Learn how Lorin F. Wheelwright’s hymn, inspired by Samuel the Lamanite, helps believers reflect on the Jesus Christ’s birth ...

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 ...

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sang would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later. But one Australian academic's obsession with ...

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, ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first recorded Christmas celebration, the death of "Amazing ...

At midnight on Christmas Eve, the hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on ...

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 ...

(RNS) — More than 800 people, mostly members of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, voted during the competition that featured brackets similar to the springtime NCAA basketball ...

This week, NPR inaugurates a new series called American Anthem, exploring songs that tap into the collective emotions of listeners and performers around an issue or ...

A hymn which has often topped the charts in the BBC's Songs of Praise poll, much admired for its beautifully managed geographical progression and structure. It seems 'to draw into itself the beginning ...

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 ...