I'm a bit of a congregational song nerd, and the church music folks I know talk about things like "sound pools" and "heart songs." Sound pools are what Mennonite musician, teacher, and hymnologist ...

"Hope to God. Be strong and He will give you courage, and hope to God." (Psalms 27:14) Why does the psalm repeat the phrase "hope to God"? The sages learned from this repetition that we should be ...