tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480207999294007243.post8146422649601742803..comments2024-03-28T04:18:16.323-04:00Comments on The Liberal Pulpit: Boomer BuddhistRev. Meredith Garmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600609816550758194noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480207999294007243.post-51174049687629862372015-09-28T13:18:45.329-04:002015-09-28T13:18:45.329-04:00Thanks for the clarification! Thanks for the clarification! Steve LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930488174314320439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480207999294007243.post-18466912380064483242015-09-28T12:05:45.391-04:002015-09-28T12:05:45.391-04:00Screen out humanists? Not at all, Steve. I'm s...Screen out humanists? Not at all, Steve. I'm still a humanist myself (a Humanist Buddhist Unitarian). Just Google "spiritual atheism" for reams of material on humanists developing their spirituality. Finally, though, I don't think every ministerial candidate is required to have spiritual practice. I think the committee saw me and saw that a spiritual practice would be helpful for me.Rev. Meredith Garmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600609816550758194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480207999294007243.post-53987188592000598462015-09-27T23:03:53.126-04:002015-09-27T23:03:53.126-04:00I'm very gratified that this worked out well f...I'm very gratified that this worked out well for you personally (and I would like to become better acquainted with Buddhist practice myself). At the same time, as a humanist I can't help but be a bit disturbed by your story. Insisting that ministerial candidates have a "spiritual practice" strikes me as a pretty effective tool for screening humanists out of the UU ministry. Steve LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930488174314320439noreply@blogger.com