Below is a list of all papers delivered at Prairie Group during the 2000s. Some papers have links to them and have been saved as a PDF. Some papers may be found in the archives at Meadville Lombard Seminary in Chicago. All papers were delivered except as noted at Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton, IL.
Rethinking the Unitarian Universalist Relation to Christianity at the 06-09 November 2000 meetings
“The Unitarian Relationship to Christianity to 1960” by Frank Schulman; Earl Holt responder
“The Universalist Relationship to Christianity to 1960” by Dick Allen; Eric Haugen responder
“Unitarian Universalist Inclusiveness and the New Spiritual Marketplace, 1959-2000” by Charles Eddis; Laurel Hallman responder
“Unitarian Universalist Diversity: How inclusive can we be? Are there any limits to what outlooks and philosophies we can or ought to include?” by Barbara Merritt; Burton Carley responder
“Where do we go from here? Have we been true to our heritage? What are the implications for worship, preaching and ministerial education? Should we strengthen or weaken out ties to Christianity?” by Leonora Montgomery; Ruppert Lovely responder
Job at the 12-15 November 2001 meetings
“Pastoral Responses to Job” by Ruppert Lovely; Nicole Kirk responder
“Theological Responses to Job” by Laurel Hallman; Gary James responder
“The Impact of Job on the Jewish and Christian Traditions” by John Wolf; Max Gaebler responder
“The Impact of Job on Art, Literature, Politics and Psychology” by Roger Bertschausen; Gertrude Lindener-Stawski responder
“The Tragic Sensibility in Contemporary Unitarian Universalism” by Daniel Budd; Suzanne Meyer responder.
Ritual & Worship at the 18-21 November 2002 meetings
“What Endures?” by Earl Holt; Mary Moore responder
“Anthropology of Worship and Ritual” by Dave Weissbard; Thandeka responder
“From the Book” by Berkley Moore; Kendyl Gibbons responder
“Elements of Style” by Roy Phillips; Bill Haney responder
“Worship WOW, Worship NOW: Contemporary Worship for Them, For Us?” by Marlin Lavanhar; Danny Reed responder
Neo-Transcendentalism at the 03-06 November 2003 meetings
“To the Root of Things” by Daniel O’Connell; Marlin Lavanhar responder
“Neo-Transcendentalism & Pragmatism: The Search for ‘Spirituality’ in Our Churches” by Roger Bertschausen; Rob Eller-Isaacs responder
“Searching for Neo-Transcendentalist Literary Expression” by Brent Smith; Sam Schaal responder
“Neo-Transcendentalism & Culture” by Gary James; Daniel Budd responder
“Making It Relevant” by Suzanne Meyer; Barbara Merritt responder
Together at the Well: Islam and Liberal Religion at the 08-11 November 2004 meetings
“Pillar I: Kalima – Creed” by Kendyl Gibbons; Bonnie Vegiard responder
“Pillar II: Prayer” by Laurel Hallman; Ruppert Lovely responder
“Pillar III: Zakat – Almsgiving” by Earl Holt; Jim Eller responder
“Pillar IV: Ramadan – Fasting” by Roy Phillips; Danny Reed responder
“Pillar V: Haji – Pilgrimage to Mecca
by Burton Carley; Charles Eddis responder
How Myth and Metaphor Function to Shape the Collective Imagination at the 14-17 November 2005 meetings
“The Grail Quest: Metaphor as Guiding Methodology” by Bill Haney; Roger Bertschausen responder
“In Chapel Perilous: Leadership as Heroic/Leadership as Collaborative” by Nicole Kirk; Brent Smith responder
“The Withering of the King: The King and the Land Are One” by Jim Eller; Bill Sasso responder
“The Center of the Table: What Do You See in the Center of the Table?” by Danny Reed; Mary Moore responder
“The Chalice as Embodied Sacrament: How does word become flesh?” by Jan Eller-Isaacs; Barbara Merritt responder
Abraham Lincoln at the 06-09 November 2006 meetings
“The Man and His Times” by Martin Woulfe; Berkeley Moore responder
Lincoln’s Politics” by Eric Haugan; Jennifer O’Quill responder
America’s Original Sin: Slavery & Race Relations” by Bonnie Vegiard; Alan Taylor responder
Lincoln’s Virtues and the American Covenant: Theology & Rhetoric” by Brent Smith: Earl Holt responder
Lincoln’s Lasting Influence” by Daniel Budd; Sydney Morris responder
Things Commonly Believed Among Us Today at the 12-15 November 2007 meetings
“We Covenant: An Exploration of the History of Covenant from the Mayflower Compact and Cambridge Platform to the Purposes and Principles of 1985” by Burton Carley; Jack Bryant responder
“Conflicts and Covenants in Unitarianism and Universalism 1860-1900: The Unitarian ‘Issue in the West’ and the Universalist Freedom Clause Removal (1870) and Reinstatement (1890)” by Alan Taylor; Kathleen Rolenz responder
“William Channing Gannett: One Man’s Role in Resolving Creedal Issues in the West (Syracuse to Saratoga, 1866-1894)” by Roy Phillips; Kendyl Gibbons responder
“The Use and Misuse of the Purposes and Principles Statement (1985-2007)” by Marlin Lavanhar; Khleber Van Zandt responder
“Things Commonly Believed Among Us Today” by Daniel O’Connell; Wayne Arnason responder
The Radical Reformation at the 10-13 November 2008 meetings
“What’s So Radical About the Radical Reformation” by Khleber Van Zandt V; Earl Holt, responder
“Pioneers of Anti-Trinitarianism: Socinus and Servetus” by Kathleen Rolenz; Bill Neely, responder
“The Mother of Revolution: The Radical Reformation and Its Decline” by Gary James; Josh Snyder, responder
“The Heritage of Unitarianism in Transylvania-
How the Church Survived” by Jack Bryant; Mary Moore, responder
“The Legacy” by Barbara Merritt; Suzanne Meyer, responder
Universalist Theology at the 2009 meeting
“Universalism: a Faith for This, or Any, Time” – Roger Bertschausen No response
“Love Beyond Belief” – Thandeka “Standing on the Side of Constraint”response by Brent Smith
“Heaven within, Among, and Beyond” – Bill Neely Response by Nicole Kirk
Sympathy for the Devil: Sin and Evil in Contemporary Universalism” – Daniel Budd
“Go Ahead; You Know You Want To” response by Kendall Gibbons
“Universalist Call to Evangelism: Testimony as Spiritual Practice” – Jennifer Owen-O’Quill
“Sitting on the Franchise” response by Marlin Lavanhar
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