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September 2006
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narrative, plot, reformation, renewal, revolution, story, UU
A sacred story in need of a plot
09.20.06 | Permalink | 5 CommentsThere’s been an ongoing discussion in UU blogs about the need for theological renewal and, more specifically, a religious narrative that works for UUs. (To follow the post trail, start here, then go to Philocrites, then to Lo-Fi Tribe, then to Arbitrary Marks.) I want to mark off two kinds of narratives: mere-stories and plot-stories. […]
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bats, frogs, lawnmowers
Narrowly missed redemption
09.18.06 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSo I was mowing the lawn in high school when I noticed a frog in my path. I stopped dead in my tracks and let the handle go to stop the mower when the frog jumped right under the mower. After a deep breath, and a few choice words, I pulled the mower back to […]
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cgi, george-lucas, star-trek, tribbles
They’ve George-Lucased Star Trek
But Rodenberry always meant for the tribbles to be in 3D CGI.
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birth-control, drivers-licenses, guilt, high-school-essays, menonnites, morning-after-pill, sin, worst-church-websites
Weekly Scribbler: 09/15/2006
Post I’ve enjoyed this week from folks at The Daily Scribe. (Sorry I missed last week.) A Chutney fave, Pop Occulture, just joined this week. Here’s one from him: “Driving: Rite of Passage.” And here’s another: “The Biology of Guilt“ Religion Blog gets onto a Mennonite doctor for refusing to fill a birth control order […]
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9/11, April-19, okc, ze-frank
9/11 survivors: Something to look forward to now (from an OKC native)
09.13.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on 9/11 survivors: Something to look forward to now (from an OKC native)In a recent comment to the “But April 19” re-post, CP links us to this Ze Frank vidcast. A view asked Brooklyn-based Ze where he was on 9/11, and Ze tells it all. I was just a few miles away from the Murrah building the morning of April 19, and that next year I moved […]
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americans, god
America’s four gods
09.11.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on America’s four godsThough more than nine in ten Americans tell pollsters they believe in god, a recent survey shows that there are four different gods Americans believe in. (Graphic.) Also of note: less than half of projected evangelicals identified themselves as such, only half as “born again,” and less than two thirds as “bible believing.” (Hat tip […]
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