a special message from Lydia's mom

[dragonladyflame]

The following is from Mom. Our Unitarian church has its community take charge of summer services while the minister is away at another church.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lydia's Mom
Date: 31-Jul-2007 08:30
Subject: need help thinking about a church service
To: Lydia

You may remember that I organize the summer services each

Comments

[crywolf]

This is not about dividing things into categories, but the exercise made me think of the following story

[joaniechachi]

I heard that with one more thing at the end: 12 ounces of beer still fit after everything else!

[dvitol]

I totally want to meet your mother.

[miketodd13]

red/non-red (that could be mine)

You are definitely your mother's child.

As to the question, I would have a tendency to take the "two categories" thing and apply it to religions that believe they are the only way. To most Christians, you are grouped into Christian/non-Christian. Same for Muslims, and probably a few others, too. (Or maybe that's too critical for a Unitarian church -- admittedly I've not yet been to a service.)

Then perhaps blend into it the point that categorizations are artificial. Just because a lipstick case and a cell phone are both red, doesn't mean that they're much alike at all. In categorizing things broadly, we tend to lose the individual merits of the things in each category. The exceptions to the rule, the diamonds in the rough. Provide examples of people in history that stood out among the category that people put them in.

I could go on for pages, but I'm not sure if that sort of thing was even what she was looking for. So I'll just leave it at that. :)

[spareme]

coming or going

your mother's sign-off made me smile

[balthial]

Reminds me of my Mom.

Also, Unitarianism. Woah.