Archive for July, 2007

Shape of Unitarian Christology discussed

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Sometimes the comments is where all the fun is. At Chris Walton’s Philocrites blog, his article about Isaac Newton has morphed into a discussion about the possible future of Unitarian Christological thought. I won’t be chiming in there — I don’t have a horse in that race — except to note

 The Universalists have many of [...]

Hymns about universal salvation

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Unitarian Universalist minister Eric Posa comments in the prior post about Singing the Journey
On another hymnody issue: Is there anything in Singing the Living Tradition that you especially like to complement preaching on Universalism? I don’t mean Humiliati/Ken Patton universal religion, but universal salvation. (I’m doing a sermon series at my new church on salvation, [...]

Grade your once and future home, church with Walk Score

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Richard Layman  (Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space) points out a handy resource — Walk Score — which mashes up Google Maps data to give a profile of how walkable an area in the United States is.  This can be very important since reducing or eliminating car use and meat is probably the easiest way [...]

Singing the Journey considered

Friday, July 27th, 2007

I ordered a copy of the UUA hymnal supplement Singing the Journey and it came today. Some of the hymns (songs, choruses? who is the audience?) are familiar because I sang them at General Assembly (which does not auger well) and one is familar because I remember it from The Muppet Show (which I like, [...]

The bull and the jackass

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Because of its coverage on BBC World, I’ve followed the unhappy story of Shambo the temple bull at Skanda Vale in Wales. The bull had — as it has since been demonstrated — bovine tuberculosis and was taken from the temple under orders of the public authorities (but amid protest) and was slaughtered yesterday.  This [...]

Beacon Song and Service Book considered

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

I misremembered the name and some of the details of the Sunday school hymnal Derek and I like. The Beacon Song and Service Book, unlike the later (1935, not earlier) joint Unitarian-Universalist Hymns of the Spirit is a Unitarian only production. Judging by the dates of some of the now-classic hymns, this relatively small volume [...]

Transylvanian stole

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

I remember the day I got this as a gift from Judit Gellerd, the forever-advocate for Transylvanian Unitarians and herself now ordained, ’cause I felt I might actually make it through seminary and enter ministry. (But the stole stayed off my public shoulders until I was ordained.)
I mentioned it at PeaceBang’s Beauty Tips blog and [...]

Unitarian Universalists in Uganda

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Noticias Unitarias Universalistas notes the existence of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Uganda.
OK, I’ll say it up front: I’m suspicious. Their principles and mission statement page is entirely cribbed from a UU church in Alabama.  Much of the rest of the site is dedicated to donating to their cause.
Has anyone visited them, vetted them?

The smallest fifth of churches: liturgical planning

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Apart from my internship church — which was either the largest or second largest church in the Unitarian Universalist Association at the time — all of the churches I’ve served, regularly supplied or pastored have been small. All but my last pastorate — which would be in the smallest 25% in terms of Sunday attendance [...]

Hubby blogs about Tammy Faye

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

My husband Jonathan Padget has blogged about his experience of Tammy Faye. Do see.


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