Congregational singing is one of our best tools for doing that. And visualizing worship as a funnel helps me channel that singing to a unified end. The opening of the service is like the wide mouth of ...

*Although screen monitors are used these days, I remember the interaction while sharing a hymnal and singing together with the person next to me in church – pointing out each stanza on each staff to ...

Anyone who has visited a shopping mall understands the Big Idea behind a food court. "If you want Mexican food, you go here. … If you want pizza, you go over there," said Kenny Lamm, the worship ...

What is the future of congregational singing, especially in North America over the next 10 years? How is it changing? How can and should technology play a role? These questions are of first importance ...

Cantor Stuart Simon has sung the prayer Adon Olam to hundreds of melodies over his four decades at Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation in Northfield. He sings and plays guitar for seniors and for ...

B’nai Torah Congregation of Boca Raton will have both a scholar in residence talk and a husband/wife singing duo perform in concert on Jan. 6. Scholar in residence Eli Beer, founder and president of ...

One of Pope Francis’ more memorable aphorisms, from a homily in 2014, is: “You’re able to shout when your team makes a goal, but you cannot sing the Lord’s praises?” I have heard parish song directors ...

On Easter Sunday, it's a longstanding tradition for the choir at Eden Prairie United Methodist Church to lead the congregation in Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus. But the church was silent in 2020, when ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In the Jewish tradition, the cantor leads the congregation in song and prayer. For ...