Comments for Amy Freedman

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by Rev Paul Beckel

Rev Paul Beckel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:38 +0000

Amy writes: “…it is our long established patterns of working and ministering in isolation…”

I concur, and I confess: I am a minister, a public speaker and public figure…but I am an introvert and when I was a kid I imagined myself as a “one-man-band.” I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a person like me was attracted to our movement. Happily there are a lot of people NOT like me here too…but I and many others will need to stretch our comfort zones to be increasingly hospitable and effective in ministry in an increasingly connected ministry zone (Earth).

Maybe I will be able to think of this stretching as a spiritual discipline.

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by amybfreedman

amybfreedman — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:02 +0000

Thanks for the link, Ron!

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by reverik

reverik — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:23:23 +0000

Love it, Amy.

Comment on Beyond the Old Church Model by Ron Stevens

Ron Stevens — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:27 +0000

Great points, Amy! I think one of the obstacles is there in the first sentence… coming to think of UU as a “movement” instead of an institutional association of diverse congregations. Possibly the beginning of that process will need to be a coming to terms with what the “free church” really is, or rather, what a mature and genuine freedom really is, and what are our mutual expectations within a freedom-enabled faith community*. The current conversation about “congregations and beyond” hopefully will bring us to a better appreciation for the differences between the institution and the movement. It may eventually require some form of “extra-UUA” think-tank and/or public relations effort to give some degree of coordination and evangelistic impetus to such a free-church movement.

(*Mark Morrison-Reed tackled this very well, I think, in a recent interview:
http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/a-message-of-salvation-unitarian-universalist-scholar-to-speak-of/article_e5eb6c5c-3e1c-11e1-aec9-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=story#ixzz1kNwJhHXJ )

Comment on First Day of Preschool by Amy Zucker Morgenstern

Amy Zucker Morgenstern — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:21:52 +0000

Isn’t it terrific to know that your daughter is spending her days at a place that makes her so happy? I am thankful every day for our daughter’s fab preschool. Congratulations on finding a terrific one.

Comment on Live Knowing Your Actions Matter by The Eclectic Cleric

The Eclectic Cleric — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:44:34 +0000

Our liberal, post-Enlightenment forebearers often spoke of “a future state of rewards and punishments” as one of the essential components of religious faith, self-evidently true no matter where one searched. Funny how things change, isn’t it?

Comment on This I Believe by Bill Baar

Bill Baar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:41 +0000

Thanks for this post. The 50′s is a very under rated decade when it comes to intellectual output and appreciation for what was voiced in those years. Especially public popular culture… we have forgotten much of the good from those years.