The joy of the Lord is the one that frees one’s mind from worries. It is joy that gives us confidence that the Light of God would surely overcome darkness in our lives. Beloved it doesn’t ...

Yet just two verses earlier, Paul issues another command—one so important he felt it worth repeating: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” (v. 4). It seems joy ...

The singing of hymns has its roots in the earliest days of the Christian church and remains a central part of the liturgy. In the Anglican church, and nowhere more so than in Westminster Abbey, this ...