Metacentricities

I’m following Rachel, here are my 10 favorite posts of 2006, in chronological order:

• Leaving Unitarian Universalism - “Some of you have read my piece about returning to Christianity. That path, that process, did not in any way preclude me from continuing on in UU ministry. In fact, there are plenty of UU Christians who are in ministry. So why am I leaving UUism? …” (this post, by the way, would be one of the top 10 most popular posts, and caused what was at that time a huge spike in blog traffic.)
• Sacred Text - “I love, I mean love, getting my mind blown in seminary. This week is the week I get my mind blown in two different directions by approaches to sacred texts. …”
• Faith vs. Practice - “ … In my mind, one of the most dramatic (and amazing) differences is the difference between the roles of faith and practice in spiritual life. For Jews, practice is central, faith negotiable. For Christians, faith is central, and practice is negotiable. This is an oversimplification, for sure, but I think it has a nugget of truth in it. …”
• Making Choices - “ … This is not to say, obviously, that in any way, I denied my ethnicity, or denied that I experienced racism. And it’s not to say that I don’t identify as African-American. It’s just to say that culturally, I tend to feel more lesbian than I feel African-American. Of course, in the end, I’m both, and they are inseparable. But the realities of our society seem to often mean that I have to make a choice. …”
• Means and Ends - “As I said in my post about writing, there have been several things in the past few weeks to make me think a lot about what this blog is for. One of the things that has happened quite recently is getting into a bit of a argument with the folks over at Talk2Action. The gist of the argument is covered in the discussions on my post on Street Prophets. There’s no point in going over it here. But suffice it to say, I found myself in major disagreement with allies, and it has in a major way crystallized my thinking. …”
• Barak Obama, faith, and the Democratic party - “As I said, one of the things I am interested in is the ways in which religion and politics plays out in the US. There has been quite the blog storm about the speech Barak Obama gave a few days ago, at Pentecost 2006: Building a Covenant for a New America conference. …” (this post was linked in Slate, and caused a big surge in traffic, and would be the #1 most popular post on my blog.)
• Blog Worthy - “ … Today, I am, for the first time, going to break that pattern. I’m going to tell you what I ate for breakfast. I had a cinnamon roll. Not just any cinnamon roll, mind you. It was a cinnamon roll from a gourmet grocery store in San Francisco. You might ask, why is this important? Why is this blog worthy? …”
• Creating a Life, Part II - “Not so long ago, I said that changes were afoot. I feel finally ready to blog about the most recent results of a process that I’ve been going through for the past few weeks or so. This is just another leg of the journey I started over two years ago, in my decision to go to seminary. Which, of course, is part of my lifelong journey of creating a life that is fulfilling, of service, and full of spirit. …”
• Ted Haggard and Me - “For some reason I can’t quite figure out, I’m a little obsessed by Ted Haggard. I read lots of news items and then blog posts about the whole situation. I’ve seen the videos of him, and Mike Jones. At odd times of the day I’ll think about what his life is like right now. I feel sad and feel compassion for what he is going through now as America’s current most famous fallen Christian. His life is a complete mess. …”
• Spiritual Community - “ … I’ve begun to build in my head what I really want from spiritual community. And as I think about it, I’ve come to realize that it possibly doesn’t exist yet. There are some communities that seem to have come relatively close …”

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