The Resound Worship Songwriting Podcast

Joel is joined by Chris Juby and Rebecca Beese in an episode so epic it includes a break in the middle. We cover the story of staging a town-wide worship event, contributing to the launch of a new hymn book, the ins and outs of copyright when writing songs from Bible translations, a deep-dive review of the Word-for-word Scripture Songs challenge, a new challenge for June, and some very poor attempts at accents from Joel. The featured songs are 'In the Valley (Your Everlasting Love)' by Judy Gresham from 'Downcast Souls Expectant Hearts' and 'Jesus is Here' by Chris Juby,

Joel meets songwriter Randall Goodgame to discuss his journey into writing, the story behind Slugs and Bugs, his approach to setting scripture texts to music and a new scripture hymnal. Find out more about Randall and his songs at https://slugsandbugs.com/

Joel and Sam are joined by Travis and David from teams Shannon and Malin on the 12 Song Challenge to look back on April, featuring songs from every team, and set a new challenge for May. Sam and Joel also report back on a fun couple of days songwriting and a unique experience in an undercroft. The featured song is 'Mary's Song' by Liturgical Folk.

Sam and Joel are joined by Robb, Olwen, Andy & Chris to look back on the Hero Songs challenge from March with 10 songs featured! And Sam sets a new challenge for April based on Engage Worship's new Whole Church Worship resources. https://engageworship.org/project/whole-church-worship

In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Andrew and Elise to look back on February's 'Acts Challenge' and set a new challenge for March. The featured song is 'Gethsemane' from Jubilate's 'Journey to Resurrection', written Susan Goforth and David Hill.

In this episode Sam and Joel meet New Testament scholar Prof Steve Walton to talk about the book of Acts, his new commentary, and inspiration for songwriting in the Biblical text.

In this episode Joel and Sam look back on the first month of the 12 Song Challenge, with a featured song snippet from every team, and set a new challenge for February. The featured song is 'Lord We're Waiting' by James Martin from the new album 'Downcast Souls Expectant Hearts' from Resound Worship.

In the episode Sam and Joel are joined by Elise from United Adoration to kick off the new season of the 12 Song Challenge. They share their top tips for surviving the challenge, how to make a start on a song and how to give and receive constructive feedback. And they introduce the the first challenge of the season, offering a variety of angles from which to approach it. The featured song is an exclusive first listen to 'O Gracious Light' by Elise Massa and Andy Clark, from the forthcoming album 'Downcast Souls Expectant Hearts'. Links to things mentioned can be found at www.resoundworship.org/podcast

In this episode, Sam talks to Joel and Matt about the new song 'My Redeemer Lives', the first release from the upcoming Downcast Souls / Expectant Hearts albums. They talk about the origins of the song, the writing process, and some of production elements that lead to the overall sound. A bit of an insight into the whole process!

In this episode, Joel and Sam are joined by Keiko, Andrew and Stephen to review August's 'Closing Songs' challenge, and look back of the last year of the 12 Song Challenge.

In this abbreviated episode Joel looks back on the Creed Songs challenge, picking out a couple of highlights from the Wydale retreat final night concert, and sets the final challenge of the season.

In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Emma from 'Welcome Churches' to review June's Refugee Songs challenge. And they set a new challenge for July. The featured song is 'We Believe in One God' by Chris Juby from the album 'Songs for Sundays'.

In this episode Joel flies solo, presenting a selection of songs from lasts month's 'Eurovision Songs' challenge and setting a new challenge for June. The featured song is 'We pray for those adrift, afraid' by Laurie Gauger available from jubilate.co.uk

In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Andrew Finden and Rebecca Beese to review the songs from April's 'Worship for Workers' challenge, and to set a new challenge for May. The featured song is 'Lord Protect My Heart' by Andrew Finden.

In this episode, Joel talks to Matthew Kaemingk and Katie Roelofs from the Worship For Workers project.

In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Andy and Elise to chew on some questions about introducing homegrown songs, review the community's attempts to complete the Psalter in the March challenge, and set a new challenge for April. The featured song is 'Now I Lay At The Altar' by Elise Massa, from the album 'Songs For The Sunset'.

In this episode Joel tells Sam all about the recent Resound Worship trip to the US, Keiko and Andrew join in to review the February 'Songs of Rest' challenge, and a new challenge is set for March. The featured song is 'House of the Lord' by Rebecca Beese from her recent album 'Psalm Twenty Seven: Ask, Seek, Dwell'

In this episode, Joel and Sam are joined by Resound Worship co-founder, Matt Osgood. As well as review January's 'Assembly Bangers' challenge (with the help of some special guests) and setting a new challenge for February, they also revisit the beginnings of Resound Worship, each telling the story from their own perspectives.

In this episode, Sam & Joel are joined by Olwen and Elise to kickstart 2023 with a review of December's 'Global Songs' challenge and a new challenge for January. The featured song is 'Sing a Hymn to God's Great Glory' by Michael Saward and Sam Hargreaves.

In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Travis and Rachel as they review the 2 Corinthians challenge from November and set a new challenge for December. The featured song is 'The Stillness of the Night' by Andrew Finden from the recent 'December Songs' EP.