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Throw yourself like seed: April 2012
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Throw yourself like seed. Going against the flow. Tuesday, 17 April 2012. A testimonial from Christina Smith. Presented at the Unitarian General Assembly meetings, April, 2012:. My name is Christina Smith and I am a lay person at Belper Chapel in Derbyshire. 15 years ago, when I was living in New York and raising 4 children, I was looking for something. That reflected my own values and would help me underpin these values for my children in a place. Because I know how important it is for families today to...
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Throw yourself like seed: November 2012
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Throw yourself like seed. Going against the flow. Sunday, 18 November 2012. The rhino and the giraffe - a story about division and unity. The following is an original story by me. I hereby grant free and unlimited rights to use and modify this story so long as it is credited appropriately. - Andy Pakula. And so it was that a young male rhino and a young female giraffe bumped right into one another in a small jungle clearing. Said the young rhino. "Hello to you! After a while, they heard the mother rhino ...
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A Dissenting Voice.: God-Given Moments of Opportunity
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A British Unitarian shares his views on all manner of religious, social and political issues. Unconventional and honest. Tuesday, 6 March 2012. God-Given Moments of Opportunity. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place but thou and thy father's house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? She chose well, but do we? The other woman should have been looking where she...
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Worship should be broad. And deep. But broad. | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. Worship should be broad. And deep. But broad. On February 6, 2012. It’s my d. Ay off after FUSE. And I’m supposed to be working on the refresh the Inquirer website. Which I promise I will do more on this evening.) But, I’ve spent an hour or more catching up on blog posts talking about the state of UU-ism (like this. And thinking that British Unitarianism is not like that. At least not for me. On feminine aspects of the divine. Beca...
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It’s not all about the inner journey | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. It’s not all about the inner journey. On July 18, 2011. Day, I travelled over 100 miles (in each direction) to attend a workshop given by Peacebang. Was it worth it? No But then, nor did I expect it to be. It wasn’t at all billed as something worth travelling a hundred miles for. As frequently happens, I found myself disagreeing. Sort of. What does it mean to have a vocation? Worship should be broad. And deep. But broad. Still I am one.
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Worship that’s missing | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. On June 13, 2011. Over the last few months, there has been some coverage in The Inquirer of the idea that we Unitarians do not do ‘joy’ in our worship. Almost inevitably, this has lead to backlash from others who like our worship just the way it is. I think that misses the point. We do some kinds of worship well:. Traditional non-conformist worship with heterodox Christian theology. Alternative and inclusive communion services. Unitari...
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Talking about God – and not god | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. Talking about God – and not god. On October 30, 2010. I was at Buyan. Last month, and we had a Quaker visitor, Mark. He explained to us about Quakers, ran a listening activity and then helped us with a short Quaker meeting for worship. It was all excellent he was a great ambassador for the Religious Society of Friends, and it was a calm, peaceful way to spend the morning. The conversation moved on to whether there’s a similar ten...
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Worship that’s missing | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. On June 13, 2011. Over the last few months, there has been some coverage in The Inquirer of the idea that we Unitarians do not do ‘joy’ in our worship. Almost inevitably, this has lead to backlash from others who like our worship just the way it is. I think that misses the point. We do some kinds of worship well:. Traditional non-conformist worship with heterodox Christian theology. Alternative and inclusive communion services. Unitari...
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What do you think of campus ministry? | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. What do you think of campus ministry? On May 5, 2011. It’s funny when you investigate a new blog, you always end up semi-stalking them and posting comments on lots of posts. Or at least I do. I’ve just been reading Boy in the Bands. He’s an American who’s recently been posting about our British Unitarian growth plans. I think it started with Helping the British Unitarians and Free Christians. But there’s also:. Think about the audience.
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Think about the audience | Live Unitarian-ly
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Committed to freedom, reason and tolerance. Or at least trying to be. Think about the audience. On January 31, 2011. It’s quite hard to be excited about January. But, on the upside, I’ve started preparing my workshop for the UCCN weekend. I’m doing the Friday night session, which is all about audience. That’s true whether we’re communicating through letter to editors, posters, bumper stickers, sermons or our welcome at the door. We need to tell people what we can offer them. I think this needs optimi...
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