The hymn about peace was not familiar to most in the small African American congregation on Sunday, including Marlyn Robinson, but the hope was. She was thinking of her cousin in Kuwait, Marine ...

A permanent exhibit acknowledging Cleveland, Tenn., as the birthplace of “The Church Hymnal” is located inside the Museum Center at Five Points, 200 E. Inman St., in Cleveland.“The Red Back: America’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Traditional hymns may be fading as churches look to contemporary music to attract younger crowds, but Dave Talbott is keeping the old music alive. Retired in September after 41 years as director of ...

As far back as the 18 th century, German monks brewed and drank beer during the solemn religious observance of Lent, which is the six weeks that leads up to Easter Sunday. Arthur Guinness, who was the ...

Five-hundred-year-old hymns meet 21st century technology in Hymnary.org’s first iPad app, which is set to launch in late October. Calvin computer science students working for Hymnary.org and its ...