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Sources of authority
Seems to me there are two sources of authority for religious professionals. There is delegational or positional authority, which carries with it the power accorded it by the congregation’s officialdom. And then consensual authority, which is the authority granted by real live congregants, individually and collectively. You must have both to do your job. Work […]
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What to ask a bishop
02.11.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on What to ask a bishopSo I was talking to my cousin tonight, and somehow we ended up talking about my majoring in religion in college. I told him that I called the bishop up during my senior year of high school to ask what I should major in if I wanted to go on to seminary and be a […]
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What if everyone boycotted GA?
02.07.08 | Permalink | 17 CommentsIt looks like one of the UUA trustees is boycotting GA because of the ID requirements for entering the convention center. Here’s a question for those boycotting GA: Do you think everyone should boycott GA? Is the ID requirement so egregious that all UUs should cancel GA themselves by voting with their feet and not […]
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ATLBloggers, UU
I used to work for the guy saving Oral Roberts University
Talk to Action has a great article up highlighting the role that Mart Green is playing in wresting control of Oral Roberts University away from its founding family. He’s given $70 million, and he’s using his leverage to completely redo the way things are done at ORU. And I used to work for him.
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ATLBloggers, UU
Why are so many UUs for Obama?
02.03.08 | Permalink | 14 CommentsI’ve noticed a lot of Obama endorsements in the UU blogosphere these past few days. Why so many? Because Obama speaks our language: aspirational humanism. We believe that words of hope change things; similar words are spoken from UU pulpits each Sunday. But it’s more than his rhetoric. It’s his argument that the rhetoric of […]
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ATLBloggers, UU
Vote early
and often02.02.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe wife and I went to vote early yesterday, thinking it would take us less time than if we waited until Tuesday. Oops. We got there to find the line to get in line coming out the door into the parking lot. The line itself had to have snaked at least a good city block […]
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