My reading list for 2014

I’m a notoriously slow reader, so what follows maybe a few weeks, months or the whole year’s worth of reading. In any case, I’ve cleared of my bedside table, called a jubilee for lost reading opportunities, and have replaced them with the following: Dorothy C. Bass, editor. Practising the faith. 1997. Douglas John Hall. Thinking… Continue reading My reading list for 2014

“Bay State Notes”

This graphic, from the November 1, 1916 issue of Onward, the journal of the Young People’s Christian Union (Universalist) is too good to pass up.

The Atheist Church hubbub

There’s been a bit of agita in the Unitarian Universalist blogophere about the propagation of The Sunday Assembly, an atheist church (or church-like experience) that’s getting a lot of buzz. I wrote about The Sunday Assembly in March, and don’t have more to say on the subject. But whiff of impinged ownership I hear from… Continue reading The Atheist Church hubbub

Onwards, Voyager!

Just a boy 36 fears ago when the Voyager spacecrafts went into space — and still a lad for the first Star Trek film and the Cosmos television series which made significant references to it — I was wistful to hear that it’s agreed that Voyager 1 has left the solar system. Go, Voyager, and take your… Continue reading Onwards, Voyager!

Universalist retro wall plaque

While I writing my blog post about Bible-quote wall hangings, I recalled a small “suitable for framing” poster of the 1899 Universalist “Five Principles” a former (now deceased) church member gave me. I had made a scan of it to share, but can’t find that I had ever done. Over the years, the odd attack… Continue reading Universalist retro wall plaque

A future for Bible wall art?

I got an email offer today from a religious publisher for, among other things, religious wall art. Which made me think of framed flocked Victorian mottos eagle-emblazoned God-and-country plaques Jesus People Psychodelia from a Groovy God album covers 70s sentimental seagulls and flowing script framed schuff Hip paleo-orthodox Brotastic work riffed from corporate tropes Absolutely… Continue reading A future for Bible wall art?

Graphic Origins of the Flaming Chalice

Someone I met recently asked about the origins of the flaming chalice. He said that someone coming from a non-Unitarian Universalist background might think it had something to do with a cross. Indeed. I pulled this very fragile 1946 poster out of my Big Box of Ephemera (Unitarian Section) and thought I’d share some pictures.

Calling North Carolina Unitarian Universalists…

A seminary classmate, the Rev. Martha Brown, contacted me to reach out to North Carolina Unitarian Universalists about a television project she’s working on. If you have “first-person accounts from North Carolinians who participated in the legendary March on Washington” please keep reading and contact her to participate in the video production. I removed the… Continue reading Calling North Carolina Unitarian Universalists…