In this episode, Joel meets songwriter, worship leader, recording artist, writer, thinker and label manager, Sue Rinaldi. They talk about her eclectic life and her journey through the music scene from her first contact with the church, to an appearance on top of the pop, through to becoming one the first in the new wave of worship songwriters and leaders, write through to managing a label and recruiting and nurturing new talent.

In this episode, Sam and Joel reflect on their Easter experiences - twigs, chocolates and all; they dissect the classic song 'How great thou art' with a significant Swedish spin; they review the March challenge, featuring a song by one of the participants; Mark Bradford joins them to talk about his new book, 'Encountering the risen Christ' and to help prepare for the April challenge - Easter Songs, taking in the post-resurrection encounters, the hope of personal transformation and holiness, and the cosmic consequences that stretch beyond the Easter season. And throughout, Joel cannot remember whether it is March or April. The featured song is 'Come, see the Son' by Joel Payne.

In this Interview Special, Joel talks to record producers Dan & Matt Weeks, the creative brains behind Resound's 'Christmas Songs' album. Together they attempt to demystify the recording process and address the pros and cons of the 'worship sound' found on so many recordings. Dan & Matt describe the influence that their own roles in their congregations has on their work in the studio and their own passion for resourcing the local church. The featured song for this episode is 'Here I stand (Grace alone)' by Ben Atkins.

Joel and Sam reflect on another month of the 12 Song Challenge, playing their own efforts and reviewing some of the contributions and songs of listeners. They take a closer look at Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman's new classic, '10,000 Reasons', and they launch a new challenge for March based on Stuart Townend and Keith Getty's songwriting partnership - texts and tunes. In the workshop they discuss how to approach writing a song in two independent parts and fit them together. The featured song is 'On the Darkest Day' by Matt Osgood.

In this episode, Joel meets internationally renowned worship songwriter Stuart Townend. They discuss the beginnings of his songwriting journey, his progression into hymn-writing and his fruitful partnership with Keith Getty. Stuart talks about his more recent use of folk music sounds and styles, and between them they invent worship-songwriter-speed-dating. The show kicks off with Sam and Joel comparing their favourite Townend songs.

In this episode we review the first month of our 12 Song Challenge. Sam and Joel pick out a song each from the participants, as well as sharing their own efforts. They launch the February challenge - Songs of community - discussing what makes a good, participatory, church community song. The featured song is 'Here is bread' by Mark Bradford.

In this Interview Special, Joel meets Seattle-based worship pastor and music development specialist, Ruth King Goddard. Ruth brings her many years experience coaching and encouraging those who believe they can't sing, along with her life as a songwriter and worship pastor, to address the question of why so many people aren't singing in church. Her answers are insightful, practical and at times surprising. The episode kicks off with a mid-month review of January's task in the 12 Song Challenge.

Sam is away so Matt Osgood takes his place in the co-host chair. Joel shares his opening attempts for the 12 Song Challenge, 'Strength will rise (Everlasting God)' is dissected, and Matt guides us through songwriting micro-structure in the Workshop - with chiasms and parallelisms aplenty. We round off with the second half of our interview with Geraldine Latty, and 'You say (Trust in the Lord)' is the featured song.

It's the launch of the '12 Song Challenge', with January's task to write a song from scripture. 'Be still for the presence of the Lord' is the classic song coming under the microscope, the Workshop covers song structure, and Sam interviews Geraldine Latty (Luce).

'Mining a theme' is the topic of choice in the workshop, 'Mighty to Save' is the classic song under the scalpel, Joel begins discussing his 2016 songwriting resolutions and Sam concludes his interview with captain Graham Kendrick.