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nerd-party, UU, welcome
Are UUs freaks and geeks?
08.18.07 | Permalink | 14 Comments

This one from the wife: Are we a movement that attracts more outsiders than most? Or as frequent commenter 4alarm puts it, are we a nerd party?
hospitality, justice, mercy, uuism, welcome
Welcome: Gift giving or justice making?
08.02.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Why 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 […]
community, embrace, miroslav-volf, sermon, welcome
Sermon uploaded: The spirituality of welcome
06.10.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I preached this morning for the first time in years, and I had a ball. I just posted the sermon over at Open the Doors. Go have a gander and let me know what you think. New: The mp3 file is up here.
hospitality, hypocrisy, uus, welcome
We don’t do that sort of thing here
12.08.05 | Permalink | 14 Comments

Peacebang on Unitarian hypocrisy: We’re just as fallen as any religious movement. We billed ourselves as the saviors, the reformers, the ones who would purify the church, and we failed. We just don’t see it, because the ways we have tunnel vision are so in sync with so much of liberal, secular culture, we have […]