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Who are we bloggers accountable to? I imagine two families of accountability models when it comes to blogs. Professional models: Journalism vs. tabloid gossip. Academia vs. plagiarism. Footnotes, cited sources, and the lack thereof. Attribution and cheating. Personal models: Named vs. pen named. “In relationship” vs. hyper-individualist. “This is really me” vs. “I’m just playing […]
To excellent Scriber posts on sin, karma, and progress: one from a Buddhist, one from a pagan.
As of today, I am leaving the 9rules blog community to join The Daily Scribe blog community. The decision was tough and long, and I wish the 9rules folks the best, but the Scribe is just a better fit for Making Chutney. If you haven’t visited the Scribe, it’s a new, interfaith blogging community for […]
Yet Another Unitarian Universalist and The Journey recently put up series of posts about Jim Fowler’s faith development theory. The Journey’s post is a good summary for those not familiar with it. Yet Another UU’s post is a good summary of some of its shortcomings. What follows is something of a reply to both, en […]
Photos of Israeli snowflakes in Lebanese hell.
After that time, when I was twelve-years-old, when grandma made me put that “this car stops at all garage sales” bumper sticker on the second-hand Cadillac, I was ashamed of grandma and grandpa. They smoked and cussed and drank. They yelled at each other. They kept weird friends who’d come over to play gin rummy […]