The Writing Worship Podcast - For Worship Songwriters

The Writing Worship Podcast - For Worship Songwriters

The Writing Worship Podcast is a resource for Kingdom songwriters everywhere to grow in their worship songwriting craft and hear from trusted voices in the Christian music industry. Join one of our next Worship Songwriter Mentorship Groups. And, know your songwriter personality. It helps you discover who you are as a songwriter and who you write best with in the co-writing room. Visit WritingWorship.co to learn more.

Episodes

December 24, 2025 28 mins

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Eric and Krissy celebrate community wins, reflect on 2025 and project into 2026! 

Listen to all the Christmas music mentioned here:

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Nordhoff Christmas Living Room

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Aaron Williams is a Franklin, Tennessee-based artist, songwriter, and founder of The Way of Worship, an organization helping train and mentor worship leaders from all over the United States.

Born into a musical family, Williams is no stranger to family gatherings turning into full-band jam sessions. Having come to Christ in a time of worship, he discovered ...

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November 26, 2025 64 mins

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​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 dec...

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November 12, 2025 64 mins

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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 att...

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October 29, 2025 64 mins

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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...

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October 15, 2025 61 mins

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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 differ...

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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 ...

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September 17, 2025 54 mins

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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 aro...

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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...

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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 transac...

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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 wor...

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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.

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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 ...

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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 harm...

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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 Chica...

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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 r...

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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.

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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.

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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 fi...

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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

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