Learn how Lorin F. Wheelwright’s hymn, inspired by Samuel the Lamanite, helps believers reflect on the Jesus Christ’s birth ...
What are the best Christmas carols of all time? We asked 50 choirmasters for their choices... here are the results ...
At midnight on Christmas Eve, the hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on ...
Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian ...
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first recorded Christmas celebration, the death of "Amazing ...
The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity absent from our Christmas ...
For at least 500 years, Babylonian children were tasked with memorizing a hymn that celebrated the city of Babylon, its citizenry, and chief deity Marduk. There was much to praise: the city was ...
There was a time when hymns were used primarily to drive home the message that came from the pulpit. But then came the praise songs. Matt Redman's song "Our God" is the most popular piece of music in ...
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, ...
Hymn writing should be a spiritual practice for everyday saints, not just for worship professionals. Anyone who has grown up in or around the church is likely familiar with “hymn stories”—the stories ...
Just when you think you’ve got Idles all figured out, they flip the tables and scarper. In the build-up to their upcoming third album, ‘Ultra Mono’, they’ve both played to their strengths (‘Mr.
Moses had a quiet life as a shepherd before becoming a revolutionary leader. Dec. 28, 2012 — -- In the Bible, he is called Moses. In the Koran, he is the prophet Musa. Religious scholars have ...