So, regular readers know I think book buying is over-rated, and that there are real costs to maintaining a library past buying the books themselves. Plus, for the ministers, nothing gives away when and how you were educated than a study library’s shelves. Better — I think — to keep the library light. It is… Continue reading PDF_library on del.icio.us
Category: Theology
Prophet, Priest and King
Prophet, Priest, and King is the usual description of Christ’s tripartite office. Prophet and king have come up in blogging lately — including Clyde Grubbs’s timely entry on not choosing prophets — but I’ve not added my piece both because of wrist conservation, and because I’m meditating on the “missing” priest part. No public ideas,… Continue reading Prophet, Priest and King
“No longer my UU”
The titular lament — or one much like it — is so common that it might be the theological core the Commission on Appraisal is looking for. Since a theological core (or lack thereof) and Unitarian Universalist family and housekeeping issues make up a running theme of this blog, I won’t labor it here. Philocrites… Continue reading “No longer my UU”
Why am I always Calvin?
There’s one of those fill-in-the-dots quizzes out there to see which theologian one’s most like. I can’t say the Calvin result shocked me, so long as its taken with a grain of salt. After all, I doubt he would have liked me. Oddly enough, I find it rather affirming for given Universalist (and Unitarian) origins,… Continue reading Why am I always Calvin?
DIY metaphysics: mind-mapping software
Ages ago I promised a very, very patient person that I would try and construct a Universalist Christian metanarrative in aid of a new Universalist ecclesiology and mission. That hasn’t happened yet. But imagine my ears perking up when — several weeks ago — I saw a reference to a piece of software with the… Continue reading DIY metaphysics: mind-mapping software
Trinity
While I hold fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association, and formerly held unitarian theology, I am a trinitarian Universalist. I can (and have) said the Nicene Creed without bursting into flames or rueing my hypocrisy. There are a few of us, and perhaps to the scandal of the UU rank-and-file, more than would be guessed.… Continue reading Trinity
Look over there
The more I read and nose around — for what, fifteen years now? — the clearer it is that the locus of universalist theology is among the Evangelicals and in no way among the Unitarian Universalists, or even in the mainline. (Oddly enough, the conversation around Universalism is validating after years of being painted with… Continue reading Look over there
What I’m reading: May 2005
It seems such a folly to have spent so much to collect books only to let them yellow. (Not that I’ve stopped. Just won a 1799 collection of William Vidler’s works on eBay.) Time to blog a tad less and read a tad more. Here’s what I’ve pulled from the shelf. David J. Bosch. Transforming… Continue reading What I’m reading: May 2005
“Grizzly” Georgian blogs on “If Grace Is True”
Darrell Grizzle, of Marietta, Georgia, is writing about the universalist book If Grace Is True and Universalism (“The Universality of God’s Love“) at his blog, Blog of the Grateful Bear. He also refers to a theological outline that includes Universalism (universal salvation) and other theories of salvation and the atonement. It looks really good. From… Continue reading “Grizzly” Georgian blogs on “If Grace Is True”
Reorienting adult faith formation
Dan Harper in his blog recently made some comments about shifting from the customary way of offering a selection of adult courses (not unlike a community college) to a model where goals are established in advance. This is right, of course. Unitarian Universalism shares an unfortunate trait with much of the genteel end of Protestantism… Continue reading Reorienting adult faith formation