Archive for August, 2005

Travelling with one piece of luggage

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Why the “sustainable living” category? Consider it applied theology, to live as light and free as possible. That’s why I’ve always liked recipes and money saving tips (and the kitch) that comes in the Lutheran mutual aid society magazine I get.

Here’s a tool I like because it makes travelling easier. More tips like this […]

Third time’s a charm

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

Congratulations to UUA President Bill Sinkford . . . for getting his picture placed three times on the front page of UUA.org.

Twice from the front, once from the back. I think this is a new record in overexposure.

Love Everlasting?

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

I like the eHarmony ads, but Hubby and I — who met by online personals; you can get anything over the Internet — wondered if gay people were welcome.

The answer is no. Cue facile excuses, exunt homosexuals. eHarmony founder (and TV spokesperson) Neil Clark Warren was a darling of Focus on the Family — […]

Gospel Liturgy on eBay

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

There’s a copy of the Gospel Liturgy for auction at eBay.

And copy of the Unitarian and Free Christian Celebrating Life: A Book of Special Services. Worth having.

That’s all.

Young pleasant Humanists

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

Shawn, in the middle of one of his comments at Philocrites, commented (in so many words) that the he’s not an angry Humanist, and I realized I never thought he was. But I know of what he refers.

The old angry Humanists. I know the type, you know the type. To use a UU-ism, “they have […]

Christianity for non-Christian clergy, part one

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

James Field of Left Coast Unitarian writes in “Christianities, christologies and me”:

Scott’s comment about Romans 8 in response to my earlier post and some of what he has been saying (along with Peacebang and others) about UU dabbling in world religion raises an issue for me.

That deserves a reply, or more than one. […]

Parisian finery

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Clyde Grubbs gets keyed up — can I type that with a hint of mocking? his tone is hardly strident — about the folly of bottled water. It bothers me, if for no other reason than bottled watter (apart from gallon jugs to tide one over a hurricane) seems like a waste of money and […]

Antiochian Orthodox leave the NCC

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

I wonder what the United Church of Christ newsniks thought when they put the news of the Antiochian Orthodox Church’s withdrawal from the National Council of Churches (the news isn’t on their site — its isn’t official) given the UCC’s recent vote on same-sex marriage was accounted as reason for the departure.

“We just feel we […]

Comment vetting

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

I’ll now be vetting every comment that comes in, since I’ve been attacked by an anti-Universalist troll. Sorry, since that means legitimate comments will be slower.

What’s the benefit of the talk?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

I’d rather be sanguine about all the discussion about religious language, what is authentically Unitarian Universalism, the cautionary tale concerning belief-freedom, and how our little band can make a difference, but this seems to be the umpeenth chapter in a saga that has neither finish nor goal. And it should have at least one. (Thanks […]