"O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas" in their local ...

Advent hymns offer reflection and longing before Christmas, contrasting with a culture that jumps straight to celebration.

The creative ability of Lutheran hymn writer Martin Franzmann appeared early on. Even as a youngster, he was known for his cleverness with language. To entertain his chums, he’d sometimes make up ...

The fat red Service Book and Hymnal used by the Lutheran Church in America includes ten hymns with words or music by Martin Luther—and not one of them is among the top ten favorites of Lutherans today ...

This program was first broadcast on 13 June 2008. Lake Wobegon is a small town in the American state of Minnesota that exists only in the mind of humorist and writer Garrison Keillor. In a rambling ...

Central Lutheran Church is having its second annual Hymn Festival Nov. 16 with brass, pipe organ, strings, percussion and choirs. The festival honors the love of hymn singing by the late Janice Newell ...

Trinity Lutheran Church’s Pasi organ comes to life July 20 as part of “Hymn Festival,” a special summer performance featuring two nationally known organists, David Cherwien and Mark Sedio. Cherwien, ...

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin will be hosting a Hymn Sing on Sunday, Dec. 17. Matt Wahl, Holy Trinity's director of music, will be performing a Christmas-themed program featuring a mix of ...

In 1819, the cornerstone for a small church was laid along Reading Road in East Earl Township. It was known as “Center Church” because of its central location from four local churches — New ...

Joachimsthal is a town in Bohemia that was founded on the eve of the Reformation. Silver was mined there and turned into “the standard silver coin of sixteenth century Germany, the Joachimsthaler or ...