Columbia — I was raised Catholic. Any time I tell someone that, I can feel them thinking, “And what are you now?” Because it’s understood that very few people raised within The Church stay with The Church because The Church forces you to give up all your Sunday mornings, leaving you with less time to play video games and watch cartoons. I taught Sunday school for a while, before I came out as an atheist. I...
Greenville — It’s one of those things you just can’t ever quit— save a traumatic experience. The Catholic Church is so rich in ritual that after a few decades of immersion, you can’t quite shake it. Innate Cathol...
Göreme — We did not know where to look. It was a mess. The eyes were gouged out. There were missing limbs. Some of the faces were unrecognisable. We were not describing a war zone. We have stepped into an old ...
Northampton — St Peter & St Paul is a hidden gem, located in the tiny hamlet of Preston Deanery (pop. 51), just to the south of the urban sprawl of Northampton. Its tower appears amongst trees and fields as yo...
When church is something else, something less but somehow more.
St Guthlac church, Passenham
Preston Deanery
Preston Deanery. A self-portrait of sorts.
Preston Deanery
Quinton
"What made you want to go back to church?"
The path to enlightenment
All kinds of friends.
... Says the great bell of Bow ...
Sunday morning
Basilica of St. Stephen
Víziváros - Church of St. Anne
Every Sunday, a Rock Hill congregation worships in the courtroom of an old federal building; nobody sits in the judge's seat.
Finding Frescos
Tacky cakes > Communion wafers