Just in time for the Christian Holy Week, Charleston worship music collective Holy City Hymns has released its second album, Not a Word, as a download on Bandcamp. All seven tracks are traditional ...

Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...

When it comes to hymns, we all have our favorites we love to sing. Often, people specifically request certain hymns at their funeral service. In some cases, they have fallen in love with the tune, and ...

As Mother’s Day approaches, you might be thinking about the perfect gift for your mom. But, if your mother is a spiritual person and you are looking for ways to incorporate her Christian faith into ...

Hymn writer Martin Franzmann was born Jan. 29: 1907: in Lake City: Minn. His friend Robin Leaver, author of “Come to the Feast,” a book about Franzmann, writes that the boy “grew up within the ...

UPPER MERION>>The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and MontCo Hymn Festivals is taking a global approach of sorts to its Seventh Annual Hymn Festival. Titled “Our Voices United: A Multi-Cultural Hymn ...

Remember when Garrison Keillor ruled Saturday nights on NPR with his “Prairie Home Companion” program? Keillor, whatever else his faults might be, could spin a story with the best of them. As a master ...

Why it's a good choice: This wonderful text is ideally suited for a baptism, with its focus on our hope on God and all the wonders that he offers us. The words of this hymn were written around 1630 ...

What makes a good hymn? A hymn is a metrical composition, meaning “it has stanzas or verses that repeat the same (or nearly the same) syllabic pattern, just like metrical poems. In fact, the best ...