Deep Calls to Deep: Writing Worship Songs That Reach the Human Heart

Ps 42:7 “Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers have swept over me.”

There's something fundamentally wrong with a lot of contemporary worship — and if you're a worship songwriter, you're in the perfect position to change this. In this episode, we dig into what worship actually is, using Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 as our guide. Worship songwriting isn't about writing songs that feel good in the moment -feeding individualism and self-help ‘theology.’ It's about crafting worship lyrics that take people into the true depth of who God is.

Discover why so much contemporary worship music stays on the surface, how worship leaders can write songs that actually transform hearts — not simply produce a good feeling — and what it means to write from, and to, the depth of worship.

In this episode:

• Why John 4 reframes what worship really is

• The problem with individualistic, self-help worship songwriting

• Moving worship lyrics from expression to transformation

• • A surprising discovery about worship that reshaped this approach

Resources Mentioned:*

The Church (sacraments, worship, ministry, mission) Donald G Bloesch

“Stupid Deep” by Jon Bellion

“How He Loves” by John Mark McMillan

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