Powerful and often tragic true stories are behind some beloved hymns like 'It Is Well With My Soul,' as well as a more recent ...

“Amazing grace,” intoned the eulogist, and repeated it. He began to sing: “how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me,” and the congregation, a bit startled, joined in, as the pianist scrambled ...

(RNS) At 87, the Rev. C.T. Vivian can still recall the moment, decades after the height of the civil rights movement. As he stood to conclude a meeting in his Atlanta home, the Rev. Martin Luther King ...

The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles have released a new CD. ‘We are inviting you to step inside our chapel and listen and join your hearts to ours that vibrate in praise and ...

(RNS) — James Walvin, a former Church of England choirboy and professor of history at the University of York, doesn’t remember encountering “Amazing Grace,” in song or in his hymnal. It wasn’t until ...

Musicians participate in a recording session for “How Great Thou Art (Until That Day)" at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tenn. Elvis Presley recoded his version of "How Great Thou Art" at RCA Studio B.

Two weeks ago, my wife and I led a marriage retreat for pastors and church leaders at the Chiara Center in Springfield. The Chiara Center is a ministry of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, an ...

Prayer and song is one way to get into the spirit of East Sunday -- ESPECIALLY song, many would say. Our Cover Story is from is from Tracy Smith: If angels somehow descended on Midtown Manhattan, it ...