Dear readers: I’m looking for a New Testament and Psalter. A very specific kind, for daily prayer, and I want to know if you’ve seen what I want. This is a bleg: a blog beg. It ought to be: Compact, say smaller than 4×6 inches Hard-bound to survive a book bag, and not leather bound… Continue reading Bleg: a portable NT and psalter
Category: Bible
A project out of General Assembly (for lectionary preachers)
It was a good General Assembly, but for (me, anyway) the soft relationships defy programming. Trust and relationship building, arts of the ministry, stories that shape identity. Evidence about strength and weakness, and a willingness to address both. There was a spirit, and I don’t want to crush it with explanation. It was so good… Continue reading A project out of General Assembly (for lectionary preachers)
So, why readings?
A liturgical thought for Unitarian Universalists and, by extension, not a small number of Christians. Why do we have long readings — often two, sometimes three — in our services? Almost everone in worship is literate; that is, worshippers can read long passages for themselves. These books are in print, Bibles or otherwise. The Mary… Continue reading So, why readings?
Reading list update, January 12
I’ve finished two more books — not on my list — since I last checked in. Relatively shorter and less difficult than what (I think) appeals to me, so I read them without discouragement! William L. Barclay. The Lord’s Supper. (2001, of 1965 ed.) Brief review of the history and meaning of the sacrament, useful… Continue reading Reading list update, January 12
Hungarian Unitarians promoting free and open source software
The website of Hungarian Unitarian church, in Hungary and Transylvanian Romania, points out three free and open source software projects — thank you, Google Translate! I use all three, and recommend them, too. Links to the English software sites follow: OpenOffice.org office productivity suite (though I use the LibreOffice fork more these days) The Sword… Continue reading Hungarian Unitarians promoting free and open source software
New page: “Lectionary and Propers index”
For more than a year, I’ve been typing out the appointed prayers (proper collects) and biblical lessons from two sources — Universalist and “Free Church” — which map the historic Western lectionary. It’s not complete, but I’ve transcribed enough to make it worth it worth indexing them. Follow this link. Like the main project, it will be… Continue reading New page: “Lectionary and Propers index”
Preparation for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929) Second Sunday after Trinity or Third Sunday after Pentecost. O Lord, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love; keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual… Continue reading Preparation for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Preparation for the First Sunday after Pentecost
Also celebrated in some communions as Trinity Sunday. While some Universalists have always been Trinitarians — at least a few — the propers here barely line up. Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929) Trinity Sunday or First Sunday after Pentecost. Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace by the confession… Continue reading Preparation for the First Sunday after Pentecost
Fifth Sunday in Easter preparation
Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929) Fourth Sunday after Easter O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people, that they may love the the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of… Continue reading Fifth Sunday in Easter preparation
Third Sunday of Easter preparation
Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929) Second Sunday after Easter Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life; give us grace that we way always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow… Continue reading Third Sunday of Easter preparation