More on Convenant

I have to say that I am always happy to see a new post up at Celestial Lands. David Pyle and I come from entirely different backgrounds, but he so often articulates what I'm thinking in a way that I don't have time to sit down and do, but always mean to. He also inspired me to explore my interest in chaplaincy during my career assessment - not thoroughly, but a start.

It's funny, because I don't know Rev. Bumbaugh, but I have read some of his writings and been privy to at least one conversation about theology, and I disagreed with him in an entirely formative way too. And even with my minister, who also disagreed with him, but in a different way!

Anyway, to sum up the gist of what I so agreed with, David says the following:

We do not form covenant in our churches to have peaceful churches… we form covenant in our churches (and in couples whom I perform UU weddings for) so that our lives are constantly called to serve the vision of the world we wish to create. We are reminded by these sacred commitments that we live not just for the now, but also for the future that others will inhabit. Covenant should be a constant reminder that we, as Unitarian Universalists, do indeed serve something greater than ourselves.

The Vision of a “World Made Whole” is the Vertical in our Covenant… and it is just as profound as any concept of God I have ever encountered, including my own.

I say, Amen.

Now David, I want to know what your thoughts are on children in worship, because I have strong opinions on that too, and am curious if we're on the same page there too.