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Carol of the Bells has become a staple of the Christmas season, it’s one of my favorite pieces and I’ve sung and played many arrangements...

This well-known hymn tune, ‘It Is Well with My Soul’ was written by Horatio Spafford in 1873. He was not a prolific hymn writer in life,...

A brief hymn history of A Might Fortress Is Our God

A brief history on Martin Luther and how he used music in the reformation.

The last Sunday in October is traditionally Reformation Sunday in protestant churches, looking back at the reformation of the Christian...

A look into the history of the hymn All Creature of Our God and King

A short history and analysis of the hymn "Come Join the Dance of Trinity" by Richard Leach

A blog is about Perichoresis – the ancient theology of the Trinity and how it’s used today and the art it inspires.

The sheep of the Middle East have a distinctive feature that most art of the Bible miss...

One of the most familiar Easter hymns has to be “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” (performed above by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir)....

Simon of Cyrene carries the cross, Church of the Holy Trinity in Gemunden am Main, Bavaria, Germany. He never spoke a word to me, And yet...

Orthodox Icon of St. Patrick “My name is Patrick. I am a sinner, a simple country person, and the least of all believers.” This is how...

"Be Thou My Vision", arr. Joel Raney, from one of our church services with myself on flute. “Be Thou My Vision” has a very long history...

The phrase ‘kyrie eleison’ is not an uncommon one to many Christians. Sometimes they are used as a full hymn, such as the one by Ralph...

We all know the Christmas story. Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem where there was no room at the inn, so they were put in the stable...

A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse; a branch will sprout from his roots. Isaiah 11.1 (CEB) This Isaiah verse shows up all the...

I hope to start a series at least once a month looking into the history of various familiar hymns that we sing in the church! The hymn...