Questions for the Director – Resources for White Churches Doing Racial Justice Work
This question recently came in to The Hymn Society staff. It’s a variation on a question we get asked a lot, so I thought it would be a great blog […]
27th of September 2022
CCM: Fresh, Different, and Good for Congregational Song
Blogger Brian Hehn is the Director of The Center for Congregational Song. In a very thoughtful and collegial Facebook Group I’m a part of, a member asked this question: […]
12th of April 2022
WORDS FOR WORSHIP IN A TIME OF WAR
We are grateful to John Bell and the Wild Goose Resource Group of the Iona Community for sharing this resource with us. Below is the introductory text from the first […]
5th of April 2022
The Charles Wesley of the South Sudan: Mary Aluel Garang
Since the mid-1980s, Mary Aluel Garang’s theologically rich hymns have helped Sudanese Christians maintain faith and hope in God despite decades of war, conflict, and hardship. Her songs are known […]
23rd of March 2022
Rebuilding Choir in a COVID World
I am a music teacher and music therapist by training, as well as a church choir director. However, in March of 2020 I found myself with no choir, as I’m […]
30th of November 2021
An Interview With Lee Anderson of Meek Squad
It was such a joy to become aware of this album and then to get to interview some of the folks who recorded it. For our album review by David […]
5th of October 2021
Three New Communities & A Songwriter
Blogger Brian Hehn is the Director of The Center for Congregational Song. One of the things I love about my job is that it is my responsibility to find […]
17th of September 2021
Vlog – Near the Cross
Emorja Roberson is a pianist, conductor, workshop coordinator, composer, arranger and vocalist in world of classical and gospel. He is the first African-American student in the Doctor of Musical Arts […]
10th of September 2021
Global Gospel: Gospel Music For Dealing With Hardship – Part II
Part I of this blog, including the introduction and the first six examples can be read here. Don’t Give Up- Panam Percy Paul Next is Panam Percy Paul (Bakulipanam […]
2nd of September 2021
“My Chains Are Gone”: When White Evangelicals Sing About Slavery
Blogger Anneli Loepp Thiessen is an active song leader, researcher, classical musician, and music educator. She is pursuing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Ottawa where […]
