I was a little surprised to see Percy Dearmer — known for his landmark work in The English Hymnal — suggest in The Parson’s Handbook that parish choirs be smaller than the custom then and now, and that they might well be put in a west gallery if the church has one. The chancel — […]
Well, best for me, but I know some of you will like them too.
Michelle Murrain, writing from her Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology blog, points out how the United States Social Forum is running on free and open source software. Fabu. Drupal and Linux (Ubuntu and Debian) love [...]
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has a nice little description and some photos of the very dormant Liberty Universalist Church and associated Feasterville Academy site. Liberty is the mother-church of Southern Universalism but little is written today about it.
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I didn’t hear about Eastern Market’s devastating fire until I got to work. James Estes (Peregrinato) writes about the fire and the lost architectural link to Washington Universalism.
I’m just sick to think about it.
The Washington Post wrote Sunday about the charms of the South Shore, south of Boston, and refers specifically to Hingham Old Ship Church, which is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Indeed, I think there’s a Unitarian “First Parish” in each of these towns.
I know this article says nothing new to several noteworthy bloggers […]
I’ve heard of churches being made into homes, but what do you do with a spire? If it is the privately-owned spire belonging to Christopher Wren’s Christ Church in the City of London — the rest of the church was destroyed in the Second World War; I once ate a sandwich in the garden that […]
The UU Enforcer has started a second blog The Tithingman, of old images of Unitarian and Universalist church and related buildings. Fab!
My mind turned this weekend towards Detroit, following an article in the Washington Post (”Urban Retreat,” by Philip Kennicott, 17 February 2007) describing an exhibit that focuses on shrinking cities, including the Motor City. I am fascinated about the “ghetto palms” which also infest Washington, D.C. (Wouldn’t they make, I wonder, an appropriately contextualized decoration […]
The UU Enforcer, whom I’ve known for years and has among his charming personality traits the photographing of Unversalist churches, put up some more images at his blog. You won’t find these in the UUA Directory, as these now serve the community without a national fellowship. Or our national fellowship.
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 […]
