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Lesson to be taken from the Duluth runaway bride-to-be? Weddings have gotten too hard. Hundreds of people at a sit-down reception. Over a dozen pairs of distant cousins in the wedding party. The social event of the season. This is not what a wedding is supposed to be. At this point I feel I should […]
Eighty percent of teens believe in god, according to a new book. But devil help them if they have to explain what that means or why they believe. A couple of points the author makes or implies: 1. The state of Christian religious education appears to be dismal. Most couldn’t articulate even the basics of […]
The ad campaign to capitalize on the Unitarian Jihad buzz continues apace. I checked but couldn’t find any restrictions about telling you the details, but I’ll be somewhat vague on the money end, just in case.
My funny cousin "Rotten Robyn" has changed her blog to "I Married the Pastor." Says she: Do I take everything he says and turn it into some sort of "Theology for Blondes"? A pastor’s wife doesn’t talk incessantly about her panties, does she? Does my son automatically become some unruly "preacher’s kid"? I have two […]
Sean of Ministrare is right. Something is happening in UU circles. I don’t want to overplay it, but the UU blogosphere abounds in discussions of what our "unity amid diversity" might be. (See Chalice Chick’s review for links.) The new UU Theology listserv is aimed directly at the issue. And Sean reports movements along the […]
Salon points to shit-kicking Montana governor Brian Schweitzer as a Dem to watch. In a state that Bush won by 20 points, pro-choice Schweitzer won with 53%.