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 […]
Hubby and I watched the first two-hour installment of Cranford, an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s atmospheric novel Cranford tonight on Masterpiece Theater, on PBS.
The first reason: it is very good and faithful to the book.
The second reason: I read the book is because he and I visited Knutsford, the Cheshire town Gaskell based Cranford […]
At Day Job, we love data visualization. I do. Many people do. So much easier to share, learn and appreciate information when the data is expressed in a chart, map or tag cloud.
Noodling around for a Google map for a post to come out tomorrow, I ran across a Google map of “Unitarians and […]
A logistical question.
While I had the pleasure of assisting the Transylvanian Unitarian bishop and his provost distribute Communion at the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship Revival conference that my former pastorate hosted, the church’s architecture is unlike those in Transylvania so I don’t know how the distribution would take place there.
To recap, from what I’ve read […]
Even after showing pictures of my Transylvanian Unitarian stole, I could have hardly expected the Apartment Therapy blog — that directory for so many lovely items — to identify Transylvanian hemp and linen cloth.
But they have.
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?
I’m thinking, the UK Unitarian and Free Christian hymnal Hymns for Living (the green one) is now twenty-two years old. That’s pretty old for a hymnal. I like the unofficial competition, Hymns of Faith and Freedom, more but isn’t much younger and suffers for being words-only. (An aside to American Unitarian Universalists: the much smaller […]
Glad to see the Buddhist, Shinto and New Religious Movements representatives from Japan greeted in Plenary II. But where were the Japanese Universalists? I know they’re small, but were they invited?
The Rev. Keisuke Takai, Minister Doojin Christian Church 3-10-9 Mejirodai Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 Tel: 0427-33 1519 home: 03 3943 1879 Rev. Shigeo Akashi 5-14-10 Kitazawa Setagaya-Ku Tokyo, Japan 155 (from ICUU “other group” page)
A […]
English Unitarians — especially those from Birmingham — might like to see this quaint yet informative picture memento of Unitarian and kindred churches in the West East Midlands, prepared for the Joseph Priestley death centennial in 1904.
You may download it at Google Books.
An Illustrated Handbook of the Presbyterian, Unitarian, and Other Liberal Christian Churches in […]
