Song Ideas/Blog

"Christmas on Turtle Island," Instrumental Album by Jonathan Maracle of Broken Walls

Broken Walls is a First Nations group of talented musicians and Christ-worshippers from both the United States and Canada. Their founder,...

"Somebody Pray" by Buffy MacNeil (First Nations, Canada)

From her website: Buffy MacNeil was born in Arichat, Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, Canada, the traditional, ancestral, and unceded...

"Beautiful Mountain" by OKAMA (First Nations)

I was informed about OKAMA, a First Nations self-dubbed "Indigenous Worship Band," by a mentor. From their website, we learn: The...

"Our Father Who Art in Heaven" by Brian Stoner (Ponca and Cherokee)

Brian Stoner is a First Nations citizen and songwriter, but I'm struggling to find out other information about him. I enjoy his songs...

"Adonai" by Cheryl Bear (Nadleh Whut’en, Canada)

I found Cheryl Bear when looking into First Nations Christian songwriters. This is a simple song of hers, and I really enjoyed the Native...

"Siyahamba" (South Africa)

A few weeks ago, my daughter sang in a combined high school and middle school choir concert. This was one of the songs. As explained on...

"Wszystkie Moje Myśli" by XY Uwielbienie (Poland)

October is Polish American Heritage Month, and I discovered another Poland-native worship band known as XY Uwielbienie. They've done...

"Mi Oración (La Niña de Tus Ojos)" by Maverick City Música (feat. Melody Adorno)

I thought I'd close out this year's Hispanic Heritage Month with a song I particularly enjoyed from Maverick City Música, affiliated with...

"Si Sabes Donde Hallarlo" by Marcela Gandara (featuring Marcos Vidal)

I was informed by one of our patrons of the work of Marcela Gandara, a Mexican Christian singer and songwriter. Arguably the most popular...

"Levanto Mis Manos" by Samuel Hernández

September 15 through October 15 is Latinx Heritage Month. Last spring, I had the opportunity to lead worship at Mosaic Ministries at...

"Hallelujah Anyway" by Rend Collective

Rend Collective is a prolific worship music team from Northern Ireland. They recently released a new album, Whosoever, and I'm...

"Why" by Elevation Worship (feat. Elevation Rhythm)

My wife shared this song with me yesterday. It's a creative song with a smaller instrumental accompaniment (only acoustic guitar, cello...

"Everything About You" by TobyMac (ft. Marlee)

Burying a child is an unimaginably painful ordeal. Sadly, I have relatives and friends that have had to do that very thing. Tragically,...

"All of Us Together" by Proskuneo Ministries

Proskuneo Ministries is a multicultural ministry and songwriting think-tank based in metropolitan Atlanta about whom I've written many...

"Teri Talash" by Amit Kamble (Hindi)

I was invited to like the Facebook page of a church in India. Upon visiting the church's YouTube channel, their featured video was the...