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LiturgyGeek: August 2010
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Friday, August 13, 2010. Dear friends, I am off to Costa Rica for the next month, living with a host family and learning Spanish. I am only slightly terrified, as I know about 40 words in Spanish and won't know anyone in this program. And my darling Backbencher and I will be apart for the whole month. If you live in the area, please ply him with food and drinks in my absence. Wednesday, August 04, 2010.
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LiturgyGeek: January 2011
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Monday, January 31, 2011. Stories Told and Untold. I listened to this woman share her anger and frustration. I listened as she shared sorrowful family history – a few generations back – that helped to form her pro-choice convictions to this day. In the midst of my anger and frustration, I began to think. I wondered, Was there room in this worship service for these women? And if not, why not? How many peo...
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LiturgyGeek: February 2011
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Required Reading: A Year of Visiting Churches. Go check out this blog. By a man who's visiting all the religious communities in his neighborhood over the coming year. He recently went to an MCC church and found that the people there were less like. And more like those seeking to know God's will and live in God's grace. Thursday, February 10, 2011. 2 We work to feed the hungry ...
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LiturgyGeek: Ah, Vestments
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Monday, November 14, 2011. It's not often I get asked to do stuff like write prayers to the four directions or to incorporate smudging in our congregational life. (More's the pity, I think.) Asperging - sure. Smudging? The wedding was fabulous. The brides were radiant, and the liturgy we'd crafted together happened beautifully. The Spirit was alive and celebrating with us! I slipped out of the reception ...
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LiturgyGeek: September 2010
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. In Which I Come Out as a Pacifist Hippie. And perhaps a disappointment to my father, who spent 20 years in the Army and more than 2 additional decades as a military consultant.*. Our government celebrates those who kill "the enemy.". I kid He's proud of my ability to think independently and come to my own conclusions, even when we disagree. For my part, if anyone had to d...
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LiturgyGeek: January 2014
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Wednesday, January 29, 2014. It's a little hard to believe that's been nearly two years since I've last blogged. TL;DR Had a kid, moved for a new job. Reliable, awesome public transportation; getting to do really interesting work engaging with all different kinds of ministers in the UCC; travel; getting to revise the Manual on Ministry (! I hope to write here more regularly in 2014. It's not a resolu...
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LiturgyGeek: December 2011
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Wednesday, December 14, 2011. The Thing About Iowa. So, some professor at the University of Iowa wrote an article. Because, brother, it can't be both. He's been threatened and supposedly is a little afraid for his life now. I have mock a little bit - surely he can't think these rural farmers too afraid to use the interstate or even leave their little counties are REALLY out to get him, can he? But even s...
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LiturgyGeek: The Religious Institute Needs Your Help
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Friday, March 02, 2012. The Religious Institute Needs Your Help. So, I don't do this very often, but I feel strongly enough about the work of the organization I'm going to write about to make a financial appeal to you, dear readers. Would you be willing to donate $5, $25, $50, $100 or even $500 to them? And then give as you are moved to give. The work they do is urgent. The need they face is crit...Shock...
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LiturgyGeek: March 2012
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A blog about liturgy, faith, snark, beagles, and whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully mostly liturgy. Friday, March 02, 2012. The Religious Institute Needs Your Help. So, I don't do this very often, but I feel strongly enough about the work of the organization I'm going to write about to make a financial appeal to you, dear readers. Would you be willing to donate $5, $25, $50, $100 or even $500 to them? And then give as you are moved to give. The work they do is urgent. The need they face is crit...I'm a...
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Tara Lake: Saheela Ibraheem: A Lesson in Possibilities for America's Kids
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Monday, June 13, 2011. Saheela Ibraheem: A Lesson in Possibilities for America's Kids. Photo Credit: MadameNoire.com. While I haven't been posting lately, I have been thinking a great deal about education, what the community's role has to be in our (often) unspoken promise to nurture young minds for the future, and what it means to commit to that mission. In recent weeks, I came across the story of Saheela Ibraheem. Like so many, I was elated to hear this great report about the future scientist. Whose pa...