June 2005 Archives

How does one become a blogger? Get a blog set up, define its theme and select a main topic that make sense to you. And begin writing entries! Simple!

What has prevented me from doing this in the past?

Well the software was somewhat problematic,
and I am always being distracted by this and that.

But mainly it is the public nature of the act of posting a web log.

Yet, I preach 36 times a year,
and speak in public at least that many times in addition.
But I seem to have "permission" for those public utterances.

I must be bold, write on theology and social justice
and other topics that interest me. I must write at least twice a week.
This will be for me a new ministry.
A ministry of writing, and building community
among those who would engage
in the deepening of religious liberalism,
and the transformation of Unitarian Universalism.

Native Americans dance for the renewal of community.
Let blogging be my dance!

The Service of the Living Tradition is a service in which the ministers who have passed away are honored, the ministers who are retiring are celebrated, and the new ministers who are receiving preliminary and final fellowship are greeted. Here is a friend from Andover Newton Theological School, who is receiving her final fellowship.

The chalice at General Assembly helps to give a religious center to the deliberations of the delegates. In the Assembly we collaborate to give expression to our religious and moral values.

I have tried to set up a web log before, but working with the weblog support called Typepad has made the work so much easier.  I highly recommend it.  I have been working for four hours and I am just about ready to begin serious posting, and letting people know that the web log exists.

Check it out at www.webpad.com.

I feel called to begin this weblog following the General Assembly just concluded in Fort Worth, Texas.  The music and worship was great, and the message of gathering to the Unitarian Universalists was significant.  We went beyond the "language of reverence" and began to explore the potential of being really engaged in a spirituality of transformation and renewal.  In the coming weeks, I will post several reflections on some of the significant developments for our faith coming out of Fort Worth.

I am hoping that this is the beginning of a new tradition. Download 1029k.jpg