New England missionaries brought their hymn book to the Choctaw land of Mississippi in the early 1800s. Soon after, the Choctaw and missionaries among them were removed to Oklahoma. By the end of the century, the missionaries had passed away while the Choctaw believers continued to sing their faith, and their hymn tunes began to…
In a refugee community in the southern United States, Korean, Syrian, Tedim Burmese, and Caucasian Americans meditated on I Corinthians 12 before crafting a multicultural song that intermingled common chord progressions, counter and overlapping melodies, and the languages of all represented participants. Proskuneo’s songwriters had accomplished their goal of culturally appropriate worship for a diverse…