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Atlanta Unitarian would like your help mapping out a new take on liberal values that is spiritual, political, and effective: “What we need to offer people is liberal religious perspective that allows them to live meaningful lives, and yes, resist the temptations of the larger secular culture. We need to give people a full and […]
Nee-haw! We made the cut! Making Chutney is being inducted into the 9rules Network! Out of the 700 blogs that applied, 111 were accepted. We’ll be joining fellow Unitarian LoFi Tribe in 9rules’ religion section.Â
In a discussion at Eclectic Itchings, I'm reminded of my own journey away from Christian orthodoxy some years ago. No one of the thoughts listed below convinced me on its own, but taken together I found them compelling. What I would like to see the Emerging Church do is to deeply engage questions like […]
I've changed it so you have to enter an email address to be able to enter a comment. There are three reasons for this. One, to make it easier to get in touch with you. Two, to help prevent comment spam (not much of a problem now, but still). Three, so all regular commenters will […]
Some stats on ministers (emphasis mine): Fifteen hundred pastors leave the ministry each month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout, or contention in their churches. Fifty percent of pastors' marriages will end in divorce. Eighty percent of pastors and eighty-four percent of their spouses feel unqualified and discouraged in their role as pastors. Fifty percent […]
Did you ever want your new MacBook to sound like a lightsaber whenever you swung it violently from side to side? Okay, probably not. But now it can.