Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Stacy Riddle is a seasoned Christian singer, songwriter, and worship leader based in Spring Hill, Tennessee. She began her career in Mobile, Alabama, as a studio vocalist for Integrity's Hosanna! Music and has written and sung with the likes of Darlene Zschech, Babbie Mason, NCC Worship, HopeUC Worship and Dustin Smith. Stacy has lead worship for decades Including five years at Mark Batterson's church in DC. She cu...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Krissy Nordhoff is a Grammy® nominated and two-time Dove Award® winning (Worship Song of the Year 2012, Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year 2021) professional songwriter, author, and mentor. A Michigan native, Krissy grew up in a Christian home, learning a love for church music from her pianist grandmother. That love carried through the years as she attended Anderson University, studying songwriting with th...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Rachael Thomas is a Nashville-based worship leader, songwriter, and social media manager exploring the space between what it means to create content and something that truly adds to the beauty. Her latest project, Whole Mind, pairs left of center melodies with introspective lyrics—an invitation to renew your mind in God’s better narrative. Through both her music and creative work, she encourages others to make art t...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Born in New York, raised in South Florida, and later moving to Australia at 18 to study worship and theology, I began a journey that shaped both my faith and creativity. It was there that I met my wife, J, and also discovered a love for aesthetics. For a long time, I never considered myself creative until I realized I simply saw and processed things differently than most people around me. Music had always been part...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Matt Crosson is a nomadic missionary who uses storytelling as a means to inspire and advocate for missions work. He has been married to his bride for 19 years and they have four children together. For Writing Worship he has served as a mentor for five years. Previously, he served as a Worship Pastor for seven years, where he wrote songs for his church. In his spare time you might find him riding his bike, for ...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Cody Jones is a pastor, worship leader, speaker, and songwriter based out of New Braunfels, TX. He has served on staff at Tree of Life Church for over 15 years, leading worship in English and Spanish, and stewarding the release of several recordings. He is passionate about crafting beautiful, Spirit-inspired, scripturally-sound songs that help churches around the globe worship God in their native languages. He has b...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Equally at home in the Prayer Room and penning her own blend of pop/soul/worship songs, Steph ministers from a place of freedom, intimacy, and authority grounded in her identity as a beloved daughter of the Most High King. Rooted in John 10:10 and 2 Corinthians 3:16-18, her particular message revolves around calling the lukewarm believer into the passionate, abundant, gloriously surrendered life Jesus always meant f...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! We've been partnering in cross-Atlantic ministry with Jill and Andrew Mitchell for over 20 years. In this episode, we sit down to discuss their adventure in ministry with many highs and many lows. But God has been faithful throughout. We talk about the value of leading with a culture of honor, what it means to walk in faith, and moving from transactional to relational ministry. We cover a ra...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! alexisnaomi joins the podcast to talk about the writing of her song on the reTURNing EP, Never Fail or Fade Away. A longtime member of the Writing Worship Community, Alexis Naomi (Lexi) Kuzins is a passionate songwriter and worship leader with a heart for helping others encounter the love of Jesus through music. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, she leads worship at Long Hollow Church and travels across the ...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Spring Hill Studios' Robby Valderrama hosts a Writing Worship Webinar to discuss valuable ways to uplevel your songwriting by going after better targets and using better tools. Join Writing Club Tier 1 Join the next 10-Day Songwriting Challenge Watch all of our Trainings and Webinars Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship. Our foundational cou...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Worship Leader and Worship Songwriter, Deborah Hong, from North Palm Church joins for a conversation about developing a songwriter culture in her church. Deborah Hong is a worship leader, songwriter, and native of Charleston, South Carolina. The daughter of pastors Mark and Patricia Estes of North Palm Church, she began leading worship and writing songs at the age of 12. Now married to James Hong and a mother of thr...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! Chidiya (pronounced CHI-dee-yah) Ohiagu is an independent singer-songwriter and worship artist. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Chidiya grew up listening to a variety of music from pop to soul and R&B, Afrobeat to classical and gospel. His father’s love for music inspired him from a young age, leading him to sing in choirs and fall in love with harmony and varied musical styles. Since 2019, he has writt...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 write and record, Eric...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 focus on the ...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 Booking Watch TORS...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship. Our foundational course for all songwriters. Over 700 worship ...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 in the podcast. Take the simple 10-...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship. Our foundational course for all songwriters. Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentorship progr...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship. Our foundational course for all songwriters. Over 700 worship songwriters have taken and graduated from the 9-week cohort-based mentors...
Do you want to ask a question to be featured on the podcast? Send us a text! 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 simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Apply now for the Worship Songwriter Mentorship. Our foundational course for all songw...