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It’s feeling like it’s time to revisit that staple of the first day of church camp: my spiritual journey. But this time from a new perspective: when and where and how I have “experienced the divine.” For now, I’m sticking to my childhood and teenage years. I hope later to get to later years. I […]
The current buzz at Coffee Hour (started by yours truly) starts with the assumption that UUism is stuck in Apple’s pre-iPod business strategy: cater to an elite niche market. It asks, “What should UUism’s iPod strategy be?” Just to underline the importance of this discussion: I happened to have Easter lunch today with a neuropsychologist. […]
Would you please stop masturbating now? Look what you’ve done! Happy Good Friday, y’all! On Sunday you can eat chocolate again without hurting Baby Jesus!
Following up on Chalice Chick’s popular post on how to run a church committee meeting, here’s a great list of “Rules We Live By” (PDF) that also deserves a close reading by church leaders. Some gems: “Big change is easier than small change.” “A good, honest question either reduces or increases suffering.” “[Volunteers] will not, […]
Lately there’s been a wide discussion in UU blogs about what place the Bible should have in UUism. I’m jumping in kind of late here, so I’ll try to limit myself to some thoughts about sacred texts in general. There are a bunch of thinkers (believe this would qualify as “postliberalism”) who toy with the […]
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