Fox News Channel's chief religion correspondent Lauren Green adores the way Christmas hymns remind us of the true meaning of Christmas. In an essay included in the new book "All American Christmas" by ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSWELL, Pa. – For Polish people, music has been a way of expressing their culture and keeping it alive. “Many cultures have ...
At the beginning of the Christmas Eve service at Lititz Moravian Church, the congregation is cloaked in darkness as it begins to sing “Stille Nacht” — the German version of “Silent Night.” “It’s so ...
“He who sings, pray twice,” St. Augustine, the famous 5th century bishop, once said. Since Christmas is a time for prayer and praise, it's no wonder that this special day (and all the days leading up ...
Even with today’s nonstop Christmas soundtrack, churches can still embrace the storytelling and nostalgia that comes with seasonal hymns. “Once a year,” wrote Brennan Manning in Reflections for ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The cookies, the mistletoe, the lights…oh, and the music! For Christians, Christmas carols mark a season of hope and the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Even in ...
Lenten music and hymnody aim to lift us up and call us back to the two primary themes of this season of preparation for ...
For nearly a century, millions of people around the world have enjoyed the annual Christmas Eve radio broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College Chapel, Cambridge ...
These shows are the performing arts equivalents of hot cocoa sipped by a roaring fire with friends and family while carols warble in the background. The traditional holiday performing arts — even the ...