This week in Hymns on Sunday we’ve some communion hymns, a psalm from the Scottish Psalter, and we’ll hear some hymns from writers who are great examples that age is no barrier to doing new things.

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Speaker Gerry Brownlee stands during a question time at parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 17 ...

Inspiring hymns and songs, together with uplifting stories of faith from around the UK and beyond.

A Hymn to Life will be published in 20 languages in January 2026, British publisher the Bodley Head, which is owned by the Penguin group, said in a statement. "I am immensely grateful for the ...

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It took more than 100 years for Māori staff to be appointed to Elam, at the encouragement of our Maori Art Education Association of Aotearoa (MAEAA). "In the nineties, when I was Chair of Te Waka Toi, ...

There is also a story of a young Maori girl named Tārore age ten, who in 1838 was murdered because of her faithfulness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As they tortured her, she forgave her murders.