Posts by Portola

Exterior of St Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco

St Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco

A beautiful and brilliant service in a rotunda filled with dancing saints
9 Jun 24
California, USA

Christ Church Lutheran, San Francisco

A well-organized service, planned with care and thoughtfulness, with lively, festive hymns
5 May 24
California, USA
St Patrick's, Oakland, California

St Patrick’s, West Oakland

A Bapcath experience of worship, with a mixture of Baptist spontaneity and Catholic ritual
30 Apr 23
California, USA
St Ignatius, San Francisco

St Ignatius, San Francisco

The joy, calling and promise of the Christian faith in a lively and warm-hearted service
23 Apr 23
California, USA

Nikolaikirche

Singing a prayer for peace in the shadow of the war in Ukraine
22 Jan 23
Eisenach, Germany

CarChurching

Visible togetherness on Pentecost Monday – from the comfort of your car!
24 May 21
Hessen Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Evangelische Kreuzkirche

A foretaste of heaven – the church bells should have rung continuously!
15 May 21
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Church of St Augustine’s Monastery

Gold, frankincense and – myth?
7 Jan 20
Erfurt, Germany

Alte Nikolaikirche (Old Nicholas Church)

Advent Vespers in ‘God’s living room’: an oasis of peace, rest and sanity
21 Dec 19
Römerberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Chapel at the Wartburg Castle

Calm, cordial – and an inkpot thrown at the devil!
24 Aug 19
Eisenach, Germany

Evangelische Kirche

Stared at – and almost missing communion – in this delightful little church
4 Aug 19
Ruppertenrod, Hesse, Germany

Pfarrei St Franziskus

Beauty but also sadness in this ecumenical Corpus Christi celebration
20 Jun 19
Frankfurt, Germany
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