Third Annual UU Blog Awards
Results - Final
The following are the final nominees for the Third annual UU Blog Awards. The nominations are in, but further discussion is needed. Please join in the discussion.
Best Religious Writing or Theological Commentary - Single entry
- Dame Olympia - Breathe, Move and Be
- Elizabeth's Little Blog - Christianity Without Christ? Another Response.
- Free and Responsible Search - Right and Left Together
- Grandfather Tree - Reflections About Reincarnation
- Grandfather Tree - Who or what is God and what does it mean to worship her?
- iMinister - Singed By God
- iMinister - Faithing Lessons
- it's all one thing - truth, metaphor, peace, and blogging
- Jess's Journal - On Easter
- Jess's Journal - Will You Pray with Me?
- Making Chutney - Top ten ways to build a killer young adult group, Becoming the people the world needs (Part one in ubuntu series), Killing a fourteen-year-old
- ministrare - Returning to the Table again and again
- PeaceBang - Squirming on Sunday Mornings
- RadicalHapa is Joseph Santos-Lyons - A Worship Centered Faith
- Returning . . . - 'L' Poem
- Spirituality and Sunflowers - Am I too stupid to be a UU?
- The ChaliceBlog - UUs vs. Trekkies: Who's a religion?
- The Journey - No More Elevator Speech
- Unitarian Panentheist - Panentheism: An Interpretation
- Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - Teaching kids how to be religious (series starts here) - (2)
Best Review or Cultural Commentary
- Elizabeth's Little Blog - Body Image series: Loving those curves?, Underweight Models Banned from Fashion Week in Madrid
- Grandfather Tree - Fear, Terror and V
- Making Chutney - MySecret.tv: In search of brokenness
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - Stranger Fears
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - When is a Holiday Not a UU Holiday?
- Returning . . . - What is a Person? - (2)
- Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - Rush Limbaugh's hypocrisy
Best Anecdote or Narrative - Single entry
- Finding My UU Soul - Hot Office Administrator Blues
- Jess's Journal - Mother's Day
- Kendall's Quest: - Theatre for development?
- Making Chutney - Just practicing medicine, or How I didn't get the nut cancer, I found my creek
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - Choosing to Love
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - Stranger Fears Withdrawn from running
- Post Office Mission - Pass it on, go to heaven.
- The ChaliceBlog - Thoughts one has looking through a book of Renoir paintings in the waiting room of a hospice as a close friend gets her morphine drip changed Withdrawn from running
- The ChaliceBlog - In My Father's Synagogue - (2)
- The ChaliceBlog - Steinmetz and His Minister - (2) Withdrawn from running
- The ChaliceBlog - If you've just joined a new faith, nobody gives a damn what you think of your old one. Withdrawn from running
- The Journey - Birthday Cake Wishes
Best Political Commentary - Single entry
- Elizabeth's Little Blog - Now things will be less disasterous
- Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - The Sin is NOT Homosexuality
- Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - At the Massachusetts State House
Best Design or Use of Visuals
- Jess's Journal - (2)
- Making Chutney - (3)
- ministrare - (1)
- the Socinian - (1)
Best Commenter
- A Blog of Mystical Searches Disqualified (not UU but contributions still highly regarded)
- anonymous Disqualified
- LaReinaCobre (Hafidha Sofia) - commenting as "h sofia", and commenting as "LaReinaCobre"
- Jess from "Jess's Journal" - commenting as "Jess"
- Jeff Wilson - commenting as "Tricycle Blog", commenting as "Jeff Wilson", commenting as "Jeff Wilson"
- Linguist Friend's - commenting as "LinguistFriend", commenting as "LinguistFriend"
- Chalice Chick. The ChaliceBlog. Withdrawn from running
- Philocrites Disqualified if no reference given
Best Religious Writing or Theological Commentary - Best of class
- arbitrarymarks.com - (1)
- The ChaliceBlog - (2)
- A People So Bold! - (1)
- A Blog of Mystical Searches - (1) Disqualified (not UU but contributions still highly regarded)
- PeaceBang - (2)
- RevThom - (1)
- Surviving the Workday - (2)
- The Journey - (2)
- Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - (2)
- Making Chutney - (1)
- Philocrites - (3)
- Returning . . . - (1)
Best Anecdote or Narrative - Best of class
- PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers - (1)
- The ChaliceBlog - (4)
- PeaceBang - (3)
- it's all one thing - (1)
- Surviving the Workday - (1)
- The Journey - (1)
- Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - (1)
- Jess's Journal - (2)
- Making Chutney - (1)
- Returning . . . - (1)
Best Political Commentary - Best of class
- arbitrarymarks.com - (1)
- Bill Baar's West Side - (1)
- The ChaliceBlog - (4)
- Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - (2)
- The Happy Feminist - (2)
- A People So Bold! - (1)
- Red State Rebels - (1)
- debitage - (1)
- Promise the Children Blog - (1)
- A human rights weblog - (1)
Best New Blog
- PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers - (1)
- Kendall's Quest: - (1)
- Rev. Sam Trumbore - (1)
- CUUMBAYA - (1)
- Dame Olympia's Musings - (1)
- Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - (2)
- Earthbound Spirit - (1)
- iMinister - (1)
- Elizabeth's Little Blog - (2)
- Spirituality and Sunflowers - (1)
- Post Office Mission - (1)
- Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show - (2)
- Renewed Hope - (2)
- Surviving the Workday - (2) Disqualified does not meet criteria for "new"
- The Hanif Blog - (1)
- The Journey - (1) Disqualified does not meet criteria for "new"
Best Online Community or Group Blog
- UU Carnival - (1)
- Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma - (1)
- FUUSE - (2)
- the Daily Scribe - (1) Disqualified - site refernced is aggregator and not a blog
Best Non-UU-Themed Blog
- arbitrarymarks.com - (1)
- Atlanta Unitarian - (1)
- BiddiesInMyBrain - (1)
- Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith - (1)
- The Happy Feminist - (2)
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - (1)
- A Blog of Mystical Searches - (1) Disqualified (not UU but contributions still highly regarded)
- Adding reason to faith - (1)
- Renewed Hope - (2)
- Root and Source - (1)
- Surviving the Workday - (1)
- Librarian in Tie-Dye
- The Journey - (1)
- The Wild Hunt - (2)
Best UU-Themed Blog
- Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith - (1) Disqualified (can not be in both UU and Non-UU category)
- The ChaliceBlog - (4)
- iMinister - (2)
- PeaceBang - (2)
- RevThom - (1)
- Errant Frogs - (1)
- Making Chutney - (1)
- Philocrites - (5)
Best Minister Blog
- PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers - (2)
- Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith - (1)
- Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - (1)
- Psalms for A New World - (1)
- iMinister - (1)
- A People So Bold! - (2)
- Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show - (2)
- PeaceBang - (6)
- ministrare - (1)
- RevThom - (1)
- Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - (5)
Best Seminarian Blog
- Elizabeth's Little Blog - (4)
- RadicalHapa is Joseph Santos-Lyons - (2)
- Reignite - (1)
- The Journey - (2)
- peregrinato - (2)
- The Post Modern Preacher - (1)
- Returning . . . - (2)
Best Lay Blog
- The ChaliceBlog - (6)
- The Happy Feminist - (1)
- Spirituality and Sunflowers - (1)
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - (3)
- Root and Source - (1)
- Surviving the Workday - (1)
- Jess's Journal - (3)
- Making Chutney - (2)
Best Writing
- PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers - (3)
- Kendall's Quest: - (1)
- The ChaliceBlog - (3)
- iMinister - (1)
- A People So Bold! - (2)
- Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - (1)
- Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show - (1)
- RevThom - (1)
- it's all one thing - (1)
- Surviving the Workday - (2)
- debitage - (1)
- Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - (1)
- Making Chutney - (2)
- Philocrites - (2)
