Thursday, June 17, 2010

Imagine a Religion!

Imagine you're a UU student in an evangelical seminary.

Imagine someone in one of your classes says, "After reading your paper, I think I'm a Unitarian Universalist."

Now imagine ... it's the professor.

Yesterday, it happened.

12 comments:

  1. Wowee, you ole missionary you!

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  2. Preach it, sister! Must have been one heckuva paper!

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  3. Oh my goodness. I can't imagine! I'm a student at a fairly liberal Christian seminary and I still can't imagine! What an amazing event.

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  4. Anonymous5:05 PM

    As the minister at our UU says, "Evangelize." Not most UUs favorite word, but just relating the facts about UUism does quite a job on many folks. Thanks for sharing that story!

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  5. Wow, you should share that life-changing paper on your blog! Sounds like powerful stuff!

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  6. Nah, can't claim any credit for it. He's another of those "UU Without Knowing It" folks.

    I responded by just smiling at him and saying, "Yes, I think you are, too."

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  7. You really are very special and spectacular, you know.

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  8. @Kristina: right back at ya, sister.

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  9. Holy cats! Better than my experience of a classmate asking me to lunch, then confessing that he didn't think he was "really" a Christian anymore because process theology and some of the stuff I said in constructive theology made a lot of sense. After he explained more I assured him he was still "really" a Christian - just not the same kind of Christian he used to be...

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  10. I have to share this with my UU friend who took time off to recuperate after spending a semester at a Christian seminary and feeling like he was constantly having to fight for his beliefs -- he'll love your story!

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  11. I would love to get a copy of your paper!

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