Michael Durall

For a while, I tried being a Unitarian. Like so many religions, I found that the basic theology that created the religion had long since faded into the distant past and no longer reflected the practices of the current church.
I liked the original theology as expressed so well in this book, but my experience of the actual church did not match up. Currently, I found the church to not hold the "God as one being" idea at all; most members, at least, don't seem to see that and were, instead, atheist. What I found was an organization with no clear theology or dogma, which I liked and probably was searching for, but also with no direction or unifying vision. It obsessed over LGBT issues, becoming one more institution that made LGBT a kind of "other" and total focus of living, rather than seeing it as part of a whole or as simply a part of a person, not their whole being. In other words, LGBT people are also workers, managers, entrepreneurs, surfers, hobbyists, democrats, chefs, and everything else. The theology expressed in this book made a point of stressing that but the actual religious practice lost sight of that idea.… (mere)

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PaulLoesch | 1 anden anmeldelse | Apr 2, 2022 |

The Almost Church: Redefining Unitarian Universalism… af Michael Durall

For a while, I tried being a Unitarian. Like so many religions, I found that the basic theology that created the religion had long since faded into the distant past and no longer reflected the practices of the current church.
I liked the original theology as expressed so well in this book, but my experience of the actual church did not match up. Currently, I found the church to not hold the "God as one being" idea at all; most members, at least, don't seem to see that and were, instead, atheist. What I found was an organization with no clear theology or dogma, which I liked and probably was searching for, but also with no direction or unifying vision. It obsessed over LGBT issues, becoming one more institution that made LGBT a kind of "other" and total focus of living, rather than seeing it as part of a whole or as simply a part of a person, not their whole being. In other words, LGBT people are also workers, managers, entrepreneurs, surfers, hobbyists, democrats, chefs, and everything else. The theology expressed in this book made a point of stressing that but the actual religious practice lost sight of that idea.… (mere)

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Paul-the-well-read | 1 anden anmeldelse | Apr 18, 2020 |

Creating congregations of generous people af Michael Durall

Kenneth B. Smith, a noted authority in the area of stewardship, says of this work, that it contains, ". . .practical suggestions, balanced with real-life congregational cases, (which) make (it) compelling." The last chapter presents a practical twelve month process for a stewardship campaign.

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uufnn | Aug 20, 2014 |

The Almost Church Revitalized: Envisioning the… af Michael Durall

Quoting from the Introduction: "This book contains scores of ideas that will help UU congregations become more influential in their communities and more effective in achieving their hopes and dreams."

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uufnn | Mar 13, 2016 |

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