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But is it snake bite relevant?
08.04.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments“Is UU history relevant?” seems to be the question of the hour. I want to add a word of caution. Relevance isn’t a project. It isn’t something you prove or disprove. To say that coming from the other direction, if you have to prove something is relevant, it isn’t relevant. Modern Christianity raged with the […]
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Don’t kill my abandoned rail yard!
08.02.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Don’t kill my abandoned rail yard!Looks like they’re going to put in a power station in my favorite plot of un(der) developed land in Atlanta. But the neighborhood is working to keep the beautifully busted up buildings intact and is asking for real planning before the whole area is super-developed.
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Welcome: Gift giving or justice making?
08.02.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsWhy do we welcome the stranger? Seems to me there are two types of motivations: mercy and justice. Merciful welcomers focus on the giving of gifts. For them, welcome is an expression of the abundance of life. It’s a matter of generosity. They give because they have been given much. At its worst, merciful welcome […]
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ATLBloggers, UU
Deer hunting with Jesus, and more
08.01.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsJoe Bageant just posted a six-page excerpt of Deer Hunting With Jesus. Go nab it. There’s also a link to several dozen PDFs of his essays.
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Look what just landed on my desk
07.31.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Look what just landed on my deskI don’t know how rare this is (Scott?), but our librarian just dropped a copy of the 1935 Beacon Song and Service Book on my desk. I’m really enjoying thumbing through it. It’s a shame Singing the Living Tradition doesn’t have some short orders of worship in it. I miss that from the UMC’s hymnal […]
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ATLBloggers, UU
Richard Dawkins wants to get to know you better
07.26.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsHonestly, this is too much. Professional atheist Richard Dawkins has started a social network for atheists on his own website, at richarddawkins.net/social. Okay, I get it that someone wants to start a social network for atheists. Not a bad idea. Why not? But putting it on your own, named domain as a subdirectory? Doesn’t exactly […]
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