Matthew Lickona
Recent Stories
Mission San Luis Rey Roman Catholic Parish
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
This year, the City of Oceanside couldn’t afford to host its downtown celebration of Día de los Muertos, but the ...
Bethel Baptist Church
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
The lights dimmed in the purple quarter-circle church, and Pastor Hitchcock appeared behind the baptismal pool situated high in the ...
Foul Ball
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
It’s six o’clock in the evening on July 21, and the brilliant blue of the late-afternoon sky over San Diego ...
First Baptist Church of San Diego
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
On October 31, 1869, the First Baptist Church of San Diego dedicated its church bell, a prize awarded by city ...
The Church at Rancho Bernardo
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
As my eyes adjusted to the half-light of the church and my ears absorbed the happy boom of the band, ...
Church of God (Seventh Day)
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, I learned about the way that Plymouth Congregational Church in North Park has reinvented itself ...
United Church of Christ La Mesa
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
“I didn’t stay for 30 years,” says pastor Felix Villanueva of his career as a Navy chaplain. “I only stayed ...
Plymouth Congregational Church
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
Wayne Riggs served as a Navy chaplain from 1957 to 1988. Two years later, he put his collar back on ...
Central Congregational Church
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
Last week, I attended services at a church that broke away from the United Church of Christ in 1994. This ...
Mission Village Christian Fellowship
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009
Last week I visited Gethsemane Lutheran Church in the wake of the Evangelical Lutheran Conference of America’s decision to allow ...



