As to the current controversies, I have little new to add, so I'll just recycle some old quotes. About the disaffiliated independent affiliates- don't do anything to make them feel not wanted. I said this in another context, and I believe it still applies: "... if all the UU Christians and UU Pagans left, the average age of the average congregation would approach triple digits, and the membership list would drop down to double digits- and half of them would be Buddhist."
About the brown bag controversy- this quote from another context sums it up well for me: "... and the UUA plays more with rhetoric than any other denomination I’m aware of. If the UUA could be considered to have a central doctrine at all, it would be that controling the rhetoric controls the reality."
So goodbye for now, and assuming I don't die on the table, I hope to be back blogging regularly in one-to weeks. Thanks, friends.
UPDATE
I'm told that both operations were successful! Recovery mode, full speed ahead!
3 comments:
Umm...Wow.
Don't die.
You're in my thoughts.
CC
Dear Joel, you are in my prayers and my heart. Be Blessed.
Ms. Kitty
Joel, I'm so glad to hear that your surgery was successful. Indeed, full speed ahead to recovery!
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