A bit of levity, for the Unitarian Universalists.
Is your meeting house not as fresh as you like?
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Monthly Archives September 2005
That not fresh feeling?
Accounting for what goes in the library
A big part of what I do at Day Job is a non-profit association’s book marketing: what sells, what doesn’t, what costs us more than it delivers, and other gritty parts of the book trade.
My conclusions, as applied to a denominational or ministry press, are:
Cheap books aren’t worth printing.
Most people don’t appreciate how much [...]
Mariners’ ministry in Hong Hong
I admit to being fascinated with Christian churches in unlikely places, in unusual formats, and under unconventional circumstances. Little wonder that transport chaplaincies appeal. In Hong Kong, four Protestant and Catholic ministry share space with a mariner’s club, which also offers accomodation, recreation, dining, and other resources. A room, dinner, a drink, a quick game [...]
An idea to simplify UUA administration
An idea came up on a Christian Linux mailing list I read: using computer help desk software for church administration. Admittedly, this would be a large church that fields a lot of questions. And think “insider user” — ministers, church staff members, lay congregational and district leaders; you get the idea — rather than [...]
Happy Software Freedom Day
Today is Software Freedom Day!
Official site
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A holiday, but not without posting
Hubby and I are leaving for a two-week vacation. I’ve “preloaded” several postings, and if I find internet access (and feel like it) may post from the road. Maybe.
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First General Convention of Universalists
On this day, in 1785 was held the first General Convention of Universalists. A more regional affair than national denomination building, it failed to produce a lasting organization. Universalists would have to wait five years for the Philadelphia convention for that.
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Who’s the delusional one?
The BBC is hammering away at the situation of New Orleanians where the dead aren’t being gathered and where some continue to stay in their flooded homes; one reporter called the city “delusional.”
Perhaps, perhaps not. While I don’t think I would resist armed troops trying to extricate me, I can see
how some people might value [...]
A rabbi, a priest, an imam, and a minister go to the Astrodome . . . .
If the title sounds like the beginning of an old joke, then it follows a week of the cruelest possible jokes. I suppose some people will find it in poorest taste that a couple of dozen revellers decided to go ahead with Southern Decadence, the “gay Mardi Gras” event, but at least that sounds like [...]
Resign
I think it’s time to write letters. Here’s the address.
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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