Posts by Amanda B. Reckondwyth

Church of the Beatitudes, Phoenix

Service turns into variety show, with everything applauded, even the readings

Christ’s Church of the Valley, Phoenix

Sermon by video, a communion snack, and ‘delicious coffee and food’ nowhere to be found at a Phoenix megachurch

St Michael’s by-the-Sea, Carlsbad

An organ and violin prelude top the bill at a service that was ‘high as a kite on its way to heaven’

California, USA

Glendale First United Methodist

First United Methodist, Glendale

A home-grown hymn sandwich of a service at a church with elusive service times

St Paul’s Mission

Miss Amanda revisits the church of her youth and the memories come flooding back

Staatsburg, New York, USA

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

Breakwater Community Church

Sincere, genuine friendliness – but prosperity gospel too!

Oceanside, California, USA

St Gregory's

An act of perfect love on Good Friday

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Grace Evangelical Lutheran

Heavenly confirmation, dour everything else, on Palm Sunday

Glendale, Arizona, USA

Church of the Transfiguration ('Little Church Around the Corner')

Deacon guffaws, rector gyrates, choir screeches at this historic church

Intercessory Prayer Service for Ukraine, St Volodymyr’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral

Whose side are you on: God’s or Satan’s?

Glendale Seventh Day Adventist

Masked? Socially distanced? Get thee behind me!

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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