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• nerd-party, UU, welcome

  Are UUs freaks and geeks?

  08.18.07 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  This one from the wife: Are we a movement that attracts more outsiders than most? Or as frequent commenter 4alarm puts it, are we a nerd party?

• christianity, UU

  Which Christianity are you rejecting?

  08.12.07 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  To follow up on my questions for non-Christian UUs, I’m wondering which version of the Christian story you are rejecting. This sort of gets to the post at Philocrites a bit ago that called out how the version of Christianity we say we reject is a good 300 years old.
  So what about the version of […]

• christian, sacred-story, story, UU

  Questions for non-Christian UUs

  08.11.07 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Just to go full circle, here are some questions for non-Christian UUs.
  Do you find the Christian story worse than other sacred stories? Is it no worse than others but just not the one that works for you? Do you buy that the Christian story can change and transform people? If so, why […]

• christian, sacred-story, story, UU

  Questions for UU Christians

  08.11.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Peacebang wrote a groovy post about what UU Chrsitians do. Here are some questions about why they do what they do, though the questions could be for any group really with a little adaptation.
  Do you find the Christian story better than other sacred stories? Is it the first among equals? […]

• relevance, theology, UU

  But is it snake bite relevant?

  08.04.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  “Is UU history relevant?” seems to be the question of the hour. I want to add a word of caution.
  Relevance isn’t a project. It isn’t something you prove or disprove. To say that coming from the other direction, if you have to prove something is relevant, it isn’t relevant. […]

• hymnal, liturgy, UU

  Look what just landed on my desk

  07.31.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I don’t know how rare this is (Scott?), but our librarian just dropped a copy of the 1935 Beacon Song and Service Book on my desk. I’m really enjoying thumbing through it. It’s a shame Singing the Living Tradition doesn’t have some short orders of worship in it. I miss that […]

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