I’m in Fort Lauderdale through Monday attending General Assembly. I am also volunteering a few hours each day (registration is free if you volunteer), working at the registration table. It’s fun, and I’ve met plenty of nice people. I’m actualy using a registration computer to write this post. We’re not so busy today, and there’s [...]
Archive for June, 2008
First Impressions of General Assembly
Posted in 26709 on June 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Let The Mystery Be
Posted in 26709 on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a song that was actually written by Iris. Awesome lyrics. It’s a real UU type tune.
In Spite of Ourselves
Posted in 26709 on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK, so my next post will be from Fort Lauderdale. A good friend sent me a link to an Iris Dement song on YouTube, and it sent me mulling over the rest of her stuff there. Check out one of my favorites above. Warning: It’s a little earthy in parts.
Victims of Identity
Posted in 26709 on June 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This is my take on our need for bias crime legislation in the Hoosier state. It was also my sermon on Sunday. Watch all this week, as I’ll be posting from the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale. See you then!
According to the FBI, which tracks statistics on bias crime, a bias or hate crime is [...]
Science and Religion: Oil and Water or Birds of a Feather?
Posted in 26709 on June 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The discussion this Sunday was promising and hopeful. Hope you enjoy the sermon and readings.
Einstein said, “Science without religion is lame; Religion without science is blind.” But the two have been blinding and maiming each other for a long, long time.
Pope Urban VIII got in one of religion’s most famous blows against science. As the [...]
The Same People
Posted in 26709 on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Check out this great Newsweek article. Here’s a quote:
One of the most transformative social movements over our lifetime has been the battle for gay rights, and the key to its great success has been the grass-roots phenomenon of exploding stereotypes by simply saying, “Yes, I am.” Each time the woman at the next desk or [...]
