New lyrics can breathe new life into older hymns, but hymn writers have to respect people's emotional attachment to traditional worship songs. "Hymns are sung at baptisms and at the funeral of a ...

The committee putting together a new Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hymnal dropped the popular modern hymn "In Christ Alone" because the song's authors refused to change a phrase about the wrath of God.

He may not have a quick answer, but he knows a good hymn when he hears one -- or, when he writes one. Getty co-wrote "In Christ Alone" in 2001, and as church songs go, it's become something of a hit.

Christian music writers Ben Fielding and Chris Tomlin were approached by a historian with a Christian artifact that needed to see new life. The result is a modern-day worship song and documentary.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s all-Chicago production of Lolita Chakrabarti’s HYMN is beautifully performed, but the script never quite delivers on the thematic complexity promised by the play ...