(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

The hymn contains this confession: "I lay in fetters, groaning / You came to set me free / I stood, my shame bemoaning / You came to honor me." "We need to hear this as we prepare for Christmas," said ...

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches. At 5 a.m. every day, Lü Xiaomin kneels on the floor in a dimly lit room of an ...

(RNS) — In the 1890s, a pair of British archaeologists began digging in an ancient rubbish heap at the edge of the ruins of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, looking for a glimpse into the city’s past. They’d ...