On holiday with the Lord

Travelling abroad this summer? Why not warm a foreign pew in a church where you don’t know the language?

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Hymn singing

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Anglicans say ‘Now thank we all our God’ today for Catherine Winkworth, who turned German chorales into popular English hymns
7 Aug
Evangelical Church, Geneva

Action Biblique Servette

A warm welcome at a packed, open, loving, city-centre church
31 Jul 22
Geneva
Notre Dame, Geneva

Basilica Notre-Dame

Gorgeous descant in the final hymn at a perfectly pleasant Sunday Mass
24 Jul 22
Geneva

Hillsong Oxford

Little nuggets of scripture coated in dollops of sermon at Hillsong Oxford
24 Jul 22
England
St Pierre Cathedral, Geneva

St Pierre Cathedral

A stiff, sparse service of the word which would have made John Calvin proud
17 Jul 22
Old Town, Geneva
Amanda B. Reckondwyth churches

Mystery, worship, and Miss Amanda

Amanda B. Reckondwyth, long-standing editor of the Mystery Worshipper, processes down the aisle at the end of her service
30 Jun 22

Making the Bible wholly buyable

A new podcast takes a trip through the Bible but leaves one significant item of baggage at home – religion
27 Jun 22
Writz record cover

Looking down the wrong end of a telescope

Rupert Loydell looks back to the collaborations and collisions between church culture and the wider culture in the 1970s and 80s
20 Jan 22
The Gospel According to a Sitcom Writer

What’s the first joke in John’s Gospel?

James Cary, BBC sitcom writer, who can’t help tuning into the comedy of the Bible, shares an underappreciated joke from John
12 Jun 21

Streaming with Laughter… the quest for the funniest online service fails

Spotted a streaming service fail? Nominate your best entry for our Streaming with Laughter poll
13 Apr 21

Baby pilgrim candles

They’re candles, they’re kind of Catholic, and they have baby toes. Want to buy a pair? I should Rococo
28 Aug 20

We rise to sing…

The rediscovery of a cherished old hymn sheet causes sniggering in the back pews
26 Jun 20

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St Magnus-the-Martyr

Utterly Anglican: power, justice, and kingdoms – excellent and sublime
17 Oct 21
City of London
Calvary Chapel, Surprise, AZ (Exterior)

Calvary Chapel

Couldn't be happier, couldn't be clappier - with an exodus to McDonalds
19 Mar 17
Surprise, Arizona, USA

The Grosvenor Chapel

They know how to celebrate
30 Jan 22
Mayfair, London

St Alphonsus

Good preaching, good music, and a comfortable pew
12 Sep 21
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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