Matt Kinsi has a post up about UUs’ obsession with knowing (and insinuating that all UUs should know) the minutia of our history. Philocrites mentions Forrest Church’s book in the comments. It’s been a while since I read it, but it helped fill me in when I was trying to make a decision about making […]
You have too many damn cottonwood trees, or whatever the hell you call those things here. Not every yard needs three of them. In fact, none of them do. God made other trees. You should have planted more of those. They’re also nice to look at. You see, the problem is that their pollen goes […]
A communications director for a large congregation reports that trying to “clever” people into church ain’t gonna work. Says he: “Advertising simply points to what is already happening. And if nothing’s happening, then you’re in trouble.”
I started shaving regularly when at the ripe old age of fourteen. I had a beard by the time I was sixteen, and I’ve had it ever since aside from a fast food job my senior year of high school. Which is to say I hate shaving, but it is oh so necessary. The beard […]