Archive for June, 2004

Sadness in Fort Worth

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

Another spam worm victim.

“New Patterns for Worship”

Monday, June 14th, 2004

The Church of England related book New Patters for Worship is normally the kind of thing I would recommend you flip through at a library, if you had the chance. It would be hard to justify the cost of an imported book to worship leaders (lay or ordained), except perhaps for Episcopalians for whom the […]

General Assembly discussion at Coffee Hour

Sunday, June 13th, 2004

I’ve added a subject for discussion at Coffee Hour: what non-attenders at General Assembly would like to hear reported by those who are going. No comments here, please. Make them at Coffee Hour.

I love a parade!

Sunday, June 13th, 2004

Hubby and I went and saw the local gay pride parade in Dupont Circle last night. I was quite long (we arrived at 6:30, the opening police retenue arrived before 7:00, and it didn’t end until 8:45) but the weather was cool and dry.

Marriage equality wasn’t highly played up, but the elimination of the current […]

General Assembly

Friday, June 11th, 2004

I won’t be at the General Assembly in Long Beach in a couple of weeks. The way that money is I have doubts I’ll be at GA next year, either.

So, gang: why do we do it? what do we gain from General Assembly, apart from the legal business part which takes up proportionally less and […]

The Reagan funeral

Friday, June 11th, 2004

I have mildly negative feelings about the Reagan presidency, and in contrast to the current administration, they get milder all the time. Following my mother’s “if you don’t have anything nice” dictum, I’ll stick to the funeral service, which was gently touching.

I wouldn’t have been my choice, but it isn’t my funeral! (Didn’t the […]

Unitarian Christians: in English and Italian

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

Two new websites are emerging, perhaps related, but it is hard to tell.

The first is for Unitarian Christians in Italy, suggesting some kind of denomination.

CristianiUnitari.org for the Gruppo Cristiano Unitariano d’Italia, and then there’s another site

UnitarianChristian.net.

There’s something about the formatting of the two sites that suggests a more than a link-me, link-you relationship, but neither […]

Still here, applying energy wisely

Monday, June 7th, 2004

Fear not, I’m still here, even if the plan I would want to make hase been stretched out a bit.

Since I’ll be working in the secular sphere for a while, I have ot make every hour of effort count, and so there will be fewer quests to find what might be a good reasource, […]

Exhortation from the Gloria Patri

Monday, June 7th, 2004

Dearly beloved brethren, I pray you, as many as are here present, to accompany me now, with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of heavenly grace.

From the order of service for the first Sunday in each month, in the Gloria Patri (1866), p. 10

Church of the Holy City (Swedenborgian) online

Monday, June 7th, 2004

The church I attend these days - the Swedenborgian one, I’ve made reference to it several times - has a newish website: thought I’d link it for your reading pleasure.

Church of the Holy City, Washington D.C.