I first heard this song as a seminary student in Romania. Both convicting and musical well-executed, I included its live-performance...

Rend Collective is a prolific worship team from Ireland, about whom I've written in this blog a few times before. While they have another...

“I could never have the spiritual gift of hospitality. My home is small, and I’m not very good at cleaning it.” I’ve heard this sentiment...

Daniel Yang, songwriter, worship leader, and director of the Send Institute, has recently released six original worship songs in Hmong....

Aliya Cycon is a multilingual singer, composer, and a pioneer performer of a Middle-Eastern instrument known as the oud. She is the first...

When I was a child, my parents showed me The King and I (the 1956 film). I remember when the main character, Anna, starting teaching some...

It is always strange that I’ve found the most spiritual comfort through the worship of the African-American church. It is hard for me to...

Maverick City Music, the multicultural worship-songwriting think-tank based in Atlanta, released an album for Juneteenth this year,...

It always amazed me how far the influences of African-American music have gone. When I was young and found a CD of Stevie Ray Vaughan in...

This simple and playful jazz song could be pulled off in a church setting. The music was written by saxophonist Julian Edwin "Cannonball"...

A blogger of faith and politics whom I respect posted this song by Chicago-based artist Jonathan McReynolds. I've already had the...

My wife and I have enjoyed watching Netflix’s High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America. It’s been one of many...

A recent and creatively-titled song by Lecrae, which isn't impossible for a local church to execute. The lyrics speak of the life...

I just couldn’t believe it. A police officer had his body weight on the neck of a fellow human being for almost nine minutes, killing...

A gifted musician in one of my one networks introduced this song. It's amazing, it involves the erhu, and it's available to use in your...