tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post3191723426496527004..comments2023-10-21T07:55:34.085-04:00Comments on RevCyn: Generations and GivingCynthia L. Landrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02858232066200226342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post-91566427839257712792013-01-31T20:59:59.402-05:002013-01-31T20:59:59.402-05:00Cindy, I'm noticing that your response is abou...Cindy, I'm noticing that your response is about UU theological schools vs. other theological schools. I'm wondering whether the complainant was saying seminarians could go to other schools or whether his thought was that seminary education is unnecessary period. My reading of the comment to which you were responding was leaning toward the latter.<br />Matinga Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289671418845219875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post-31083660415640743342013-01-31T20:39:12.608-05:002013-01-31T20:39:12.608-05:00RevCyn,
As a prospective student at large, who'...RevCyn,<br />As a prospective student at large, who'll be taking one course this summer (praxis-style RE at Ferry Beach), and will most likely be enrolling this fall, I have just had many of feelings validated. Thanks for a meaningful, heartfelt response.<br /><br />great blog!<br />Peace,<br /> -darrell in Maine<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post-82258218837783642922013-01-31T16:23:00.197-05:002013-01-31T16:23:00.197-05:00Oops -- accidentally deleted a comment that I was ...Oops -- accidentally deleted a comment that I was trying to hit "publish" on, and there's no "undo" in Blogger. This has happened before and will happen again, I'm sure. Here's the comment, though, as it read in my e-mail:<br /><br />GratefulDedalus has left a new comment on your post "Generations and Giving":<br /><br />This past Sunday I heard a member of my UU Congregation complaining about the money we donate to Meadville Lombard.<br />He was going to vote against it at the Congregational Meeting, and wanted others to do the same.<br />He was insisting that since UU has no fixed theology or core beliefs, there's no need for a theological school. <br /><br />---------<br /><br />My response:<br /><br />As a graduate of a UU theological school, I have some thoughts about this. First, we do have an important history, and understanding our history and polity is important to our ministry. These things are taught best at our UU theological schools, and many UU ministers who attended other theological schools went to the UU schools for these courses. Secondly, many other theological schools will focus on specifically the theology of their tradition, leaving other theologies relatively uncovered and unavailable to its students. Our UU schools try to ground us in the diverse liberal theological tradition. In religious education, our UU schools teach us about our history in religious education and our current curricula and current and historical forms of religious education. And working with a UU faculty and being at a UU school gives our UU seminarians access to information about our process, our polity, our tradition, and our ministry. At non-UU theological schools, you have to learn all these things separately, because your school won't teach them to you. Also, being at a UU theological school gives you the support of a group of colleagues that you already know as you enter the ministry and are still learning the ropes, and those colleagues are of invaluable support. Lastly, Meadville Lombard, in particular, has the only UU library in the country, and as such is an important institution for those who believe in preserving the documents of our history and heritage. Few, if any, other places are going to archive the major and minor UU periodicals of yore.Cynthia L. Landrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858232066200226342noreply@blogger.com