Archive for February, 2006

Comedy is Central

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Thanks to James Field for giving us the head’s-up about the extended Unitarian (no Universalists; should I be grateful?) joke on the Colbert Report.

I’m catching it in the repeat. Didn’t know it was a whole show on religion. Loved the feature “Choose Your Apocalypse” comparing Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and the Toyota Camry.

I can kinda […]

A new UU group

Monday, February 27th, 2006

I’m getting a strong, not-good (more about the purpose than the intentions) vibe from the new UU White Allies group. I may write about it later, but has anyone else sensed something from them?

IRC?

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Are there any Unitarian Universalists using IRC (Internet Relay Chat) for meetings or anything church-related?

Copyright, licenses and sermons

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Nancy at DanceLessons wrote today about the need of small congregations who use the sermon manuscripts of ministers with permission and attribution. Good for her. These churches — many of whom I have in mind when I write this blog — have a need. So do published preachers, the a big reason for getting […]

Ash Wednesday housewares

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

I have at least one friend-colleague that’ll be imposing the eponymous ashes in a service this Wednesday. (This may come as a shock to some of you, but this may well be my least favorite Christian observance, or at least the ash-imposing part.) This raises the question, how does that little smudge get on the […]

Blog beautiful

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

I’m responding to PeaceBang wanting to maker her blog prettier by hacking at the placeholder blog I have at Blogger. Testing the backtrack feature now.

On Chutney’s morning prayer, part 4

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Though I have plenty to say on morning (and evening) prayer, I think this is going to be my last word on it for the time being. These thoughts ostensibly are to help Chutney make some choices to help him compose a service. (Though I’m not sure if that is a single meta-service or several […]

My current Ubuntu install

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

This will mean almost nothing to most readers, so feel free to skip this one if you’re not interested in Ubuntu Linux.

My machine is a four and a half year old HP Pavilion 7855 with a 1GHz Pentium 3 processer and 384 MB of RAM (added a 258 MB card yesterday), a CD reader, and […]

On Chutney’s morning prayer, part 3

Friday, February 24th, 2006

I’m glad Chutney and Philocrites brought up the WorshipWeb resource that Philo . . . Chris Walton led-up a few years ago. (These pseudonyms make me think we each have a sidekick, a nemesis, and a lair.)

It includes three of the sixteen services from the 1937 (in print until 1981) “red hymnal” Hymns of the […]

A prayer born every minute

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Before I forget again.

Hubby and I were shopping for chairs (again) last weekend. We took a break at a Borders, and I saw One Nation Under God: The History of Prayer in America. As usual, I flipped to see what it said about the Universalists and Unitarians. Quite a bit really. I noted that late […]


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