Some eight centuries after St. Francis of Assisi composed "Creatures of the Canticle," the manuscript is making its first ...

Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible.

Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, the world's salvation." The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy ...

The text for this hymn was written in 1779 by the English poet and cleric, John Newton, a former slave trader who found faith after a violent storm at sea. It tells of forgiveness and redemption ...

No. Here’s why I believe songs of faith are an antidote for the present partisan poison.

This tune is one of the best known of all Christian melodies and gets its name, “Old Hundredth ... dealt with his grief, his faith never faltered. A patriotic hymn known especially from ...

The Southern Utah Heritage Choir welcomes the community to its annual Fall Concert, “Songs of Faith,” at the historic St.

Church sanctuaries still ring out with the two-hundred-year-old hymns of Watts, Wesley, Newton, and Cowper. But is lasting popularity alone an indicator of true literary quality? Literary historian W.

The Rev. Bethany P. Wood, retired United Methodist minister, has chosen the theme “The Abundance of God’s Love” for the ...

This was a common belief in Chapman’s time, originating with mystics and faith healers who taught ... No wonder that the crude, instrumental form of this notion has plenty of believers: If ...