While a layperson typically knows something of doctrines and creeds, Polman said, she or he also knows a lot of hymns. And hymns articulate the range of the Christian believer’s experience: “We sing ...

Hymn writing should be a spiritual practice for everyday saints, not just for worship professionals. Anyone who has grown up in or around the church is likely familiar with “hymn stories”—the stories ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Editio princeps of P.CtYBR inv. 1584 side A: a Greek Christian liturgical hymn dated to the 7th or 8th century written on the back of a ...