Richard Hurst today asked me some technical questions about (”the red hymnal”) Hymns of the Spirit — its nice to have a speciality, if an arcane one — and I thought I’d unpack little-known tid-bits with you. In particular, I wanted to share an old semi-secret about how that hymnal was put together.
Well, with the Episcopalians having so much “fun” in Ohio, I thought I’d turn to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), who “do it decently and in order” as the sexually suggestive t-shirts of yore described.
There’s a saying among some Protestants that when one of their own becomes a Roman Catholic he or she “has crossed the Tiber.” Orestes Brownson, at different times a Unitarian and Universalist minister, but most famous as a Roman Catholic lay writer is an example.
What about Unitarian Universalists “going over” to the United Church of […]
There are times you need a temporary communion table, like when you’re officiating at General Assembly (Note: UUCF-sponsored communion, Friday 11am and Saturday 8:30am; America’s Center room 274) or if you’re starting a schismatic Anglican-ish church. But if you have the luxury of adjustibility, how tall should it be? More after the jump.
Philocrites laments there’s no easy way to keep up with blog posts relating to the forthcoming UUA GA. While I haven’t figured out a technically astute way (yet) to make a feed of these blog posts, a little extra Boolean logic and Technorati can help. Note the UUAGA06 and UUGA06 tag references, which I suspect […]
It isn’t all about the Windsor Report.
A few things I’m noting or watching, after the jump.
Hardly the biggest matter the Episcopalian’s General Convention has to resolve, but it is still heartening to see that the House of Delegates passed a resolution that would move the Episcopal Church towards open data standards. (Wikipedia article link.) That is, to use their own descriptor a way to “future proof” data by using known […]
I know I wish there was more substantive business at the UUA General Assembly, but looking to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church — well, I’m glad we don’t have that much business.
I won’t comment much because the list of people blogging on the General Convention is longer than your arm. Will the Piskys […]
I was reading PeaceBang’s encomium on the trench coat (”Why You Need a Trench“) and she invoked my name. (I’ll confess I thought of World War One when I first saw the title)
There are special fancy capes that clergy can wear, but although Boy in the Bands will disagree with me, I tend to think […]
Yes, the Unitarian Universalists get confused for the grand-daddy of all mail-order churches, the Universal Life Church, formerly of Modesto, California. (I had my dog ordained.)
I have Bravo on, Queer Eye specifically. (I was channel surfing, saw a promo for a related web-only gay channel and didn’t cut away. Normally, I watch Queer Eye with […]
