Friday, April 20, 2012

We believe in one another! Ethical Christians, Humanist and Pantheist et al.

and Mysticts too.

After studying different religions, the Seekers passed out a survey to the congregation one Sunday morning. One of the questions asked which of the following best fits your beliefs now.

The Pie chart shows the results.

Please note: the pie chart is a link to Sugarloaf Religious Education (RE) Current Updates...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

I believe in thee!!





I lost this picture and now I have found it again... I carried it on my crap tech phone... I put it here for safe keeping... I also offer it to the traffic gods... Oh wait this might actually be a traffic god...
A black and red dashboard robot...

speaking of crap tech here's a blog: ixnay on the ipod in praise of crap technology...

What Unitarian Universalist Believe by Seeker Roy

This is a great essay by Roy on his blog "Mythopoetic Seeking".

Here's an excerpt:

"I’ve recently come full circle through the discovery of an anecdote shared by Sophia Lyon Fahs as a preliminary remark to a talk she gave about the natural religious impulses of humans. She related that she had given a talk to a group of Quakers, and that after the talk one of the Quaker gentlemen had said to her “I don’t believe a word thee said this evening, but I believe in thee.” Reverend Fahs said that through this affirmation she “discovered in an unforgettable way what it means to be a true Quaker.” When I read the anecdote I immediately thought “You can’t beat that, you just can’t.” For me, if there is a religion that is Unitarian Universalism this is it. “I believe in thee.” “We believe in one another.” And if a day ever comes when every human being on the planet, in their heart of hearts, looks into the face of every other and says “I believe in thee”, then the Messiah really HAS come, and that sweet sound you hear in the rustling of the branches nearby really is the angels singing “Hallelujah”."

Read more......

The comments are nice too...

I googled around and found that mythopoetic means:

1. Of or relating to the making of a myth or myths.
2. Relating to or denoting a movement for men that uses activities such as storytelling and poetry reading as a means of self-understanding.

It is a word created by J. R. Tolkien. WOW...

Roy is our esteemed Storyteller...

Monday, April 09, 2012

Speaking of herding cats: Annual Congregational Meeting May 20th 12pm to 2pm

E pluribus meowum

Sugarloaf Annual Congregational Meeting: Members Please Plan to Attend and be prepared to Listen, Move, Discuss and Vote...

Sunday, April 08, 2012

You can lead a horse to water

butterfly from wikipedia

but you can't make it turn into a butterfly...

that takes practice, practice, practice...

we've got butterflies, birds, unquenched and quenched horses, lilies, and flying pigs around here...

This is yet another attempt at describing Unitarian Universalism...

regardless of what anyone says about herding cats...