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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 [...]
