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brown-bag-controversy, fragmentation, inclusionism, theology, typology, universalism, UU
Inclusionism versus universalism: More brown bag…
06.26.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsCarl Scovel laid out a nice typology at his farewell sermon at GA. I missed the sermon, but Ron Robinson does a good job laying it out.
Scoven says we’ve got two competing theologies in play in UUism.
Universalism focuses on god’s love for all and bends toward radical welcome. Inclusionism focuses on [...] -
anti-racism, authenticity, pain, racism, UU
Two very personal views on UU anti-racism
06.26.07 | Permalink | 19 Comments“I am not a racist… and it is not OK to tell me that I am,” says Jamie Goodwin over at Trivium.
In fact it is an insult, an attack even, on everything I stand for. While I applaud our work on anti-racism as an organization i find it extremely unfair, and frankly a [...] -
racism, sinkford, UU
What I liked about what Sinkford said about racism
Acknowledging that some of our congregation’s buildings were built with slave trade money. Acknowledging that huge racial diversity just may not be in the cards for us, and that that can be okay if we do other good work. And this:
“Many of us thought we were going to solve racism and poverty,” said [...] -
ableism, disability, failure, ga, racism, UU
Help me to be a noble failure—while I run this race
06.21.07 | Permalink | 13 CommentsThis is my first GA. And so my first banner parade and opening shindig. And that’s all the academic throat clearing you get on this one. (This one’s long, so I broke into five bite-sized pieces.)
1. Ending institutional evil as we know it
The focus of the evening was three moments in [...] -
ga, UU
So what do you wear to GA?
06.14.07 | Permalink | 17 CommentsNext week will be my first time to GA. (Gah! I’m a GA virgin!) So what do people wear? I wanna be able to sit at the cool kids’ table at lunch.
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