Archive for June, 2005

Why am I always Calvin?

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

There’s one of those fill-in-the-dots quizzes out there to see which theologian one’s most like. I can’t say the Calvin result shocked me, so long as its taken with a grain of salt. After all, I doubt he would have liked me.

Oddly enough, I find it rather affirming for given Universalist (and Unitarian) origins, […]

Here, not writing

Monday, June 13th, 2005

I’ve got curiously little to say. I’m mad but not manic about the state of the nation, and have little to comment on without raising my blood pressure. The squalid display of Capitol Pride has discouraged me from thinking DCs gays will ever do anything collective and constructive.

I’ve decided to pour some emotion — again, […]

Gay pride before the fall

Friday, June 10th, 2005

This weekend — unlike most Gay Pride celebrations which fall around June 28 — is DC’s time. Hubby and I live in the Semi-Ghetto, which doubles as one of the most pedestrian friendly living spaces in the metropolitan area. The rainbow flags are going up everywhere. The Painfully Liberal United Methodists are in the […]

Ballou book online

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

There’s a Hosea Ballou title at the Gutenberg Project, the decade plus old resource for plain text public domain works. (Yours truly was the first to add a Unitarian text to Gutenberg Project, Channing’s Unitarian Christianity. Those were in the Gopher days. Very old school. Hold your applause.)

That’s why I’d like to thank

Produced by David […]

Blog reading roundup

Thursday, June 9th, 2005
Like Andii Bowsher, I’ve bookmarked wikiHow, or  “the How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit.” But I really wish it had gone the open license way of Wikipedia rather than preserving the author’s copyrights. I’m afraid there will be little buy-in and the articles will become eccentric. Perhaps if [...]

No way to get an education

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

I’m mad as hell at the subtle-ish not-about-the-military ad by the US Army that had a young African American man hoping to get an education, with plans to be an engineer, and taking up his role “to be a man.”

The Lord preserve him and all like him.

And det’s hope this new recruit doesn’t need medical […]

Showing up where it counts

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

I wasn’t going to say anything but Sean Parker (Ministrare) asked first about the merit of the virtual march against global warming.

As a Washingtonian, I’m usually glad when people stay home and keep the subways clear of gawkers. But this is kinda silly and I can’t imagine anyone with pull in this Administration is going […]

Convention blogging

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Philocrites wrote about those bloggers who are presenting at General Assembly, though none about blogging.

And for something completely different, the Reformissionary wrote about a couple of bloggers who are covering the Southern Baptist Convention.

Well-known emergent minister, Jordan Cooper has just returned from his church convention (Free Methodist Church of Canada) in Toronto, where he blogged. […]

Diggers

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Anna at Call and Response writes about Christian communism, or at least communalism, and refers to the Diggers or Levellers.

Obligatory Universalist note: Diggers founder Gerrard Winstanley has been “accused” of being a Universalist. He shows up on old lists but I don’t have proof that he did hold universalist beliefs. Like Schweitzer, a number of […]

June 19 preaching

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

A reminder to my Loyal Readers, I’ll be preaching at the Church of the Holy City (Swedenborgian) this Sunday. That’s 1611 16th St. NW, Washington, at 11:00 a.m. Metro to Dupont Circle north exit and walk four blocks, or take the S2 or S4 bus to Corcoran Street.

In the “more” I’ve put the texts I’m […]