MANY people, even those who don’t regularly attend church services, will recognise the hymn The Lord Is My Shepherd from the opening titles of The Vicar of Dibley. But it far outdates Geraldine ...

A spiritual masterpiece in miniature, Psalm 23 is also a poem of great beauty and comfort. Much loved by Christians and Jews, and sung at funeral services around the world, it's been set to music by ...

He lets me lie down in green pastures. Psalm 23 is probably the best-known and best-loved of all the sacred songs or hymns found in the Bible, and it is a wonderful image where we are the sheep and ...

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