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Time-travel news

It is the eve of All Hallows, when the Church tries to get people thinking about the saints, rather than witches and ghosts
31 Oct

The Bridge Church, Glendale

Zero points for deafening rock worship, plus a never-ending sermon that crashed the service into the next service
7 Sep 25
Arizona, USA

Free Evangelical Church of St George, St George in the Black Forest

A not very warm welcome, but stories of real-life faith encourage our Mystery Worshipper
31 Aug 25
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
City Church, Liverpool

City Church, Kensington

Happy, very clappy, worship with enough passion to take the roof off, and a long sermon
17 Aug 25
Liverpool, England
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth

Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Liverpool

Connecting with the storied history of non-conformism in a Unitarian chapel
3 Aug 25
England

The evangelical mind

Rupert Loydell takes issue with ideas about evangelism now and back in the time of the 1970s and 80s Jesus Movement
26 May 24

The deconstructed angel

‘We are left with incense, sermons for the stupid, moist handshakes, maybe weak coffee after church’ – a poem by Rupert Loydell
28 Feb 24

Martin Luther resurrected by AI

Martin Luther is born again as a walking, talking bot, in a bold new experiment in religion-meets-AI
19 Nov 23

Jesus lends a hand

The worship group goes into meltdown when the jumbo TV screen fails before the service – by Simon Jenkins
9 Sep 23

What we hope for

‘Faith is a sales assistant in a large department store’ – a poem by Rupert Loydell
9 Sep 23

Strange conversations

Rupert Loydell reviews two recent books, each a conversation between friends, including nun extraordinaire Sister Wendy Beckett
22 Mar 23

On holiday with the Lord

Travelling abroad this summer? Why not plan to warm a foreign pew in a church where you don’t know the language?
4 Jul 22

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Cathedral worship - good stuff!
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A memorial service as Christchurch recovers from earthquakes
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