hymns

Medieval historian and Lutheran pastor Paul Rorem has captured hymnody’s breadth and richness.

The 10th Annual International Hymn Festival in East Africa invigorates the wonderful Anglican heritage of singing hymns and psalms. Gathered this past fall in Lira, Uganda, in a context otherwise characterized by conflict, war, and poverty, the choristers conveyed a compelling message of hope for a better tomorrow.

Timothy Dudley-Smith, who wrote “Tell Out My Soul” and more than other 400 hymns and served as Bishop of Thetford from 1981 to 1992, died August 12 at 97.

Christ is risen, he has conquered Now the stone is rolled away Joseph's tomb once more lies empty At the dawn of Easter Day Weeping women in the...

Through her hymns, we learn about this remarkable woman: her care for God’s creation; her commitment to social justice; her scholarly depth; her lifelong interests in church history and ecumenism; her celebration of women’s ministries.

By Daniel Martins During my education at a decidedly non-liturgical Christian liberal arts college in the early 1970s, because I was a music major, I...

The ending of a year and beginning of another is a more liminal and porous transition than first imagined. We experience some certainty about...

The only thing complained about in church more often than the lousy sermon is the lousy music. Bad preaching we learn to begrudgingly tolerate...

By Garwood P. Anderson “Come, Labor On.” Most Episcopalians will know that hymn, #542 in our 1982 Hymnal, to the tune of Ora Labora (Pray...

By Marisa Crofts Some of us have lost family members. Some of us have lost jobs. All of us have lost something at some point...