December 2004
The Archives
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Coming soon: MyIrony’s second anniversary
12.30.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’m recovering from a post-Christmas hard drive failure this week. I backed up a month or so ago, so everything except music and photos should be there, since I work primarily through email. But there’s all the reinstalls of Office, Macromedia, Adobe, etc. And Santy Claus saw fit to give this good little boy an […]
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Rome’s day is over
More on the Christmas story from Philocrites and James Carroll. The single most important fact about the birth of Jesus, as recounted in the Gospels, is one that receives almost no emphasis in the American festival of Christmas. The child who was born in Bethlehem represented a drastic political challenge to the imperial power of […]
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What to do with Christmas?
12.21.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on What to do with Christmas?The outin-laws are on their way in from Texas today, and I’m home sick with a cold. Let that serve as a warning. I’ve been alternately amused and annoyed by all the faux ecumenism this year: happy holidays, the true meaning of the season, and so on. Behind this celebration of a generic “holiday” and […]
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Why I am not a Christian
12.16.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFolks are giving support for the controversial UCC ad by sharing their own stories of exclusion by Christian churches. Apparently some have called the add “dishonest and insulting to other Christian churches.” The comments offered would seem to show the opposite is true. Here’s the story that hit me the hardest: At a Sunday evening […]
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And one to grow on
12.16.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on And one to grow onThe Happy Tutor on the Gift Hub project: You can see, friends, this is not your usual suck up to wealth philanthropic consultation. We do mean to reform the wealthy no less than the poor and to hold them accountable for their own salvation, that their influence be positive and the results be for the […]
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Will UUism matter? 50/50 chance
12.16.04 | Permalink | 5 CommentsWise words for UUs from Phil Lung, author of Phil’s Little Blog on the Prairie:
