After 50 years leading music at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim, Pat Marcy is passing the hymnal to a new musician. Considered an institution for the church and a contributor to a number of community ...

This program was first broadcast on 13 June 2008. Lake Wobegon is a small town in the American state of Minnesota that exists only in the mind of humorist and writer Garrison Keillor. In a rambling ...

The creative ability of Lutheran hymn writer Martin Franzmann appeared early on. Even as a youngster, he was known for his cleverness with language. To entertain his chums, he’d sometimes make up ...

The fat red Service Book and Hymnal used by the Lutheran Church in America includes ten hymns with words or music by Martin Luther—and not one of them is among the top ten favorites of Lutherans today ...

An Indigenous choir from Hermannsburg in Central Australia has blended its ancient singing traditions with 14th Century German hymns, in a tribute to its mission history. The choir, made up of women ...

John Carl Ylvisaker was a rarity: A widely traveled musician rooted in Minnesota, and a self-effacing man whose music was sung by thousands across the world. Ylvisaker, one of the most popular ...

The First Lutheran Church will have special music at both the 9 a.m. contemporary worship service and the 10:30 a.m. traditional worship service on Easter Sunday, April 4. The 9 a.m. service will ...

In historians' terms, Sam Doering realised he had opened a treasure chest. Last May, he was rummaging inside Point Pass Immanuel Lutheran Church, researching a book marking the church's 150th ...