The Rev. Roger Butts points out in his last comment a useful and serious assortment of universal salvation theological links at The Fire and the Rose blog. Universalism in Blogosphere (The Fire and the Rose, D.W. Congdon)
Category: The Daily Scribe
The Churchless God
Stephen Lingwood writes briefly about the paradox in Britain between high level of identification as Christians and low church attendance, and thinks about the alternatives the “alternative churches” (like Unitarianism) are offering. In short people are interested in a church-less God, and Unitarianism is offering a God-less church. He make a good point, and one… Continue reading The Churchless God
Canadian United Church ministers union organizing continues
I coulda swore I blogged about this a couple of years ago, when the idea of United Church of Canada ministers organizing under the Canadian Auto Workers made the newspapers. But I can’t find the post so I guess I didn’t. The ministers then raised a cry about how the felt misused and the church… Continue reading Canadian United Church ministers union organizing continues
Bus prophet sets tone
In Washington, D.C., when you ride a bus, you’re likely to see a letter-sized poster with a biblical passage taped up. They’re always the same (italic bold Times New Roman, landscape) and the passage comes without commentary, making me think this is the work of one person or group. This is a part of the… Continue reading Bus prophet sets tone
Wikipedia: middle judicatory
Working on another entry, so pointing it out to harness the collective consciousness. This is one where a lot of perspectives can help round it out. Middle judicatory
What happened to the Universalists? Demas asks
Demas, of live from thessalonica, asks the doleful “What happened?” question with respect to the Universalists. He intimates a too-close relationship to the Unitarians is the problem but the Universalists had enough institutional problems (ministerial shortages were chronic, for instance) and an inflated sense of self (propagated today in outrageous estimates of Universalist strength) long… Continue reading What happened to the Universalists? Demas asks
IRC to meet, tips
A nice feature of the Progressive Faith Blog Con was the ability to follow what went along on IRC: Internet Relay Chat. (I wish someone had said the IRC logs were being projected into the meeting hall, or I might have been a tad less informal.) I’ve written before on the opportunities available for dispersed… Continue reading IRC to meet, tips