It’s official: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is part of the Church’s new hymnbook.| LDS Living
In the October 2024 general conference, Elder Patrick Kearon said:| LDS Living
As a mother of a four-year-old who loves music, one of the nine new hymns added to the Church’s hymnbook recently in particular stood out to me. Not only because it’s likely intended for kids but because, in just four lines of text, this song is as simple as it is sweet and teaches meaningful…| LDS Living
Lane Johnson started composing musical arrangements in mid-1970, when his choir teacher at Westwood High School in Mesa, Arizona, encouraged him to arrange a choral version of a song he had learned in Primary for the choir to sing. His choir teacher’s support in those beginning days gave him the…| LDS Living
An art reflection by Liv Booth on the hymn "The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns" (LSB 348). This is one installment of a series providing reflections on works of art and music from a Lutheran perspective. The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns (LSB 348; the hymnal references Matt. 25:31; Rev. 22:20; Dan. 7:13–14) The King shall come when morning dawns And light triumphant breaks, When beauty gilds the eastern hills And life to joy awakes. Not as of old a little child, To bear and fight a...| The Lutheran Witness
As public schools become less and less of a viable option for many Christian families, interest in alternative schooling options is increasing. Christian private schools remain financially unattainable for many (especially for larger families). Homeschooling, on the other hand, can be incredibly intimidating for those without direct experience or exposure to what homeschooling looks like […]| Helwys Society Forum
I am delighted that “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” is back in the hymnbook. But there is one part our congregations are singing incorrectly. In the second verse of the hymn, the narrator praises the redeeming power of the Atonement:| LDS Living
This weekend marked the 195th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here’s a look back at the April 2025 general conference by the numbers.| LDS Living
In a worship service in which I recently participated, we sang this beautiful hymn by Charles Wesley. I believe it was my first time to be acquainted with it and the words struck me powerfully. Too little thought is given, and too few messages and songs are devoted, to the marvelous and gospel-cente| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
Why is our faith shallow part I I’ve argued that we have a discipleship crisis, and outlined some of what I mean by that. I intend to take a few posts exploring why that might be. There are, I thin…| nuakh
Living through the last quarter of the 20th century and almost the first quarter of the 21st, means that people of my generation have witnessed a considerable amount of technological changes in soc…| Thinking Pastorally
"Christians are taking on this role of witnessing publicly---even paying the cost of being arrested---in order to witness to compassion for refugees."| Bearing Witness