January 2007
The Archives
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UU Blog Awards: Help me defeat Arbitrary Marks
01.30.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsPoor Arbitrary Marks. She thinks she can beat me. And so she’s challenged me to a little bet. If she wins, I have to write story about Lion-O‘s conversion to Unitarianism. If I win, she has to write a series of haikus about how great and super wonderful awesome Making Chutney is. So go vote […]
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Announcing a new blog: Open the Doors
01.29.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSay hello to my new blog, Open the Doors: The Ministry of Welcome. It will be my professional blog for my work as the new Welcome Ministry Coordinator for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. Making Chutney will continue here as my cranky “persona blog,” albeit less frequently. (Blog time, which is in much shorter […]
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blogging
When to stop blogging
01.27.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on When to stop bloggingWordPress maven Lorelle gives some detailed and good advice. The gist? Blogging isn’t for everyone, and everyone doesn’t need to blog.
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Chutney’s first two weeks on the job
01.25.07 | Permalink | 9 CommentsHere’s what I’ve been up to during my first two weeks on the job. Moved into office, shelved books, and installed my Ikea chalice, Ganesh statue, and Buddy Jesus and Robin action figures. MCed two events and gave one speech. Wrote three drafts of my goals for the year. Led one small group session. Started […]
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Faith healing that works
01.21.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsI grew up a charismatic, fundamentalist, evangelical United Methodist. We fashioned ourselves a lonely remnant trying to keep true faith alive among the frozen chosen. So if we wanted to be around other charismatics, we had to make field trips. Whenever our televangelist heroes came into town, we would carpool out to the megachurches. At […]
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The power of small groups
Hats off to Kinsi for his hat tip to our congregation’s small group ministry program. If you’ve been thinking about joining a small group, or starting one, it’s well worth the read.
