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 ...
Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible. The success of “In Christ Alone” established Keith Getty as one of the ...
It’s hard to find hymns that embody Scripture’s sharp critique of the rich. When Mary came to visit, Elizabeth's child leaped in her womb. Mary's spirit, too, jumped to a higher plane. In the inspired ...
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a fifty-four-year-old pastor from Wilmington, Delaware, is a prolific and celebrated composer of hymns. She’s written around two hundred and fifty of them, and they’ve been ...
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 ...
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“Good morning. Please open your Gather hymnal to number 611, ‘On Eagle’s Wings.’ Number six-one-one.” So many a Catholic Mass begins, prompting weary sighs from the traditionalists in the pews. In the ...