Noreen Schofield knows she did her job if her fellow parishioners leave Mass feeling better than they did when they arrived. The music she and her fellow Catholics provide each weekend at Mary, Mother ...

Kevin Mills grew up at Vineville Baptist Church in Macon. He attended the traditional worship services with his family and friends. Folks dressed in their “Sunday best,” sat in the pews and admired ...

Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church. In his new book, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns (P & R Publishing), T. David Gordon argues that modern worship choruses have ...

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Sounds like … the ethereal Celtic-pop of Iona and Maire Brennan blended with modern worship At a Glance … In Christ Alone is a successful blend of old and new — traditional Celtic arrangements with ...

After the emergence and growing presence of Christian praise songs on Sunday, some modern hymn writers are looking to go retro. According to NPR, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty of ...

Hymnals in many churches went the way of VCRs and cassette tapes, in favor of big screens and downloading worship songs through licenses with liturgical music publishers. Now, however, books of ...

There was a time when hymns were used primarily to drive home the message that came from the pulpit. But then came the praise songs. Matt Redman's song "Our God" is the most popular piece of music in ...

Pilgrims cheer as Dave and Lauren Moore and others perform July 19, 2024, during the third revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Credit: OSV News ...