Jonathan Busarow thought he would sit with his family and enjoy the concert in honor of his grandfather. Instead, the 25-year-old, who had just finished his master's degree in choral conducting from ...

Leland Sateren, a renowned composer and choral conductor whose music can be found in the hymnals of Lutheran churches throughout the nation, died Saturday in Minneapolis. He was 94. He died of natural ...

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 ...

Trinity Lutheran Church will hold its second annual Thanksgiving Hymn Festival at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. The service will include favorite Thanksgiving hymns for the congregation to sing, anthems ...

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 ...

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 hymn contains this confession: “I lay in fetters, groaning / You came to set me free / I stood, my shame bemoaning / You came to honor me.” “We need to hear this as we prepare for Christmas,” said ...

It’s a phrase that seems to fit in pretty well with 2020’s pandemic theme. It’s also a string of words put together by Associate Pastor Laura Laughlin with Crown of Glory Lutheran Church in Chaska.

"O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of "Jingle Bells" and ...