Matthew Smith takes 300-year-old hymns and modernizes them by writing brand-new music - acoustic guitar-driven - for 21st century ears. The 28-year-old singer and songwriter from East Nashville ...

In doing so, they joined others singing sacred hymns in a different environment. Religion ‘Beer ... Some say the practice is new and old By Katherine Burgess. October 5, 2017 4:22 PM.

Catholics who grew up with centuries-old Catholic hymns like Faith of Our Fathers and Holy God, We Praise Thy Name, can recite the words by heart.The richness of these prayerful ancient songs ...

Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, ... Gradually these restrictions began to soften, even in New England. During the 1700s, hymns began to compete with psalms in popularity.

A funny thing happened last summer at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. A shipment of hymn books arrived, and not by mistake. Lake Pointe is a megachurch with contemporary-style worship ...

Favorite hymns in North Iowa appear to run the spectrum from old and traditional church hymns to more contemporary songs. With countless hymns to choose from, responses to the Globe Gazette reader ...

The hymn about peace was not familiar to most in the small African American congregation on Sunday, including Marlyn Robinson, but the hope was. She was thinking of her cousin in Kuwait, Marine ...

Hark! The herald angels still sing. But no longer is it to the newborn King. Instead, it's "Glory to the Christ-child they bring." Kings have been edited out of the new United Church of Christ ...

Carrie Underwood has released her rendition of the late 19th-century Christian hymn “Softly and Tenderly.” It’s the first release off her upcoming album of religious songs My Savior, a ...