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 ...

First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., invites everyone to join in the Traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve services at 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Dec. 24. Music will precede each service beginning at 5:15 ...

At thousands of schools around Finland, a traditional Lutheran hymn was again sung at Saturday’s ceremonies marking the end of the academic year. The song was the subject of an unusual debate in ...

The Rev. Stephen Starke, 55, of Bay City, is pastor at St. John Amelith Lutheran Church and the author of 175 hymns. Where do you get inspiration for your hymns? Sometimes the inspiration comes as a ...

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 ...

Looking across the expanse of downtown Moline, First Lutheran Church quietly waves at the streams of traffic that pass by on the way to work or coming home from a concert at The Mark of the ...