UU Related

It's Sunday morning, and I'm not going to church. I've not been to church in weeks and weeks (except a couple of exceptions to see friends preach.) On one hand, I find this curious. I definitely enjoyed going to the church I was going to here in Berkeley, New Spirit Community Church, which I think, actually, is fabulous. I do sometimes go to the Taizé service.

It's kinda funny that I was musing about this - I found out today that Bill Sinkford, President of the UUA, and John Thomas, president of the UCC are going to have a conversation that

I read Scott Well's blog, Boy in the Bands, before I get to Shawn Anthony's LoFi Tribe, so I heard about Shawn's move off of the UU path from Scott. Shawn has left the UU ministerial formation path because of his Christian faith. He left for a very different set of reasons than I did, but he left, nonetheless. Scott is on his way as well.

I went out and got the book today. I wasn't about to sit waiting for it last night, I figured today was soon enough. What book is it? Yes, of course, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. As if you haven't heard enough about it yet. I've read about 10 pages so far, and am looking forward to a quiet evening with it.

Many UU bloggers are talking about the racial incidents at GA. Philocrites, RadicalHapa and others link to the letter from the UUA board.

I just found out that GA will have streaming video of the main events. It doesn't replace being there, but it will be nice to at least be able to see something.

So this is my first year going to GA. There is some great stuff happening, and I am totally excited. Getting to meet folks I've only 'met' in cyberspace, like UU Bloggers and folks on various email lists I'm on. And there are a number of gatherings I'm excited about.