In the American music of brokenness and sorrow, my church learns to long for God’s restoration. I was told once that during Lent, you don’t sing songs with the word hallelujah in them. I had never ...

OAK PARK, Ill. (Gray News) - A church in Illinois is ‘Fasting from Whiteness’ during the season of Lent. Lead Pastor John Edgerton at the First United Church of Oak Park wrote in a March newsletter ...

OAK PARK, Illinois (WJW) – A church in Oak Park, Illinois has a declaration on its website about “Fasting From Whiteness” for Lent. Part of that will be dropping music or liturgy written or composed ...

A church in Oak Park is drawing attention after controversy erupted last week over a phrase it used related to Lenten observances. The First United Church of Oak Park, affiliated with the Presbyterian ...

A church in a western Chicago suburb says that for Lent 2022, it is "Fasting from Whiteness." '"For Lent this year, First United is doing a mix of “giving something up” and “taking something on.,"' an ...