...and I do mean Merry "Xmas." For an explanation of why I would use such a phrase, when so many people hate it so, see today's entry on my new blog, Another Heretic in the MinistryThe new blog (& blog title) is a subtle reference to my changing role as a minister. As some of you have heard, I recently (3 weeks ago) saw the Ministerial Fellowship ( Read more... )

Hmm, so much for my grand plans to post profound reflections regularly. But now, at least, I have an excuse, because...

...I gotta job! At a church!! Granted, it's not a UU church, but that's good in its own way. Yes, you are now reading the journal of the Youth Minister of Round Grove United Church, the United Church of Christ congregation in ( Read more... )

Ah, the return to seminary. It was good see several friends again, and to get back into the debates--those doctrinal debates that only occur in seminaries where the orthodox find themselves in courses with us liberal religious types. (You Meadville/Lombard and Starr King folk are missing out ( Read more... )

Philocrites is quickly becoming a de facto leader of the small but growing UU weblogging community, and one of the people who inspired me to take up the virtual mantle of blogging about our liberal faith. (He's also a former GA roommate of mine; it's good to hear from him more often through his blog.) As a journalist and editor, many of his ( Read more... )

We stood in the darkness, lit only by two rows of tiki torches. These stretched from us to the other, younger group we faced but barely saw. In the darkness, between the torches and the lake, sat a couple hunderd Unitarian Universalist adults and youth. They watched as about 20 youth, ages 17 and 18 (in one special case, 15) marked their ( Read more... )

Perhaps this will be the motivation to reflect more regularly on life, faith, and other meaningful subjects. This will have to wait, however, until after SWUUSI, which starts tomorrow. Until then, take some time to explore World Prayers, an uneven but often inspiring collection of prayers and meditations from various religious and secular