“Lining out” is the practice of singing or stating the upcoming lines of a hymn for the congregation by a song leader or preacher. Typically, the words are stated quickly, and then sung in a drawn-out ...

Fireworks burst on the National Mall above the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building during Independence Day celebrations. AP/J. David Ake Katharine Lee Bates, a ...

Inspired by J.S. Bach’s prolific output and encouraged by friends and family, former Winnipegger Carla Klassen set herself the goal of composing a new piano arrangement for 52 beloved hymns over the ...

Frances Ridley Havergal was a British woman who lived from 1836 to 1879. She was a talented writer and poet who loved God very much. Frances wrote many beautiful hymns and religious songs that people ...

Why it's a good choice: This wonderful text is ideally suited for a baptism, with its focus on our hope on God and all the wonders that he offers us. The words of this hymn were written around 1630 ...

We’ll be hearing a lot this week about “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key 200 years ago on the back of an envelope as he watched the successful defense of Fort McHenry in ...

Llanwenarth House sits in the Usk Valley within sight of the 'purple-headed' Sugar Loaf and Blorenge mountains and the River Usk in the valley nearby The Welsh mansion said to have inspired the ...