Old Hymns, Fresh Grooves October 9, 2019 Features Growing interest in making old hymns more upbeat and up-to-date has coalesced into a small-scale movement in North America.
Breathtaking Polyphony October 8, 2019 Essays & Reviews Peñalosa gives his listeners stunningly beautiful, yet often quite simple, choral compositions of lasting quality
Creating New Settings for All 92 Prayer Book Collects October 7, 2019 Features Owens admitted that commissioning 92 individual works will be a daunting task, and he expects the project will take 10-15 years.
Nashville School Grows Steadily in Humble Setting September 26, 2019 Features A Grammy-winning musician co-founded an Episcopal School in Nashville in a rented parking lot, currently serving pre-K to 5th grade, with aims to expand.
Book-Crafting Monks Adjust to New Technology September 21, 2019 Features As libraries have switched to electronic books and periodicals, bindery orders have plunged, raising questions about the bindery’s long-term future. But the monks’ commitment to the craft, and to physical books as objects worthy of great care, has not wavered.
God Knows We’re Messy, and That’s OK September 18, 2019 Features A child-focused ministry practice is attracting people who haven't been to church for years -- or decades. "It is the kids who can't wait to come back, who are asking for Messy Church more often, who are dragging their parents along.”
Descendents of Enslaved People and Owners Unite in Maryland September 17, 2019 Features, News When a Baltimore church discovered that the ancestors of one parishioner had enslaved the ancestors of another, they set out on a journey of healing and atonement.
Soul Survivor Festival Ends 26-Year Run in Church of England September 14, 2019 Clips, Features These large summer youth festivals led by Canon Mike Pilavachi have introduced mainstream charismatic worship in the Church of England, and led to many vocations to ordained ministry.
The Toughness of Salvation September 13, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The novelist dares the reader to consider the toughness of salvation, the blood of it, and the way we may need for love to be harsh in order to be saved.
Barton’s Bible Balancing Act September 9, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features In A History of the Bible, John Barton seeks to demonstrate the diversity, greatness, and even incongruence of some of the Bible’s constituent parts with the faiths that appeal to them. Barton acknowledges this may be “an uncomfortable balancing act.”
