I am not watching primary returns; I am looking over to replies I made to my gracious readers.
A few weeks ago, a reader asked for Universalist liturgical help for a service with a theme that featured a historic woman. I suggested that the service could end with the benediction Phebe Hanaford gave at her ordination […]
The Universalist Japanese mission is one of those episodes in denominational history that perplexes those who might be interested in it. It flourished through the twenties, barely survived the War (I gather) but a single congregation of it — the Doojin Christian Church, Tokyo (no Web site) — remains today.
There’s little one can read […]
Today I received an unexpected parcel from Peggy Ward Rawheiser, a well-known figure in heritage Universalist circles: her new revision of the classic A History of Universalism in North Carolina. I’m quite pleased to receive it. (Thank you.)
At first I thought I would review it in full, but since it functions more like a sourcebook […]
A reader asked where he might get a copy of the 1941 Universalist prayerbook. This is how I replied:
The 1941 (and lesser known 1943 Harrisville, R.I. prayerbook) were simply abridgments of the 1894 servicebook, with the 1935 Washington Avowal in place — in the appendix — of the Winchester Profession and a new introduction by […]
The buzz today was less about oil touching $108 a barrel than New York governor (and Clinton superdelegate) Eliot Spitzer touching — er — something else. And doing the deed in my fair city!
Not only here, but at the nearby Mayflower Hotel. Here’s the Universalist tie-in: the Universalist General Convention in 1935 met at the […]
A reader inquired about the copy of James Relly’s masterwork, Union: or, a Treatise of the Consanguinity and Affinity between Christ and his Church which I put up at my long-suffering UniversalistChurch.net site.
Seem that when I last updated the Drupal content management system, I somehow disabled the feature that allows me to store documents […]
This will come as old news for some, but Graham, writing at the Anabaptist blog Leaving Muenster is wresting with universal salvation. His recent blogging covers affiliated subjects.
He writes quite well and on a variety of Christian subject and I’ve read his blog for a couple of years; no matter how he comes out on […]
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watching the New Hampshire returns with a bit of amazement. (You can ask me where I get my hair done any time.) nursing a nose itch, wondering if its a rhinovirus or a bit of mold or whatnot from our very weird weather. reading Our New Departure by Elbridge […]
Thanks to colleague Y.N.E. for reminding me that today is John Murray’s birthday (b. 1741).
It is also my mother’s birthday, which is perhaps why I forget. Happy birthday, Mom! Happy birthday, John!
A hundred years ago or so today — the fourth Sunday in November — would have been widely observed in Universalist churches as Japan Sunday, in observance of the Universalist General Convention’s most noteworthy foreign mission and for foreign missions in general.
