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 ...

Devotional hymns of Shaiva saints Appar, Sambandhar and Sundarar of the medieval age, are the Thevarams sung in a combined stream of song and music. These are acknowledged as one of the more ...

Music of the church, beginning with hymns and melodies stretched all the way to, and before, the reformation era in the 1500s with composer and theologian Martin Luther, has shaped and the songwriting ...

The Rev. Stephen Starke, 55, of Bay City, is pastor at St. John Amelith Lutheran Church and the author of 175 hymns. Where do you get inspiration for your hymns? Sometimes the inspiration comes as a ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL.com) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced 15 new songs Thursday that will be in its new hymn collection “Hymns — For Home and Church.” These include ...

Hymns mean so much to so many people and if you have a favourite BBC Songs of Praise would like to know. Choose your all-time number one from the 100 hymns and worship songs that have been most ...

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette creates “sung prayers” for a problem that seems difficult to solve while also spurring people to end gun violence. Her hymn “335,609 (I Cried to God),” sung to the tune of “Be ...