“There is music in my soul today, for when the Lord is near, the dove of peace sings in my heart, the flow’rs of grace appear. …” –From the gospel song “Sunshine in My Soul,” written in 1887 by Eliza ...
Have you ever heard a song that makes you feel calm or hopeful? That’s what hymns do for many people. Hymns are memorable songs sung in churches during prayers or at important events, such as weddings ...
Worship leaders Keith and Kristyn Getty recently updated a famous missions hymn—“Facing a Task Unfinished”—in order to inspire evangelism. Meanwhile, the Hymn Society released 55 old melodies with new ...
Hark! The herald angels still sing. But no longer is it to the newborn King. Instead, it's "Glory to the Christ-child they bring." Kings have been edited out of the new United Church of Christ hymnal, ...
It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...
Four hundred years ago, the ancestors of the song leaders who recently gathered in an Ephrata-area church likely would have sung the same hymns in the same way. They would have been sung in German, ...