Sarah Dylan Breuer, of Dylan’s lectionary blog fame will be transitioning this Sunday from blogging from the Episcopal Church’s lectionary to the Revised Common Lectionary. (RCL) This makes sense: each lectionary is on a three-year cycle and she started her blog three years ago. Finish one lectionary, start another. That and the RCL is becoming […]
One of the things I liked architecturally about First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, Fort Worth, was the floor. A tinted, polished concrete floor that (appeared to) wear well, made good use of resources and didn’t fight with the modern design of the walls and ceiling.
I thought then and now that if I were in an […]
The Actor’s Temple, so progressive in its founding that it admitted the once less-respectable entertaining class, has been getting by in its Hell’s Kitchen location, but the risk of insolvency has moved the small congregation to modify its space as — what else? — a performance space. It isn’t always easy — well-loved pews vanished […]
Charles Wohlers’s Anglican prayer book site is worth bookmarking whether or not you are of that Communion. Even non-Christian UUs would benefit from the flow and cadance that comes from good liturgy, and these are among the best in English. Or, indeed, more than English as dozens of translations have been made, some of which […]
MAKE Magazine’s blog points to a PDF file from Japan’s environment ministry about using furoshiki, traditional carrying and wrapping cloths in lieu of the omnipresent plastic bags used for shopping. Elsewhere on the ministry site you may read about new furoshiki printed to promote lower carbon emissions, including some made of [...]
Living in Washington, I figured I need to wear glasses that had some character, and so opted retro-period glasses because they are a prime example of classic (debuted 1949) American design and manufacture. They help, I think, with my geek cred, too.
I’ve mentioned them before but today, I’ve seen them in three movie ads, a […]
Hubby and I are off for a Thanksgiving trip starting tomorrow. I probably won’t blog from the road, so I’ll see y’all in a week.
Hubby and I were in the Container Store tonight poking around after dinner tonight. Christmas (storage) shopping is upon us and I was initially shocked to see an artificial tree storage container large enough to double as a coffin. That’s the sort of thing I think about: looking to repurpose an inexpensive item for something […]
UCC blogger, the Rev. Kirk Moore (Kirkogitation) describes a Christian health plan (insofar as it only includes Christians) that introduces a kind of moralistic micro-managing that defies the notion of care. I don’t have a problem, per se, of Christians applying the “hold all things in common” injunction in medical matters — I do, after […]
It would be stretch to say I enjoy travelling by intercity bus and sleeping in hostels, but if without these accommodations I could not travel, I manage and make the most of the experience and there’s usually some story to tell afterwards. Because the New York Marathon ran over the recent UUCF Revival, I stayed […]
