Posts by Amanda B. Reckondwyth

At the Cross, Oceanside

At The Cross, Oceanside

Rock music that went on indefinitely leaves our reporter feeling like he hadn’t been to church at all

California, USA

Church of Christ, Valley Congregation

An inspiring sermon proclaims that people who ignore God are as useless as rotten underwear

Glendale, Arizona, USA

St Andrew’s Reformed Episcopal, Glendale

Our Mystery Worshipper might as well have been invisible at the end of the service

King of Kings, Oceanside

Celebrating Pentecost with balloons, two sermons, a xylophone, and cinnamon crumb cake

California, USA

Holy Family, Jerome

Heavenly to be in this historic, mining-town church, but no welcome whatsoever from the regulars

St Helen’s, Glendale

Trouble with the seating, but delicious French onion soup, at an Ash Wednesday service

St Cosmas & St Damian, Punxsutawney

Mass celebrated strictly by the book, with a server wearing alb, cincture, and... red sneakers

Pennsylvania, USA

North Scottsdale United Methodist

A great sermon, a missing organist, and some distracting Nike sneakers at Christmas Eve by candlelight

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Funeral of Sandra Day O’Connor, Washington National Cathedral

Beauty, dignity, and an over-dramatic tenor in the funeral service of Sandra Day O’Connor

Tribute Service for Rosalynn Carter

Eulogies, prayers, and a solemn hymn sandwich at the tribute service of a First Lady

Glenn Memorial Church, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Tyler

After the sacking of its bishop, the sermon at mass is a wake-up call to put faith into action

St Paul Lutheran, Phoenix

Fine attention to liturgy, good preaching, well-chosen hymns, but something odd leaves our worshipper flummoxed

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