After much brow-knitting and consternation, I bought a laptop. I’m ready to blog from GA 2008.
I decided to go with a used, but not obsolete machine: a Dell Latitude D600. $350 with mouse and case, which is in line with what comparable machines were selling on eBay. Thank you, Craigslist.
Used, rather than a new, more […]
I thought it was worth listing the “breakthrough congregations” featured in Plenary III.
Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church, Camp Springs, Maryland
All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, Missouri
First Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon
Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, Carbondale, Illinois
Well, between the postings by bloggers and a couple of emails I’ve gotten, it seems the sermon from the Service of the Living Tradition wasn’t universally loved. That’s an understatement.
Now, I have to see that video.
I’m glad that bloggers, despite their certain exhaustion, are writing. Joseph Santos-Lyons (Radical Hapa), in particular, gives some fresh background.
The […]
Did anyone know abount Sunoida? Technology blogging — yum! — from General Assembly.
Latest: “GA Morning” (June 21)
The fact that delegates make the final choice of priorities in Plenary VIII speaks to one of my concerns about democratic process.
Delegates have five votes, which may distributed or used en bloc. Does anyone know what voting model will be used to sift the decisions? Approval? Instant run-off? Condorcet? Something else?
Glad to see the Buddhist, Shinto and New Religious Movements representatives from Japan greeted in Plenary II. But where were the Japanese Universalists? I know they’re small, but were they invited?
The Rev. Keisuke Takai, Minister Doojin Christian Church 3-10-9 Mejirodai Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 Tel: 0427-33 1519 home: 03 3943 1879 Rev. Shigeo Akashi 5-14-10 Kitazawa Setagaya-Ku Tokyo, Japan 155 (from ICUU “other group” page)
A […]
Pulled from the streaming media coverage of Plenary II:
1,603 congregational delegates
304 ministerial delegates
4 masters-level religious educators delegates
[ 35] associate organizations, board, CLF delegates
1946 delegates, representing 574 congregations in 50 states, the District of Columbia, 2 Canadian provinces and Mexico
303 youth
total of 5,464 registrants
OK, I’ll confess that part of me wants to be in Portland. You want to be where things are happening, even if you’re not keen on how they progress or what the goals are. Despite what people say about change being at the margins, you have to come to market to get a hearing. St. […]
James Relly might fairly be called the first Universalist of the modern era. A disciple of Whitfield and contemporary of the Wesleys, Relly left a now little-read corpus of work, including his provocative Union, where he identifies Jesus Christ as the captain of humanity to whom our sins are justly imputed. American readers of Union, […]
General Assembly hasn’t started formally but there is news.
Pam (Finding My UU Soul) has been elected to the Association of Unitarian Universalist Administrators’ board.
Hafidha Sofia (Never Say Never to Yours Traveling Self) has been planning and shopping up a storm for young adult and DRUUM [...]
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