Working on the hymn “Peace, Peace, Be Still” with composer Katherine Wright restored a sense of peace for Sally DeFord ...

There are timeless, classic hymns that are sung in churches all over the world today. They are beloved hymns with beautiful messages of faith, memorable melodies, and rich qualities. I imagine they ...

Whether you prefer a traditional church choir accompanied by piano and organ, a rock band backed by guitars and drums, a bluegrass group featuring banjos, or a Gregorian chant, music plays an ...

Martin Luther, best known for his powerful hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” was a German composer and theologian who changed the course of church music. His work was groundbreaking, as he brought ...

The growth of the Anglican Church in East and Central Africa has resulted in the loss of the church's singing traditions. Over the years, the church has come up with different tunes for its hymns. The ...

Maria Solis is at home with the sprawling, diversity of Catholic liturgical music in the United States. Growing up bilingual in Texas, she saw the eclectic cultural influences of music at Mass, and, ...

Paul and Silas did something odd as they sat in a prison cell – they sang (Acts 16:23-25). Being chained and locked away for following Christ are not cheerful events that naturally lead to singing. Of ...

A German concert organist stopped in Douglas, Georgia, and asked a small church if it wanted to sing. He then got a room full ...

Hark! The herald angels still sing. But no longer is it to the newborn King. Instead, it's "Glory to the Christ-child they bring." Kings have been edited out of the new United Church of Christ hymnal, ...

WASHINGTON — The doctrine committee of the US bishops’ conference (USCCB) earlier this year produced a guide to evaluating the lyrics of hymns on the basis of their doctrinal content, noting that ...

Not that long ago, hymn-singing was an inextricable part of corporate worship in essentially every Christian faith tradition. Fast forward a few decades to 2015, and vibrant hymn-singing is all but ...

When Chris Tomlin first saw a photograph of a fragile scrap of papyrus unearthed in Egypt, a fragment containing what is believed to be the earliest known Christian hymn, the Grammy Award-winning ...