Matthew Lickona
Features, Sheep and Goats, Crush — author of Swimming with Scapulars.
Recent Stories
South Bay Baptist Church
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
“2010: A New Beginning” reads the label on the binder in the ministry booth set up in the church hall. ...
St. Ephrem Maronite Church
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
The circular interior of St. Ephrem’s church might serve as an eclectic museum of Catholic devotional art. So many styles, ...
Tierrasanta Baptist Church
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
I don’t usually talk theology while I’m working. But last Sunday, as I took in the broad, airy, blue-tinged church ...
Burgundies on the Block
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
I have no idea if it’s any kind of leading economic indicator, but according to Amanda Keston, director of client ...
Paseo del Rey Church
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
A cheerful, creamy glow filled the broad church; it matched the cheerful, happy buzz of the congregation. A timer warned ...
Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Parish
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010
“Do you know about this priest?” asked the man next to me in the pew, referring to Father Phien Van ...
El Cajon Wesleyan Church
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009
Sunday was assistant pastor Dave Holmquist’s last at El Cajon Wesleyan. After the opening worship — a singer/guitarist and a ...
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009
Got an unusual press release last week. It began: “On Sunday, December 13, 2009, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in La ...
This is Christmas, damn it! What happened?
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009
I’m sitting here looking at a photo taken shortly before Christmas 2008. It’s a very good photo: dramatic and sharply ...
First Presbyterian Church of San Diego
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
In my line of work, I see a lot of stained-glass windows depicting either scenes from the life of Christ ...






