Archive for May, 2004

Having no words to pray, I sang

Saturday, May 22nd, 2004

As my regular readers know, I pray morning and evening prayer each day, and it helps me keep a sense of moral direction in these very disquieting days. Last night, with more news from Iraq and the vioence in Gaza, I gave up trying to pray the evening office, even though it has enough of […]

Gospel Liturgy’s Saturday morning

Saturday, May 22nd, 2004

Note: this would be a good prayer for a funeral, perhaps matching the Saturday when Jesus was in the grave.

Evermore, O Lord, hast thou made the outgoings of the morning to rejoice; yet day follows day into darkness, and night after night passes away for ever. Friend after friend departs into Thine invisible presence, and […]

First anniversary

Saturday, May 22nd, 2004

This was another victim of some worm that destroyed a few entries and replaced the contents with spam!

Clara Barton and the Red Cross

Friday, May 21st, 2004

Another entry destroyed by a rogue spam worm-like-being.

Gospel Liturgy’s Friday Morning

Friday, May 21st, 2004

Blessed Father, in whom is the well-spring of all our joys: Day unto day uttereth speech of Thine; night unto night showeth knowledge of Thee. We close our eyes under Thy protection: we open them to behold Thy goodness. O let us never forget from whom all blessings flow; and may gratitude for Thy favors […]

Anglicans 1, Lutherans 0 (for Universalism)

Friday, May 21st, 2004

This entry was a spam worm victim.

Sweet revenge

Thursday, May 20th, 2004

Philocrites notes in his Texas’ taxes.

You’re no doubt disappointed that we UU bloggers are coming late to this story. Boy in the Bands plots revenge, but I merely noted the story two days ago in my Scrapbook.

My idea of revenge would be twenty new Unitarian Universalist congregations in Texas, and a legal defence fund for […]

How purple is our cow?

Thursday, May 20th, 2004

Darren at the LivingRoom writes about ‘Purple Cow’ Church, and think aloud how the Church can be distinct in order to be seem.

Is that what we (Unitarian Universalists) are doing when we make ourselves out to be so precious and twee? I don’t like it, but perhaps it give us “market share” by being distinctive. […]

Gospel Liturgy’s Thursday morning

Wednesday, May 19th, 2004

With glory to Thee, O Lord, very morning should begin, and every evening should close. What have we that is not Thine! Alas that a world so full of Thy mercies, should be so empty of Thy praise!

Lord, increase our faith, strengthen our hope, and enlarge our charity.

Teach us to watch over our ways, that […]

Ascension

Wednesday, May 19th, 2004

Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of Saints! No sacrifice of personal ease, no work of charity, no word of the heart, no answer to the plea of sorrow, no a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, shall fail of its reward.

Blessed be Thou, O righteous Father, for the […]