December 2007
Monthly Archive
Adult RE
Posted by admin on 07 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Adult RE, Announcements
During 2008, the Adult Religious Education group will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 7pm until 9pm.
To view the full 2008 schedule, visit our Adult RE page.
A Walk in the Park with Doubting Thomas: the stormy epiphany
Posted by admin on 03 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Sermons & Talks
A Walk in the Park with Doubting Thomas: the stormy epiphany
by Tom Endress
December 2, 2007
During the past several months, several HUU members and attenders have talked about significant spiritual experiences in their lives. Some short, some long.
I am commandeering a whole morning, possibly two, for mine because the spiritual experience I am about to describe, as best I can, occurred early in my adult life. I have spent almost a half century trying to understand that event. Accordingly, I may need extra time to give you a taste of the many paths and blind alleys I have taken in this effort. I suspect a lot of of the experiences and struggles I have gone through parallel those of many of you.
Relative to the title printed in the bulletin I was affectionately given the nickname “Doubting Thomas” as a child by my mother. She thought I resembled Jesus’ doubting disciple Thomas! The nickname came about because I frequently questioned her Christian beliefs on such things as the virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Jesus. In our home I felt free, even encouraged, to ask her what she believed, why she believed it, and how it was that she knew a particular belief to be true. This has resulted in a life-long curiosity on my part about the what, why and “how do you know?” of peoples’ religious beliefs. Continue Reading »
No Country for Old Men
Posted by Judith Hollowood on 02 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Book Reviews
Now that this book has been made into a movie, I want to put up a word about it. Although in some senses it is a crime story, it is constructed as a horror story. That is: From the first choice the protagonist makes — he takes a satchel of money from the scene of a massacre that he comes across while hunting — he is stalked by an inexorable doom. It is an unnerving tale. I cannot recommend it, for it is desperately violent, but if you write or appreciate good writing, you may want to see how this kind of strong effect is created. Or you may just enjoy the thrill. I did.