Every once in a while, you get a Unitarian Universalist who says — in so many words — we’re not Christian and never were, so why do we insist on doing X like the Christians. (The letters to the UUWorld sometimes go there.) But what we were (and some still are) conditions the process (if [...]
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A simply-maintained computer
Well, I’ve had some problems before partioning my hard drive with Linux — not one of Ubuntu Linux’s strengths — and ruined the partion with my whole system on it. Fooey. Fortunately I backed up my system all last weekend, so that all I lost was my email. It took less than an hour to [...]
On Chutney’s morning prayer, part 1
Chutney need not have worried that I was going to judge his morning prayer proposal on theological grounds: I’ve read his blog long enough to know where he’s coming from and I’d fain worry if he did propose a Christian liturgy.
And little wonder, too, since cyclic personal and corporate prayer is the property of no [...]
Live from Birmingham
Props to Stephen Lingwood (Reignite) for standing out in the cold in Birmingham (not the one in Alabama) opposing the blasphemy laws and promoting Unitarianism. That’s a kind of “awareness” service — something for which I normally have little patience — that proves its worth in chapped lips and personal contact. The fact that [...]
Koinonia Farms documentary
I’m watching a documentary on PBS about the Koinonia Farm, near Americus, Georgia. It is called Briars in the Cottonpatch. In the lead, we’re told that most people have never heard of it. Perhaps, but it is dear to me.
I preached from Clarence Jordan’s version of Luke — the annunication to Mary and her Magnificat [...]
If you enjoy this blog . . .
read Tensegrities.
I keep reading the blog by Luther Seminary professor Mary Hess, and want to read more. Sometimes I go, “Oh. I wish I had written that!”
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Folding pulpit
As my regular readers know, I am keen to find solutions for unusual churchly needs, and will gladly use a “secular” resource. (Such as the time I pointed out an IKEA candle holder as a better-than-average flaming chalice base.)
Hubby and I were at Target yesterday in a failed quest to find new chairs. (We took [...]
British Unitarians change governance
Jaume de Marcos broke the news on the blogosphere — in Castillian Spanish — of the Result of the election for Executive Committee members 2006-2009.
The upshot is the British Unitarians have a directly elected governing board. That’s the good news. The bad news is the electoral role is 2,563 — meaning the legal Unitarian membership [...]
Wikipedia: the Bands on the Boy
Ah! Some enterprising writer has created a substantial article — ported from a personal site, it seems; wise move — about Geneva or preaching bands. Excellent! (he says Montgomery Burns-like.)
Bands (neck)
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Do you have any experience with writing, publishing, or advertising? CrossLeft.org, a hub for Progressive Christian networking and activism, needs a Press Director. Like all of our jobs at CrossLeft, this on doesn’t [...]
