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This week in Mormon Land: ‘Believing Christ’ author Stephen Robinson, who preached the beauty of grace, dies; church speaks out on border separations; bishops’ interviews amplified

The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want Mormon Land in your inbox? Subscribe here.

For years, this has been a standard Mormon refrain: When will a new hymnbook come out?

The LDS Church announced that it is developing a new, one-size-fits-all hymnal — along with a revised children’s songbook — for Mormons across the globe.

Writer Kristine Haglund, a former editor of Dialogue and a self-professed “serious amateur” singer and musician, discusses those questions and the vital role music plays in LDS life in the latest “Mormon Land” podcast.