Writing Worship: How to Craft Heartfelt Songs for the Church

by Krissy Nordhoff

In Writing Worship: How to Craft Heartfelt Songs for the Church, the Christian songwriter will explore the depths of the heart, immersing in relationship with God before learning practical worship songwriting skills. Award-winning songwriter Krissy Nordhoff helps lyricists and musicians sharpen their skills in starting songs, adding dimension, removing distractions, maintaining momentum, and co-writing.
 
Songwriters and worship leaders are challenged to trust the Lord with their gifts as they put their new skills into practice. They also have access to:
 
Links to video with examples
A songwriter personality assessment
Podcast episodes for every songwriter personality
Access to special downloads, including a leader’s guide for group learning and an audiobook with extra content from Krissy

Genres: Christian, Music, Christian Non Fiction, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2020

Reviews

[Jonathan]

What a colossal waste of time.
You can’t make up for bar theology with good stories.
I really wanted to love this book, but her whole premise seems to be that you can get your own special revelations from God. I don’t know how many times she said: “God told me…”. If you’re into the whole “Sarah Young/ Jesus Calling” theology you just might enjoy this.

I would ask for my money back if I hadn’t spent so little on it.

Sorry to be so honest. I just couldn’t hold it in.

[J.R. Underdown]

You can read my full thoughts on the book here:

https://jesusfreakhideout.com/books/W...

[Andy Febrico Bintoro]

Writing songs

This is a quite rare theme, a book about writing worship song. Its not about the theory of writing songs, more on author's own experiences while writing songs.

[Kristi]

Wow. I’m thankful for this book. Krissy’s heart is shown clearly, her deep love for Jesus, which helped me receive the gift of practical ways to grow in songwriting and co-writing. I feel like I have so many more tools to use after reading this. If you’re looking for practical ways to grow as a worship songwriter, you should read this with a pen in hand! Thank you, Krissy!!!

[Terri E.]

Very informative!

If you feel a call to write songs, especially worship music, you will find gems of information in this book. But, more than that, you will be challenged to develop and deepen your relationship with the ONE we worship!

[Michael Vincent]

Some very good practical helps such as song mapping and song critiquing. I appreciated her focus on worship, though I do not emphasize “the voice of God” in the way she does. I am thankful for her testimony and ministry and how God has worked in her life.

[Judah C. Fansler]

Practical and Inspiring

You can hear Krissy’s heart come through as she welcomes and encourages and instructs. Practical resources to come back to again and again.

[Jonathan Budd]

Thin on content, lots of anecdote. Assumes a certain kind of worship song, I felt.