Church denomination convention watch: Reformed Church in America
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006Ah, tis the season for church conventions. The Reformed Church in America’s General Synod ends tonight. A little review.
Archive for June, 2006
First Congo, Sunnydale?
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006I was plodding around the church list of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches — the part of the Congregational Christians that didn’t go in with the UCC, and with which I had a brief flirtation in the 90s; also the only Christian communion I know of that has formal dealings with Unitarian Universalist […]
Church denomination convention watch: Non-Subscribing Presbyterian synod
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006The Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland start their Annual Synod today. According to their website, it
. . . will be hosted by The Old Presbyterian Church, Ballyclare. Synod events will include the installation of the Moderator for the ensuing year on Tuesday evening. Then on Wednesday, following the conclusion of formal business, the annual Synod […]
What can ministers do
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006OK, bivocational ministries — where someone has a pastorate and a day job — are a good answer in a number of situations, if for no other reason than health insurance can be hard to come by, or there is no possibility of yoking two or more small, part-time churches. It is worth talking about […]
The parson wears black — on the go
Monday, June 12th, 2006I’m working up a reply to Peacebang’s comments about trench coats but having a terrible time finding pictures.
I have found something that all gown-wearing clergy would want: something comfortable that breathes in the heat and travels well. If you can afford it, and are willing to order from Germany. Dan Harper, I know you’re interested […]
UCC blogs
Monday, June 12th, 2006I’ve been looking for United Church of Christ-member blogs, but have found very few. Far fewer than blogs written by Unitarian Universalists, despite the UCC being at least ten times larger.
Many people refer to the UCC in their blogs — right-wingers take particular delight in carping on every action; some attention comes from the various […]
La Libro de Komuna Preĝo (Pregxo)!
Sunday, June 11th, 2006Ah! I was mortified when the Episcopal prayer book (1892) Communion rite in Esperanto went MIA on the Internet (TTT-Reto). (Had been here.)
To my delight, though, my go-to site on all matters Anglican-prayer-bookish has parts of the 1662 English Book of Common Prayer in Esperanto. Mirinda!
La Libro de Komuna Preĝo
(Pro vi, Kalikulino)
Moving to WordPress ideas
Sunday, June 11th, 2006Philocrites asked in a comment “I am trying out Word Press 2.0, and wonder if you have tutorials to recommend — especially about modifying the templates and stylesheet.” This isn’t unexpected. I’ve been pestering him on his blog about moving from MovableType for a while, and now that he’s been plagued by more comment spam, I […]
“In the gallows sways the future”
Sunday, June 11th, 2006Three prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have killed themselves, the first to die after many other attempts. Some make much of the coordinations of the deaths; the camp commander, Rear Admiral Harry Harris dubbed it “asymmetric warfare,” quite the buzzword today. He said they had no regard for their own lives or anyone’s and that doesn’t […]
Brent Smith starts blogging
Saturday, June 10th, 2006The Rev. Dr. Brent Smith was my internship supervisor — what? eleven years ago — at All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa. And he’s started blogging, which is good because he’s a wonderful preacher and a sensitive writer. (And I reserve the right to disagree with him on many points of theology, ecclesiology especially.)
A Spiritual Walk […]
