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Church Music
Notable Sacred Music for 2012
From ye olde classics to African-American spirituals to more modern fare, a versatile mix.
December 12, 2012
What You Need to Know About the Bay Psalm Book
Boston's Old South Church is selling a copy of the historic volume. Here's why it's such a big deal.
December 11, 2012
They're Playing Our Song: The Secret Multiracial Churches Know About Music
It's not the style or quality of musical performance that brings multiracial churches together, but a commitment to common participation.
June 22, 2012
Children's Music Matters
A singer-songwriter's call for excellence in the songs we feed our kids.
June 19, 2012
Contemporary Music: The Cultural Medium and the Christian Message
What kind of Christians do contemporary services produce?
June 24, 2011
A Variety of Religious Composition
The music we sing, in and out of church, is more varied and interesting than we've been led to believe.
June 22, 2011
Worship in Black and White
Racial reconciliation happens when we not only sing each other's songs but learn the stories embedded in those songs.
March 10, 2011
Pop Goes the Worship
Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church.
March 9, 2011
Whatever Happened to Amazing Grace?
Why John Newton's famous hymn failed to win, place, or show.
March 8, 2011
The Hymns That Keep on Going
The 27 worship songs that have made the hymnal cut time and again.
March 7, 2011
Away With 'Away in the Manger'?
Should churches ban carols with questionable theology?
November 23, 2010
Hipster Faith
To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when 'cool' meets Christ?
September 3, 2010
Who Owns Your Christmas Carols?
No, Kim Hill didn't write 'O Holy Night.' But she holds a copyright for it.
December 21, 2009
Transcending the Worship Wars
Bryan Chapell urges Christians to move past musical preferences toward Christ-Centered Worship.
September 21, 2009
Sounds of Silence
Banned Methodist hymn sing indicates Fiji church-state conflict is worsening.
August 25, 2009
Here We Are to Worship
Six principles that might bring a truce to the age-old tension between tradition and popular culture.
August 21, 2009
Fiji Bans Massive Methodist Hymn-Sing
Church leaders say government officials fear singing would lead to political instability.
July 31, 2009
A Song Grows in Brooklyn
Inspired by community, biblical truth, and good music, a Brooklyn couple makes music in their living room—as The Welcome Wagon.
June 29, 2009
Fruit Pies, Popcorn, and Music
The Pilgrim legacy goes beyond Thanksgiving to a love of music still with us today.
November 24, 2008
All Shook Up
Experience in Pentecostal churches fired a love of music many early rockers couldn't shake
May 29, 2008
Teaching a Calvinist to Dance
In Pentecostal worship, my Reformed theology finds its groove.
May 16, 2008
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: From Wesley to Our Hymnals
At least four people brought the now-inviolable hymn to its current form.
December 14, 2007
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Worship music engages the eyes, not just the ears and tongues.
May 30, 2007
God Is Not the Object of Our Worship
He is the subject who forms us as we sing, tell, pray, and enact God's story in worship.
April 30, 2007
Passion Takes It Higher 
The most influential annual gathering of young evangelicals plans to go global.
March 23, 2007
Church Youth Nights an 'Illegal Nightclub,' Albany Says
Plus: Valedictorian sues over cut speech, Vatican statement on Mideast violence, Lauren Winner on pastors' wives, Provincetown's intolerance, and other stories from online sources around the world.
July 17, 2006
How We Worship
An ambitious new book takes us into the diverse world of Christian worship practices from the early church to today.
June 23, 2006
The Kingdom of Rock Is at Hand
A tour of the confused but worshipful world of Christian rock.
June 15, 2006
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