It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian history. He belted out You're The Voice to 36,000 people at the Sydney Cricket ...

Seven houses of worship in La Porte County have come together as Faith and Community United. The group, which formed earlier this year, presents Singspiration: A Community Hymn Sing on Oct. 23 at La ...

The melody that changed Keith Getty’s life was first scratched out on the back of an electric bill in a humble flat in Northern Ireland. This isn’t great, he thought at the time. But it was the best ...

Written as a hymn for Black middle schoolers, the song’s celebration of resilient faith still resonates. I was in elementary school when I learned the words to all three verses of “Lift Every Voice ...

New hymnals, a.k.a. “Worship Books,” are forthcoming from numerous church bodies, including two Lutheran groups (among them my own ELCA). Having studied none of these books, I write with vincible ...

Picture this: It's sometime in the early 1990s, in rural Oklahoma. There's a little Baptist church – it's Sunday, and inside of the church everyone is wearing their nicest clothes. They listen to the ...

Christian congregations have not always been allowed to lift up their hearts in songs of praise. St. Ambrose, 4th Century Bishop of Milan and teacher of St. Augustine, seems to have started ...

The battle regarding separation of church and state has been waged for a long time, but I've rarely heard arguments over school choirs singing songs praising God. Thinking about it, however, I could ...

A group of churchgoers were amazed to discover their piano intact despite the building being destroyed by a tornado – and ...

(RNS) — The popular hymn prompted a movement to revive congregational singing and launched the careers of Keith and Kristyn Getty. (RNS) — The melody that changed Keith Getty’s life was first ...