At one time, James Sucha would have seemed like the least likely person to compile a church hymnal. For one thing, he couldn't read notes. For another, he didn't play the organ. But Sucha, an Austin ...

In what one official called the “penultimate” step toward full communion with the United Methodist Church, delegates at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s biennial assembly overwhelmingly ...

New hymnals, a.k.a. “Worship Books,” are forthcoming from numerous church bodies, including two Lutheran groups (among them my own ELCA). Having studied none of these books, I write with vincible ...

Several Lutheran congregations are turning in their "green books" for a new book of worship with a red cover,a significant change for the liturgy-rich tradition. The Evangelical Lutheran Worship book ...