REPOSTED FROM 2009 Today is the first of the Twelve Days of Thanksgiving: Diversity Sunday! While Diversity Sunday may not be as important as Remembrance Thursday or Harvest Thursday itself, this introduction to the celebration is vital to the full vision of Thanksgiving, as we remember that good things come to our lives through meetings. [...]
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The First Day of Thanksgiving – Diversity Sunday
Posted in holidays, tagged christianity, diversity, harvest, thanksgiving, unitarianism on 14 November 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Celibacy, Catholic Sex Crimes, and Trinitarianism
Posted in teachings, tagged arianism, catholic sex scandal, celibacy, christianity, council of constantinople, council of nicaea, doctrine of the trinity, edict of thessalonica, emperor constantine, emperor theodosius, hosius of cordoba, jesus christ, pedophilia, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, roman catholic, sexual abuse, trinitarianism, trinity, unitarianism on 29 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Reform Unitarianism feels a particularly close kinship with the Roman Catholic Church, despite that it is the institution that adopted the apostasy of Trinitarianism. Roman Catholicism retains the sense of the ancient pedigree of Christianity, which more recent off-shoots (which nevertheless imagine themselves reformatory) fail to project. This is why it pains us to witness [...]
Notional American Unitarian Reform Church No. 8
Posted in teachings, tagged arianism, arius, catholics, christian, church, isaac newton, trinitarian, unitarianism on 1 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the eighth in a series of light-hearted signs for hypothetical American Unitarian Reform churches, created using an online image generator. We hope to show a range of attitudes and ideas all possible within the scope of AUR. The sign for today’s notional church, St. Arius of Africa, presents an interesting take on the [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. – American Prophet
Posted in idiom, teachings, Virtues, tagged christianity, gandhi, martin luther king jr., monotheism, moral law, unitarianism on 18 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is quite appropriate that the (actual) birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. falls on the 9th Day of Defiance in the AUR calendar, in the middle of Nika Week commemorating when competing factions stood together against oppression in the Byzantine Empire, just as multiracial crowds gathered before Dr. King stood together against Jim Crow [...]
Andrew, Advent, and Annunciation
Posted in holidays, Thursday worship, tagged advent, annunciation, christ, christian, christianity, christmas, creche, disciple, jesus, nativity scene, st. andrew, unitarian, unitarianism on 29 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Reform celebrates the transition from November to December with the feast of St. Andrew on November 30th (honoring the first disciple of Jesus) and Advent/Annunciation on December 1st. This differs significantly from other Christian traditions, which celebrate Advent four Sundays before Christmas, and celebrate the Annunciation (the day on which Mary was told by [...]
Notional American Unitarian Reform Church No. 6
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christianity, church sign, islam, judaism, monotheism, reform unitarian, Thursday worship, unitarianism on 22 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the sixth in a series of light-hearted signs for hypothetical American Unitarian Reform churches, created using an online image generator. I hope to show a range of attitudes and ideas all possible within the scope of AUR. The sign for today’s notional church, Unity Christian, announces guest speakers from other faiths for Harvest [...]
Notional American Unitarian Reform Church No. 5
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christianity, church sign, declaration of independence, jubilee, july 4th, reform unitarian, Thursday worship, unitarianism on 2 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the fifth in a series of light-hearted signs for hypothetical American Unitarian Reform churches, created using an online image generator. I hope to show a range of attitudes and ideas all possible within the scope of AUR. The sign for today’s notional church, Unity Christian, announces a “Seven Year Jubilee” for Declaration Thursday. [...]
