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relevance, theology, UU
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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hymnal, liturgy, UU
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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brown-bag-controversy, fragmentation, inclusionism, theology, typology, universalism, UU
Inclusionism versus universalism: More brown bag…
06.26.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsCarl Scovel laid out a nice typology at his farewell sermon at GA. I missed the sermon, but Ron Robinson does a good job laying it out. Scoven says we’ve got two competing theologies in play in UUism. Universalism focuses on god’s love for all and bends toward radical welcome. Inclusionism focuses on our ability […]
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anti-racism, authenticity, pain, racism, UU
Two very personal views on UU anti-racism
06.26.07 | Permalink | 19 Comments“I am not a racist… and it is not OK to tell me that I am,” says Jamie Goodwin over at Trivium. In fact it is an insult, an attack even, on everything I stand for. While I applaud our work on anti-racism as an organization i find it extremely unfair, and frankly a little […]
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racism, sinkford, UU
What I liked about what Sinkford said about racism
06.23.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on What I liked about what Sinkford said about racismAcknowledging that some of our congregation’s buildings were built with slave trade money. Acknowledging that huge racial diversity just may not be in the cards for us, and that that can be okay if we do other good work. And this: “Many of us thought we were going to solve racism and poverty,” said Sinkford, […]
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