The Southern Baptists passed a resolution passive-aggressively condemning “certain people … for divisive and destructive rhetoric at the expense of peace among the brethren.†Because the moderates took back the Southern Baptist presidency through a blogger-based campaign, this carries a certain edge to it. We UU bloggers are a polite bunch, I have to say. […]
The Christian blog Pyromaniacs call the UUA’s Time magazine ad campaign an act of self-parody. I’m pretty critical of these things as they go, but I can’t go that far with this one. (Hat tip to Chamblee54.)
For everyone I’ve talked to about this. No deep reflections just yet. But I’ll say it did go over very well at a prospective member class this past weekend. (Hat tip to Yet Another UU for the link.)
I am a very happy OU fan this week (take that, Texas!), but I thought I could still point to this article about UUs in Athens, GA, home of the University of Georgia.
Using the names of deities for spontaneous exclamations of frustration and delight has a long and storied history. When I was a Christian, even though it was considered in poor taste, I felt my shouts of “Jesus Christ!!” were respectful and reverent in a round about way. I didn’t think Jesus would mind, and if […]
Peacebang asked some great questions about ministering to single folk a few days back. I’ve been chewing on it since. Growing up evangelical, I saw a lot of singles ministries come and go. Many, maybe most, fell into the traps that Peacebang lays out so well, but I don’t think they’re so different that we […]