surprise! god is in each of us...
Pepi Plowman
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Wed Mar 31 00:50:46 2004
I was surprised today as I drove by a Unitarian
Universalist church (a big one) on El Salido Parkway
just south of Cedar Park.
pep
--- Wayne Johnson <cadaobh@shentel.net> wrote:
> UU being Unitarian Universalist? These guys, along
> with the Quakers, are
> pretty cool.
>
> wj
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monty/Judy" <m.herr@comcast.net>
> To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:05 PM
> Subject: RE: surprise! god is in each of us...
>
>
> > Francis - I recommend talking to Fontaine, Mary
> Jane, or Susan about the
> > UU Church - they probably are tight with all of
> the faiths and
> celebrations
> > around Austin
> >
> > Judith M. Herr
> > Well Chosen Words
> > herrj@comcast.net
> > 925-443-4514; 925-989-3723 (mobile)
> > 925-292-1419 (FAX)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
> > [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net] On
> Behalf Of Frances Morey
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:10 AM
> > To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> > Subject: RE: surprise! god is in each of us...
> >
> >
> > tele,
> > Hindu, schmindu! Religions, they are all alike to
> me--just kidding. You
> > make it sound like a delightful place. Thanks for
> the link. I have known
> > some wonderful East Indians, some of whom have
> become lifelong friends.
> > Frances
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue 03/30, telebob < telebob@sbcglobal.net
> > wrote:
> > From: telebob [mailto: telebob@sbcglobal.net]
> > To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> > Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:45:29 -0600
> > Subject: RE: surprise! god is in each of us...
> >
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> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004>Jesus
> > Frances! That is NOT a mosque out on Camp Ben
> McCullogh Road. That
> > is Barsana Dam, and it is an Indian Hindu
> community.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004><A
> >
>
href="http://barsanadham.org">http://barsanadham.org</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV
> > >
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004>They
> > are great people and it is wonderful little
> community out there. They have
> >
> > some very coloful festivals, and I suggest you
> check out their calendar
> and
> >
> > attend. I used to go with my daughter and stepson
> every year for several
> > years. They loved the elephant rides and the henna
> > 'tattoos'.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004>They
> > have the best peaches in
> Texas.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
> > class=484063816-30032004>Shree
> > Telebhob</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE>
> > <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr
> align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
> > size=2>-----Original
> Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
> > austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
> >
> [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]<B>On
> Behalf Of
> </B>Frances
> >
> > Morey<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 29, 2004
> 11:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
> >
> austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net<BR><B>Subject:</B>
> Re: surprise! god is
> > in
> > each of us...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV>Pepi,</DIV>
> > <DIV>I have never been to a mosque either. We
> ought to go to the one out
> > 290
> > on the way to the Salt Lick. It has $38,000
> worth of gleaming gold tile
> > on the
> > entrance built up so high you can see it from
> the road. I would love
> > to view it up close, and see what the service is
> like. I thought
> > Gregorian chant in the Chapel at Our Lady of the
> Lake was
> > wonderful.</DIV>
> > <DIV>Francse<BR><BR><B><I>Pepi Plowman
> <pepstoil@yahoo.com></I></B>
> > wrote:</DIV>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
> > style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
> BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px
> > solid">The
> > only thing I ever liked about church was
> the<BR>music. The sermons put
> > me to
> > sleep. We had one<BR>fairly intelligent and
> educated minister at
> > our<BR>community church in Puerto La Cruz (we
> shared it with<BR>the
> > Catholics, who came in for 8 a.m.
> mass)--he<BR>sometimes gave thought
> > provoking sermons, but then we<BR>got a fire
> and brimstone guy and
> > everyone
> > slept<BR>through his exhortations. He was
> always trying to<BR>save
> > somebody--kind of like a Jesus salesman. I
> liked<BR>Quaker meeting
> > because
> > it was quiet sometimes, except<BR>for when
> people got up to speak. The
> > Episcopalians and<BR>Catholics seemed to do a
> lot of up and down and
> > repeat<BR>after me stuff. I've never been to a
> temple of any<BR>kind
> or
> > a
> > mosque, for that matter. I'm crazy for
> all<BR>the major choral works,
> > especially Bach. I sang them<BR>in choirs in
> highschool and later.
> > There was
> > some<BR>totally inspired church music written
> that makes me<BR>want to
> > fly
> > when I hear it.<BR>pep<BR>--- Wayne Johnson
> > <CADAOBH@SHENTEL.NET>wrote:<BR>> My problem is
> that most of my early
> > Church<BR>> experience was filled with horrid
> white anglo saxon<BR>>
> > protestant hypocricy and utter dismissal of
> other<BR>> religions
> whilst
> >
> > insisting that Jesus should be the<BR>> half
> back on your football
> > team.
> > This drivel would<BR>> stun a ground hog for
> its imbecility but seemed
> > to<BR>> go over big in Georgetown in the
> Fifties. The<BR>> single
> > person of deep religious faith that I
> knew<BR>> personally and
> > respected
> > was Rev. Heinsohn of the<BR>> University
> Methodist Church on the Drag.
> > I
> > worked<BR>> there as a night-time custodian
> whilst a student at<BR>>
> > UT. He was a gentleman, a true Biblical
> scholar and<BR>> his sermons
> > were
> > absent of cliche or dumb harangues.<BR>> By
> any measure, a great
> person
>
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