tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post174841064987860387..comments2023-05-16T08:21:43.605-06:00Comments on iMinister: Slacker-BloggerChristine Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622244158872449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-66500378236272796432008-03-02T08:41:00.000-07:002008-03-02T08:41:00.000-07:00Good question, Kim. I'll post about what I've lea...Good question, Kim. I'll post about what I've learned.Christine Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622244158872449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-1062550475281851412008-03-01T22:37:00.000-07:002008-03-01T22:37:00.000-07:00What does a "contemporary service" look like?What does a "contemporary service" look like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-84923085106621077372008-02-12T15:09:00.000-07:002008-02-12T15:09:00.000-07:00Despite my high involvement (or because of?), I ca...Despite my high involvement (or because of?), I can say that I was discontent with YRUU, but that I differentiated between district level and the local youth group, with which I rarely encountered trouble, whose activities seem the least vulnerable from this new development. And certainly, YRUU had some of the same failings of LRY, and it is very tricky to balance the good of continental community with degeneration into activities threatening to both the church image, the church community, and the participants themselves. Reform is good; the frustration stems from the perceived heavy-handedness and from the disempowering notions that entails. But, I say too much, and I've already said more on the other post.<BR/>Thanks for the thought into the issue, and for the time from the busy life as minister to a UU megachurch (or are we scared of that moniker)?<BR/><BR/>In faithKelsey Athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530487540461606153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-25757504651235747432008-02-12T11:57:00.000-07:002008-02-12T11:57:00.000-07:00Yes we're up to 730 members at the moment...that o...Yes we're up to 730 members at the moment...that over 50% growth since 2001. Makes one dizzy!<BR/><BR/>As to YRUU, it's always hard when things change, and hard when things one has benefited from are somehow declared to be lacking for others. I'd be angry, too, I think, if I had been a happy YRUU'er. (I wasn't of course. Nor was I a happy LRY'er. I went straight from sunday school to the adult choir, gladly passing the LRY group which was into sex and dope in my neck of the woods..and most other places. <BR/><BR/>More in my next post.Christine Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622244158872449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-15732039418761400592008-02-12T10:56:00.000-07:002008-02-12T10:56:00.000-07:00We Universalists are a forgiving lot, so no worrie...We Universalists are a forgiving lot, so no worries about your abscence from the Blogosphere. And FUCA is still growing? At this rate, might as well experiment, since it seems impossible to go down in size, and the worst outcome of slowed growth looks like it may well be a pleasant respite.<BR/><BR/>As for re-thinking, it's what the faith is asking of us today, as evidenced by the current situation with YRUU.<BR/><BR/>In faithKelsey Athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530487540461606153noreply@blogger.com