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St Augustine of Hippo

Time-travel news

On this day in the year 430, St Augustine of Hippo died of malaria during the barbarian conquest of North Africa
28 Aug

St Brigid’s, Oceanside

The beauty and simplicity of Compline, as experienced on Zoom
16 Jul 25
California, USA
Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh

Charlotte Chapel

A capacity congregation, low-energy singing, pastors in open-neck shirts, and a Calvinist sermon
29 Jun 25
Edinburgh, Scotland

Buccleuch and Greyfriars

Psalm singing, contemporary hymns, a Sunday school prize-giving, and a very warm welcome
22 Jun 25
Edinburgh, Scotland

Bethesda, Hay on Wye

An outreach event based on CS Lewis and Narnia plays to a home crowd
25 May 25
Powys, Wales

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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Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Tewkesbury Abbey

Glorious Anglo-Catholicism at its very best - like being in heaven!
14 Sep 08
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Why is going to church like cleaning one's teeth? And who ate all the biscuits?
16 Oct 10
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Northminster Presbyterian, Phoenix, AZ (Exterior)

Northminster Presbyterian

A dog sings with the choir as the pastor preaches three sermons.
20 May 18
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Paton Memorial Port Vila (Exterior)

Paton Memorial

1 May 11
Port Vila, Vanuatu
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