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December 2004
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Beyond calling
Everyone collects a certain amount of emotional baggage growing up, and for me that baggage is predominantly religious. And the emotional baggage I’m working on now has to do with the notion of “calling.” Frankly, I’m having a hell of a time getting rid of it. But why would I want to? The biblical background […]
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And what do you want for Chrismahanukwanzaakkah this year?
12.10.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on And what do you want for Chrismahanukwanzaakkah this year?The end of the semester crunch is over. It’s now time to settle into the slow pace of learning Typo3. If I can get the hang of it, I’ll be using it for my work site, and maybe here for an emergent UU worship resource collection. (Any interest?) But that’s not why you came here, […]
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Emergent UU worship?
12.06.04 | Permalink | 3 CommentsA while back I made a case for doing “indie theology.” Now Christian Century has posted (temporarily?) a feature article on the “emergent church” movement, a loose-knit conversation of GenXers and Millennials trying to get beyond both liberalism and evangelicalism. (Thanks to Philocrites for the link.) Here’s an excerpt on worship from the article:
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Spittoon politics
On my car I proudly sport a unique bumper sticker. It has a photo of Bush with his goofy grin on one side. On the other, it reads, “DARN GOOD LIAR.” The bumper sticker (and my car) escaped the election season without any harm. But the other night, out eating with my wife, I came […]
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Now who is this supposed to be for?
12.03.04 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’m reminded of Leaves a Mark’s frustration with his wife’s ob-gyn as they await the birth of their first son, but on a feline level. My cat Buddy is a middle-aged tabby. About a month after I adopted him in grad school, Buddy’s inner ear ruptured from an ear mite infestation the agency had told […]
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Youth in Asia
12.02.04 | Permalink | 7 CommentsLeaves a Mark reports that Dutch doctors are deciding whether and when to kill infants born with certain conditions. For the sake of clarity, I’ll blockquote from the NYT article Mark cites: The Groningen Protocol, as the hospital’s guidelines have come to be known, would create a legal framework for permitting doctors to actively end […]
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