With there being somewhere in the neighborhood of 13,000 UU blogs—each with at least that many posts a year—it makes it so much easier to nominate you for UU Blog Awards for individual posts if you put up a list of your own favorites. Plus, it gets your favorite posts a second read.
Post proudly.
Blog nominations are being accepted for the 2008 UU Blog Awards until Sunday. Go nominate some folks.
Here are my own favorites for the year. It’s always funny looking over my posts for the year. It reminds me of where I’ve been in my life and surprises me at how much can change.
1. Anecdotes & Narratives
» How My Curse Was Lifted. A conversation with my dad that changed my life.
» 12 Things I’ve Learned Since Being Diagnosed with Bipolar. Let the record show I was bipolar before it was cool.
» Faith Healing That Works. A reflection from this recovering Methodistacostal on what healing means for Unitarian Universalists.
» Is the Dalai Lama Really Kenny from Southpark? I was there, and I know the answer. Click to continue reading “Time for UU blog award nominations”
Here are two ideas for a tagline for a UU congregation. Whether you’re UU or not, which one do you like better?
Thank you!
Though I’m not ordinarily a Paula fan, I’m taking lessons from Paula tonight.
To the rude, obnoxious guy, she said, “You’ve got personality.” To the nervous girl, she said, “I’m concerned that your nerves held back your performance.” To the woman who wouldn’t leave the room, she said, “I love your confidence.”
It was clear what she meant, but it didn’t feel passive-aggressive. I thought she was kindly telling the truth, even while she was firmly telling them no not ever.
This adds a completely new dimension to the Civil Rights era:
Speaking at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. launched the civil rights movement, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday called for unity to overcome America’s “moral deficit.”
In a visit steeped in symbolism — coming a day before the King holiday — Obama evoked the civil rights leader’s legacy to a packed house of 2,000 mostly black worshippers.
“Before there was King the icon and his ‘magnificent dream,’ there was King the young preacher and a a people who found themselves suffering under the yolk of oppression,” Obama said.
I wondered why Obama’s speeches always make me hungry. I guess his yolk is easy and his burden light.
