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The True Story Behind "Oh Happy Day" (It Started as a Fundraiser)

Five hundred vinyl copies, sold by hand to pay for a bus trip to Washington. Nobody involved was trying to make a hit, and that may be exactly why they did.

6 Gospel Songs That Secretly Teach Sound Theology (and the Stories Behind Them)

You have sung these songs a hundred times. Here is the theology hiding in plain sight, and the true stories that produced it.

Faith and Personal Growth in Every Season

The seasons that feel like interruptions often do the deepest formational work. A meditation on growth, grief, and what it means to keep becoming.

Richard Smallwood: Iconic Songwriter

Half a century of hymns and gospel standards from a songwriter who built a career on the conviction that grief and worship belong in the same song.

Your Brain on Worship: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Prayer, Praise and Spiritual Formation