There’s something so soothing about hearing those songs now. They help me through life’s disappointments and griefs and help me celebrate the triumphs and reaffirm my faith. From Clutch Magazine: If ...

To some recording professionals, the recording of the new "Grandma's Favorite Gospel Hymns" CD might have seemed like a miracle. When Brett Huus of Sound Strations Audio Productions in La Crosse ...

The Night Job Trio—a school administrator, MD and attorney—and Oakland’s Bethlehem Lutheran Choir performed with stunning clarinet improvisations. A remarkable circa 1990 recording of Martin Luther ...

Linda Braden Albert Jun 15, 2014 Jun 15, 2014 Updated Sep 4, 2025 Father’s Day slipped up on me this year. But then, I don’t need a particular day set aside to think about my father. After all these ...

This story first aired on 2/18/2015. If you’ve seen the movie “Selma,” you know that one of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s favorite gospel songs was “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” by Thomas A. Dorsey. The ...

Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...

I have always drawn strength from old Southern gospel hymns. I was reared in the stone house that once belonged to my grandparents, and it stood beside that little country chapel my mama so loved. If ...

There’s been a thread of Christian spirituality running through Carrie Underwood’s work since the beginning, whether explicitly, as in “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” or more ambiguously, in “See You Again.” ...

LITTLE ROCK — Ouachita Baptist University graduate C. Edward Spann has written a book about the Sunday morning musical tastes of U.S. presidents. Presidential Praise reveals the spiritual soundtracks ...

My Aunt Mary Huey — choir director, church youth leader and daughter of a North Dakota pioneer Presbyterian minister — had an unusual hobby. When she left her job at Hemphill Presbyterian Church in ...