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Liberal THEOLOGY IS NOT for the faint of heart–essay
My colleague Jay Atkinson, now retired from our ministry, has long been a minister-scholar. Last August he held a UUSS group spellbound as he charted the origins and subsequent development of our li… more →
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Liberal THEOLOGY IS NOT for the faint of heart--essay
wrote 3 months ago: My colleague Jay Atkinson, now retired from our ministry, has long been a minister-scholar. Last Au … more →
A Changing Church in a Changing World: Final Post, Final Questions: Surviving or Serving? Growth or Hospitality?
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wrote 4 months ago: In 1985 I was 24, in a new city (Springfield, Illinois) and in a first job in a new career. In retr … more →
Are We Protestant? Is this “Christian” Faith Formation Research Relevant to the UUA?
wrote 4 months ago: To see the big picture means learning about the context in which we are working, to see ourselves an … more →
Navigating the Road Ahead: With Anxiety or Humility?
wrote 4 months ago: Presbyterian seminary professor Michael Jinkins describes the pejorative attitudes and stereotyping … more →
Emerging Adulthood and Younger Adults: Trends & Forces Affecting the Future of Faith-Formation: A Changing Church in a Changing World—Trends #7 and #8
wrote 4 months ago: For Trend #7, Faith Formation 2020 describes the trend of “emerging adulthood,” which means that “th … more →
The Rise of the Religiously Unaffiliated: Threat, Opportunity, or Not So New? – Post 2 of 2
wrote 4 months ago: This is a continued post on the nuances of lower church participation and what Molly Worthen says is … more →
The Rise of the Religiously Unaffiliated: Threat, Opportunity, or Not So New? – Post 1 of 2
wrote 4 months ago: In her New York Times opinion article “One Nation Under God?” (Dec. 22, 2012), Molly Worthen … more →
The Changing Religious Landscape includes Declining Attendance in the UUA
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wrote 5 months ago: Faith Formation 2020 cites “a steady decline in the number of people attending worship and par … more →
A UU church's new 8:30 am worship service for atheists--in Tulsa
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wrote 5 months ago: Last Sunday an usher gave me a long newspaper clipping from the Tulsa World, with an article about h … more →
Installation Preview: What About the Music?
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wrote 7 months ago: These are notes from the order of service. At this time I am not sure which song we’ll sing as … more →
Gifted minister appointed professor of UU history at our UU seminary in Berkeley
wrote 11 months ago: Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie has been teaching UU history, polity and ministry for Starr King School … more →
Introduction to Unitarian Universalism and UUSS
wrote 11 months ago: What is Unitarian Universalism now? 1. An association of 1,048 autonomous congregations in t … more →
Revelation Is Not Sealed--Liberal Religion and a Multiplicity of Revelations
wrote 11 months ago: The keystone of liberal religion–whether it be Unitarian Universalism or another liberal relig … more →
Unitarian Church in Transylvania from 1568 to the present
wrote 11 months ago: Tuesday, May 29, in the Connection Central Lobby and UUSS Library · 1568 to the present: Slide … more →
SERMON from 3/25/12--Roller-Coaster Ride on Sierra Blvd: Our Congregation’s History—the Last 50 Years
wrote 1 year ago: Part 2 of a 2-part series given at the Unitarian Universalist Society Sacramento, CA Shared Offeri … more →
How Did We Get Here? Our Congregation’s History-- Sermon for February 19, 2012
wrote 1 year ago: Unitarian Universalist Society Sacramento, CA Hymns: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing; Come, Sing a … more →
"Spiritual But Not Religious" -- UU Sermon -- January 22, 2012
wrote 1 year ago: January 22, 2012 … more →
What are the largest groups of Unitarians and Universalists in the World?
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wrote 1 year ago: Greetings from another day of the biennial meeting of the International Council of Unitarians and Un … more →
TERM PAPER APPENDIX 4 (finally!)--Reflections on Our Colonial Involvement and Our Post-Colonial Distance
wrote 1 year ago: [If you just got here or stumbled into this blog, this is the last installment of sections fr … more →
