Matt Crocker's 4 Secrets to Writing Powerful Worship Songs

Worship Online Podcast (For Worship Leaders) · Jun 26, 2025 · 26m

What if the secret to writing songs that connect isn't thinking bigger, but thinking smaller?

Matt Crocker, the songwriter behind "Oceans," "This I Believe," and "I Surrender" (streamed over 2 billion times), reveals his counterintuitive approach to worship songwriting—and why his biggest breakthrough came from writing for just 50 people instead of 50,000.

Matt shares the 4 essential elements that transformed his songwriting.

This conversation will challenge how you think about songwriting and give you a clear path forward, no matter who you are writing for.

Perfect for: Worship leaders…