Lifelong church musician Benjamin Harlan has lived a dynamic musical score for more than 40 years, but as the writer, composer and professor reaches his career’s coda, he has decided to instead write ...

As people of Jewish faith observe Passover this week on Zoom, for Christians it is Holy Week, ending with Easter Sunday. Music is at the core of many religious rituals. Because of the COVID-19 ...

Some claim music is rooted in our souls. Yet, if you've ever suffered through a tone-deaf friend singing along with the radio to one of your favorite tunes, you know that's not always true. When it ...

Christian congregations have not always been allowed to lift up their hearts in songs of praise. St. Ambrose, 4th Century Bishop of Milan and teacher of St. Augustine, seems to have started ...

Aurora's Wesley United Methodist Church rocked with gospel music Sunday, Sept. 18. The church held a community hymn sing that featured more than 20 requests by congregants. Selections included ...

Members of the Ethnic Committee at Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church are, from left, first row: Betty Jones. Second row: Bernie Stelma, Mary Ann Stelma, Jean Bonn, the Rev. Shaun Walker, ...