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 favorite hymn is “It is well with my soul,” which was composed in the 1870s. The lyrics go as follows: “When peace like a river attendeth my way/When sorrows like sea billows roll/Whatever my lot, ...

Chances are the selections from “Songs I’ve Always Known” that Michael McCown will perform at an upcoming concert are songs that just about everybody in Abilene knows, too. McCown, a 1992 Cooper High ...

Barbara Burley of Oakes, N.D., noticed a Neighbors item in which someone recalled a radio pastor years ago singing "An Evening Prayer" during each program. But that person couldn't recall the lyrics.

When people in church raise their voices in song, it's like praying, twice. That thinking has been traced to St. Augustine and is the basis of a new program for Lent at Church of Peace United Church ...

Oh, WOW! what a task I have assigned myself here! I had been thinking about this topic for a long while, not knowing where to start - and I still do not! I contemplated doing some actual research into ...

Stephen Colbert is generally keeping a low profile in the news media while he prepares to take over CBS’ “The Late Show” from David Letterman in September. But he gave a video interview to the ...

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 ...

America received more responses than usual to our survey about favorite hymns. “‘How Can I Keep From Singing?’ is a hymn that has helped me express my joy in the better days of my life and gotten me ...