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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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?
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 [...]
My husband Jonathan Padget has blogged about his experience of Tammy Faye. Do see.
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