Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible. The success of “In Christ Alone” established Keith Getty as one of the ...
Often people who don’t go to church think that those who do go spend their time there singing hymns. Yet there is no explicit ...
‘Hymns that are liked by the people are a good choice, but it’s also important that they convey the Catholic faith,’ said Archbishop Shawn McKnight. Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress ...
Over at First Things, Joe Carter and The Anchoress raise the question of which hymns sung in churches today are the worst. It is a fine question and one that matters deeply to regular church goers, ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 11 new hymns on Thursday, marking 48 songs so far in the church's new "Hymns — For Home and Church" hymnbook that have been ...
(RNS) — Many years ago, I was called to be my ward’s Primary chorister. Soon after, the Primary president took me aside and told me I had just been given the most important job in the entire Church of ...
For generations, Catholics had to navigate their way around the Index of Forbidden Books. Now, some Catholics will have to do the same with the Index of Forbidden Music, Liturgical Division. Bishop W.
SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) — The new Latter-day Saint hymnbook will take about nine years from being announced with a request for submissions to becoming a full printed hymnbook in church meetinghouses.
In northern New Mexico, among the Catholic brotherhoods known as the penitentes, Good Friday is the highest of holy days. The brothers sing ancient Spanish hymns about life, death and piety — hymns ...
Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches. At 5 a.m. every day, Lü Xiaomin kneels on the floor in a dimly lit room of an ...