My newspaper column on the Knoxville tragedy

[scarcrest]

On the UU church shootings from last weekend -- giving people unfamiliar with Unitarian Universalism a quick primer on who we are, about the climate that led us to this point (and why in my opinion this was sad, but not surprising), why it's a mistake to think our gentle nature means we're weak, and where the hope is in such a situation

Comments

[uu_mom]

Excellent! Oh, I see, it's a regular column you do! There's using an old photo?

[scarcrest]

Yeah, they're using an old photo -- despite my having sent someone in our online department the correct photo two or three times now.

I write a column about every four or five weeks. It used to be weekly, but the work load is such that monthly's about all I manage now. Well, that and a daily blog on religious history for the newspaper, syndicated at tippitt_godstuf (sic).

[uu_mom]

Monthly is still pretty good! Most of my letters to the editor get posted, especially if I write about something newsworthy and current, but I seldom find the time.

We have a member who writes a column every other week, but I don't know that he ever mentioned Unitarian Universalism. He did mention our author forum, which got some people in, but having a write-up a month in advance for the Washington Post works best - we need to get our act together to have it ready more than a month in advance.