I actually prefer Advent hymns, due to their typically lilting melodies in minor keys. My favorite Advent hymn is probably “People Look East” by Eleanor Farjeon (text) sung to the French Carol ...

JOHN SARAKA CONTRIBUTING WRITER One of my favorite Advent hymns is Prepare the Royal Highway, a Swedish Folk Tune written by Frans Mikael Franzen. Because I live in Central New York, I cant help but ...

Last year, America published “An (unconventional) Advent Playlist,” an article including two playlists by Karen Nielsen and Rogelio Juárez, in response to a friend’s lament that “‘O Come, O Come ...

Fr. Joseph Komonchak at Commonweal asked the other day: If we don't sing Advent hymns during Advent, when will we? I concur. Anything we can do to rescue the season of Advent from the encroachments of ...

I entered parish ministry with a fair amount of idealism, particularly liturgical idealism. Inconveniently, the liturgical proclivities I picked up in seminary were not especially popular with my ...

Christmas is Dean Whiteway’s favorite holiday, and he says the season’s music is one of the biggest reasons why. Whiteway has collected Christmas music during almost 50 years of playing the organ. He ...

The Highland Park campus of Christ Church, 1713 Green Bay Road, will be the setting for a homegrown CD release party on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. “Psalms, Hymns & ...

Good Shepherd Lutheran welcomes all to its December Advent season, celebrating the coming of the Christ Child. Sunday morning services will be at 9:30 a.m., with some favorite Advent hymns, and a ...