FARGO, N.D. — When churchgoers begin singing the hymn “Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,” it can come as an invitation to renounce the ways of the world and accept Christ’s call to a new life. But ...
(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 ...