Pastor Rick Glowacki leads hymn singing at the monthly “How Great Thou Art” service at Columbus First Assembly, 2100 10th St. The traditional hymns of yesteryear that built much of Betsy Myers’ ...

Grammy Award-winning songwriter and worship leader Matt Redman has written hundreds, maybe thousands of songs in his celebrated career. For his latest release, however, he only wrote one verse that ...

Carl Boberg was a Swedish poet, editor, and politician who played a significant role in both literature and public service. Born in 1859, he was moved by the beauty of nature and the strength of faith ...

From a 19 th century Swiss poet to Ukrainian missionaries to a singing cowboy, this is the improbable story of one of the world’s best-known hymns. If you’ve heard two hymns in your life, chances are ...

(RNS) — The well-known and beloved-by-many words of “How Great Thou Art” have had a long and varied trajectory from Swedish poem to German hymn to a tradition at Billy Graham crusades. In celebration ...

John Mayer opened a recent concert with an iconic hymn as a tribute to the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shooting victims. Just days after the massacre that took at least 49 lives and injured ...

Musicians participate in a recording session for “How Great Thou Art (Until That Day)" at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tenn. Elvis Presley recoded his version of "How Great Thou Art" at RCA Studio B.

Southern Sweden was the place where "How Great Thou Art" had its beginning in 1886. It was written in the home of author and editor, Carl Boberg, a member of the Swedish Parliament from 1912 to 1931.

Carrie Underwood's Easter Sunday performance on ‘American Idol’ of ‘How Great Thou Art’ captivated audiences. Dressed in a flowing pink gown, Underwood delivered an emotional rendition of the hymn, ...

A young minister’s two-mile walk in the rain provided the inspiration for “How Great Thou Art,” most recent addition to the great hymns of our time. The story of the hymn gains interest through the ...