Devilhead Predicts

Apparently, it's been an interesting time in Unitarian Universalist land. Ministries are blowing up all over the place. It's pure comedy.

I call it comedy because like an old Three Stooges short, the actors are blissfully unaware that it was and continues to be their own actions that directly contributed to their fate. The funniest comedies are those where the protagonist(s) double down on the exact things that caused the trouble in the first place, with the full expectation that doing more of the same, more intensely, will bring salvation.

One may think I'm mean for saying this, or that I am an asshole, and I can assure you that I am both.

However, what I say is the truth. I get emails from people all the time telling me how much they agree with what I've written even as they feel uncomfortable with the way I point it out. My response is always the same, "Tell me (with proof) what isn't true." The reply is always the same: it's the truth, but we wish it would be "nicer." Here's reality: nice is not a virtue. Never has been. The truth is an uber-virtue. Yet, in the queendom of lies, truth is seen as the deadliest sin.

The Unitarian Universalist Association is dying. Approximately a year ago given a few things that were done in the name of "institutional change" I declared that the UUA had five years to go. Today, I declare that the UUA has four years left.

For example, since instituting the Commission on Institutional Change, since the founding of BLUU, since the demand that congregations hold "white-supremacy teach-ins", as of March 29, 2018 FIFTEEN people of color had issues with their ministries. [LINK HERE]

This is only talking about the ministries of "people of color." Are these the only ministries that count? What of the others? Seriously, do they not count? In an ongoing, and worsening, ministerial shortage it seems that some ministries are still expendable. Oh, well, old dogs and all that.

Truth is this is much, much, much more widespread than fifteen people of color. Triple that number for non-people of color, add the two together, and you're closer to what's going on. I've got this from an inside source. This is some bad shit.

And as the UUA has no ability (nor real inclination) to actually fix the situation, but rather seems only equipped to virtue signal while fluttering about wringing their collective hands, this situation will get noticeably worse. There's a reason for this: what's actually going on doesn't fit the narrative. What's a narrative? A narrative is a work of fiction.

The reality is there are many ministries in trouble in the UUA. Rev. Dr. Daniel O'Connell was booted from Houston, TX; Rev. Aaron McEmrys tossed from Arlington, VA; Rev. Dr. Robert Hardies is about to be hung up to dry in Washington DC. Nobody's talking about them. Why? In these three cases, all sent to me by readers, not one is black or female. Is that why no one is talking about them? [I hope that's not the case. That would be pretty fucking racist.] Are these ministers expendable? Or, are the institutional blinders such that no one is seeing these ministries as important, or even seeing them at all? Don't know.

The fiction of course is that this is only happening to "people of color", or that "people of color" are the only ones who count. Read the article again HERE. What do you take away from this article from an official Unitarian Universalist source?

Based on the longstanding tradition of institutional myopia evidenced by the collective brain trust at the UUA, here are my predictions:

1. The gap between congregations and the Unitarian Universalist Association will continue to grow at a fairly quick pace.
2. The brain trust at the Unitarian Universalist Association are institutionally incapable of understanding this, and will continue to blame the various isms for their own lack of foresight and planning.
3. Efforts to fix the situation by doubling down on already failed policies will exacerbate the situation.
4. They are getting to a point where this won't be able to be undone as smarter congregations will do an actual cost analysis of the benefits and costs of association with the UUA.
5. The UUA has four years left.

Time will tell. I've been wrong before and will be wrong again, but time will tell.

Your Old Pal,

Devilhead