On day two of Writing Worship Conference 2024, we heard from 3 of our Worship Songwriter Mentorship Mentors - Emily Weeks , Stacy Riddle , and Sue Green .  Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing room.  Visit So...

On day one of Writing Worship Conference 2024, we heard from 3 of our Worship Songwriter Mentorship Mentors -  Rachael Thomas , Sharon Byrd , and Ryan Hall .   Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing room.  Visi...

Before each of our Writing Camp days, we share a devotional message.  On this day, it was Ryan Hall (Worthy of it All), one of our Worship Songwriter Mentorship Mentors.  You could listen to this before your next writing session - who knows what could happen!? Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths...

We continue featuring our Writing Worship Conference 2024 series of talks with Krissy's message to attendees inspired by an in-depth study of the Psalms and singing the Psalms (Psalming).  This is a must for any worship songwriter - crafting heartfelt songs for the Church. Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you kn...

Tasha Layton blessed us with her music and Boundless message at the Writing Worship Conference in October 2024. Learn more about the Boundless ministry and course HERE . Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing r...

Stacey Willbur (TIM Publishing), Mike Murray (Bell Publishing), and Chad Segura (Centricity Publishing) joined us for a 1-hour publisher's panel discussion at Writing Worship Conference on October 9, 2024.   We engage in a discussion about the day-to-day job of a Christian music publisher.  We have an insightful discussion about the impact AI (Artificial Intelligence) is having on music publi...

We hear from three happily-married couples...and they do ministry and music together.  How do they do it?!  Listen to a panel discussion from Writing Worship Conference 2023 with Scott and Lydia Ingegneri, EJ and Janice Gaines and John and Marina Stratton.   Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as...

Rebekah White Williams joins us on the podcast to talk about the stories behind the writing of the songs MAKE ROOM and REST ON US.  Learn more about working with Rebekah for songwriter coaching and song critiques. We are thrilled to welcome professional songwriter Rebekah White Williams (Make Room, Rest On Us) to the WW family as songwriter coach. Rebekah White is a Nashville-based songwriter who...

Cody Jones has been a member of the Writing Worship Community for the last 2 years.  He was one of our band leaders during the recording of our album .   He's a leader in his own church in Texas.  This is a portion of his message to songwriters during a breakout session of our most recent conference (October 2023).   Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by o...

We asked our songwriter mentors of the  Worship Songwriter Mentorship program to share what God had put on their hearts for worship songwriters at our most recent Writing Worship Conference.  You'll hear from: Rachael Thomas - 9:36 Ryan Hall - 20:13 Emily Weeks - 30:06 Stacy Riddle - 43:15 Matt Crosson - 58:21 Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our foun...

Krissy Nordhoff shares what she's learned over the years about worship songwriting sitting at her piano and singing the psalms - PSALMING.  Taken from a breakout session at Writing Worship Conference 2023. You can order your Psalming Journal at Psalming.com Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strength...

It's almost time for our annual Writing Worship Conference .  Nick Morrow, Director of Writing Worship, and Eric Nordhoff, Co-Founder of Writing Worship, talk together with our Writing Club Community online about all of the goodness that we're planning for the Conference.   Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help...

Drew Small is an Artist Coach and Music Marketer who specializes in helping artists grow more than 1 million fans in 1 year.  We had the honor of having him share his thoughts and insights about artist marketing in our Writing Club last month.   Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter...

Jeff Deyo is a worship leader, author, pianist, songwriter, speaker, and professor. He is known internationally as the former lead singer of the Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning group, Sonicflood, and lives to help people grow closer to God.  Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwrite...

Steve Davis of Sons the Band, Family Music, + Mav City staff writer. The change-up turned out to be a beautiful conversation, rich with Steve's pastoral heart and take-aways from his own journey in writing, worship leading, and artistry.  Here's some of the links to Steve's work we mentioned in the convo: Sons the Band Family Music Maverick City Music Take the Songwriter Personality...

Vince Wilcox has enjoyed a lifetime of rich experiences as music industry professional, attorney, educator, and author. Starting in the warehouse of Nashville’s Benson Records in 1979, Vince rose through the ranks to eventually become vice president of marketing before resigning in 1991 to write and tour as an artist for five years. Along the way, he recorded three albums, had dozens of songs publ...

We're joined once again by guest co-host, Sharon Byrd with Kingsway Worship who shares more about her journey as a songwriter.  And, then we share Chapter One from the Writing Worship Book - Songwriting Is A Journey read by Krissy Nordhoff . Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwrite...

Robby Busick , formerly of Bethel Music Publishing, shared how he helps other churches develop a strong songwriting culture in their creative communities. And guest co-host, Sharon Byrd returns to talk about the development of the songwriting culture at her church, Kingsway .  Take the Songwriter Personality Test This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you kno...

We're delighted to be joined by songwriter and worship leader, Sharon Byrd ( Kingsway Worship ) as guest host for this episode.  And, on today's episode, we share an interview from our Writing Club with Jaime Jamgochian . Sitting down to talk with Jaime, you quickly realize she is a woman of faith who God is using in many different ways through her music and message. It’s immediately evi...

Chris Hauser is a legend in the CCM music industry.  His work in radio promotions over the past 40+ years has greatly impacted the music written and led for churches every Sunday.   For his passionate work and impact, Chris was recognized and honored with the CMB Industry Achievement Award .  In this conversation with Writing Worship co-founder, Eric Nordhoff, Chris shares both hilarious and heart...