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Glimpsing the shade of former pew-dweller Professor Tolkien during an almost-packed solemn mass

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Yom Kippur War

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On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Israel was invaded in 1973 by Egypt and Syria
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St Mary’s

A warm welcome, but a bit of a struggle to get into a Georgian box pew
11 Sep 22
Wimbledon Village, England
Salvation Army Church, Geneva

Salvation Army Church

‘The young guitarist’s solos alone were enough to make one believe in God’
14 Aug 22
Geneva
Evangelical Church, Geneva

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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

On holiday with the Lord

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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
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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

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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
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