From Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue by Paul Woodruff:
In our time we hear more praise of irreverence than we do of reverence, especially in the media. That is because we naturally delight in mockery and we love making fun of solemn things. It is not because, in our heart of hearts, we despise reverence. In my view, the media are using the word “irreverent” for qualities that are not irreverent at all. A better way to say what they have in mind would be “bold, boisterous, unrefined, unimpressed by pretension”—all good things. Reverence is compatible with these and with almost every form of mockery… Reverence and a keen eye for the ridiculous are allies: both keep people from being pompous or stuck up.
Fafblog is back!
“But the ape authorities rejected the message of Gorilla Jesus, cause their hearts were hard and their minds were closed and they couldn’t tell what he was sayin cause they were all just a buncha gorillas,” says Giblets.
“And so they tried an convicted Gorilla Jesus of heresy an witchcraft an they sentenced him to death,” says me. “And that’s when the robots attacked.”
Read all about it.
In light of the fact that Chutney heard that two out of three new ministerial candidates are women, Chutney is hereby and forthwith awarding him/herself the following awards:
- 2008 General Assembly Most Congenial Award
- 2008 General Assembly Most Valuable Player Award
- 2008 General Assembly Least Unmasculine Award
Chutney is registered at Crate & Barrel.
Okay, if you’re at GA, no cheating. This one’s for the folks who couldn’t make it.
Here’s the question: Whose GA vendor booth displayed this image across the back of their space? Bonus points for rampant speculation.
I think it is right and mete and good that the eleven people who cheered during the Service of the Living Tradition were executed as part of the benediction. Bastards.
Like any good UU, I do as I’m told.
