Something I've Stumbled Upon

Sea Raven holds a doctorate of ministry and describes herself as an "exile" from the traditional church. She's a student of Matthew Fox's Creation Spirituality. And she has a blog on Liberal Christian Commentary. She's also worked with Christian UUs and it strikes me she understands Unitarian Universalism very well...

I encountered her while perusing recent comments at Shuck and Jive.

If any of this sounds interesting to you, I suggest you check her out...

What he said

Presbyterian minister John Shuck sums up his own beliefs -- and challenges traditional theology. Along the way, he quotes an apologist for the Trinity who insists that without a fundamental affirmation of it, "we have become functional Unitarians." Maybe, Shuck says, that's something worth emulating.

Trying to retrofit our belief systems to a modern understanding of the Universe, Earth, and Earth's inhabitants turns theologians and pastors into pawn brokers for ancient religious relics that fewer and fewer people embrace.

Read the rest.