Third Annual UU Blog Awards
Voting Results
| Best Religious Writing or Theological Commentary - Single entry | ||
|---|---|---|
| PeaceBang - Squirming on Sunday Mornings | 38 | 23.17 % |
| Spirituality and Sunflowers - Am I too stupid to be a UU? | 30 | 18.29 % |
| The ChaliceBlog - UUs vs. Trekkies: Who's a religion? | 21 | 12.80 % |
| 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 | 15 | 9.15 % |
| Elizabeth's Little Blog - Christianity Without Christ? Another Response. | 11 | 6.71 % |
| RadicalHapa is Joseph Santos-Lyons - A Worship Centered Faith | 10 | 6.10 % |
| The Journey - No More Elevator Speech | 9 | 5.49 % |
| Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - Teaching kids how to be religious (series starts here) | 8 | 4.88 % |
| Dame Olympia - Breathe, Move and Be | 5 | 3.05 % |
| ministrare - Returning to the Table again and again | 4 | 2.44 % |
| Returning . . . - 'L' Poem | 2 | 1.22 % |
| Jess's Journal - Will You Pray with Me? | 2 | 1.22 % |
| Jess's Journal - On Easter | 2 | 1.22 % |
| it's all one thing - truth, metaphor, peace, and blogging | 1 | 0.61 % |
| iMinister - Faithing Lessons | 1 | 0.61 % |
| iMinister - Singed By God | 1 | 0.61 % |
| Unitarian Panentheist - Panentheism: An Interpretation | 1 | 0.61 % |
| Grandfather Tree - Who or what is God and what does it mean to worship her? | 1 | 0.61 % |
| Grandfather Tree - Reflections About Reincarnation | 1 | 0.61 % |
| Free and Responsible Search - Right and Left Together | 1 | 0.61 % |
| Total Responses: | 164 | 100% |
| Best Review or Cultural Commentary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - Rush Limbaugh's hypocrisy | 38 | 29.69 % |
| Making Chutney - MySecret.tv: In search of brokenness | 25 | 19.53 % |
| Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - Stranger Fears | 22 | 17.19 % |
| Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - When is a Holiday Not a UU Holiday? | 19 | 14.84 % |
| Elizabeth's Little Blog - Body Image series: Loving those curves?, Underweight Models Banned from Fashion Week in Madrid | 16 | 12.50 % |
| Returning . . . - What is a Person? | 6 | 4.69 % |
| Grandfather Tree - Fear, Terror and V | 2 | 1.56 % |
| Total Responses: | 128 | 100% |
| Best Anecdote or Narrative - Single entry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Making Chutney - Just practicing medicine, or How I didn't get the nut cancer, I found my creek | 28 | 22.95 % |
| Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self - Choosing to Love | 25 | 20.49 % |
| The ChaliceBlog - In My Father's Synagogue | 24 | 19.67 % |
| Finding My UU Soul - Hot Office Administrator Blues | 21 | 17.21 % |
| The Journey - Birthday Cake Wishes | 9 | 7.38 % |
| Jess's Journal - Mother's Day | 6 | 4.92 % |
| Kendall's Quest: - Theatre for development? | 5 | 4.10 % |
| Post Office Mission - Pass it on, go to heaven. | 4 | 3.28 % |
| Total Responses: | 122 | 100% |
| Best Political Commentary - Single entry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? - The Sin is NOT Homosexuality | 79 | 69.30 % |
| Elizabeth's Little Blog - Now things will be less disasterous | 21 | 18.42 % |
| Yet Another Unitarian Universalist - At the Massachusetts State House | 14 | 12.28 % |
| Total Responses: | 114 | 100% |
| Best Design or Use of Visuals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Making Chutney | 53 | 54.08 % |
| Jess's Journal | 22 | 22.45 % |
| ministrare | 12 | 12.24 % |
| the Socinian | 11 | 11.22 % |
| Total Responses: | 98 | 100% |
| Best Commenter | ||
|---|---|---|
| LaReinaCobre (Hafidha Sofia) - commenting as "h sofia", and commenting as "LaReinaCobre" | 38 | 44.71 % |
| Linguist Friend's - commenting as "LinguistFriend", commenting as "LinguistFriend" | 18 | 21.18 % |
| Jeff Wilson - commenting as "Tricycle Blog", commenting as "Jeff Wilson", commenting as "Jeff Wilson" | 17 | 20.00 % |
| Jess from "Jess's Journal" - commenting as "Jess" | 12 | 14.12 % |
| Total Responses: | 85 | 100% |
| Best Religious Writing or Theological Commentary - Best of class | ||
|---|---|---|
| PeaceBang | 52 | 31.33 % |
| Making Chutney | 29 | 17.47 % |
| The ChaliceBlog | 22 | 13.25 % |
| Philocrites | 21 | 12.65 % |
| Yet Another Unitarian Universalist | 11 | 6.63 % |
| Surviving the Workday | 8 | 4.82 % |
| A People So Bold! | 7 | 4.22 % |
| The Journey | 5 | 3.01 % |
| arbitrarymarks.com | 5 | 3.01 % |
| Returning . . . | 3 | 1.81 % |
| RevThom | 3 | 1.81 % |
| Total Responses: | 166 | 100% |
| Best Anecdote or Narrative - Best of class | ||
|---|---|---|
| PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers | 41 | 25.47 % |
| Making Chutney | 31 | 19.25 % |
| PeaceBang | 28 | 17.39 % |
| The ChaliceBlog | 26 | 16.15 % |
| The Journey | 12 | 7.45 % |
| Surviving the Workday | 10 | 6.21 % |
| Jess's Journal | 5 | 3.11 % |
| Yet Another Unitarian Universalist | 4 | 2.48 % |
| Returning . . . | 3 | 1.86 % |
| it's all one thing | 1 | 0.62 % |
| Total Responses: | 161 | 100% |
| Best Political Commentary - Best of class | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? | 46 | 38.02 % |
| The ChaliceBlog | 25 | 20.66 % |
| The Happy Feminist | 17 | 14.05 % |
| A People So Bold! | 12 | 9.92 % |
| A human rights weblog | 5 | 4.13 % |
| Red State Rebels | 5 | 4.13 % |
| arbitrarymarks.com | 4 | 3.31 % |
| Bill Baar's West Side | 3 | 2.48 % |
| Promise the Children Blog | 2 | 1.65 % |
| debitage | 2 | 1.65 % |
| Total Responses: | 121 | 100% |
| Best New Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers | 67 | 33.17 % |
| Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? | 37 | 18.32 % |
| Spirituality and Sunflowers | 33 | 16.34 % |
| CUUMBAYA | 16 | 7.92 % |
| Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show | 14 | 6.93 % |
| Dame Olympia's Musings | 9 | 4.46 % |
| Elizabeth's Little Blog | 9 | 4.46 % |
| Kendall's Quest: | 7 | 3.47 % |
| Earthbound Spirit | 3 | 1.49 % |
| Renewed Hope | 2 | 0.99 % |
| iMinister | 2 | 0.99 % |
| The Hanif Blog | 1 | 0.50 % |
| Post Office Mission | 1 | 0.50 % |
| Rev. Sam Trumbore | 1 | 0.50 % |
| Total Responses: | 202 | 100% |
| Best Online Community or Group Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| FUUSE | 61 | 59.22 % |
| UU Carnival | 39 | 37.86 % |
| Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma | 3 | 2.91 % |
| Total Responses: | 103 | 100% |
| Best Non-UU-Themed Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self | 23 | 18.40 % |
| Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith | 20 | 16.00 % |
| Atlanta Unitarian | 19 | 15.20 % |
| Surviving the Workday | 12 | 9.60 % |
| The Happy Feminist | 11 | 8.80 % |
| The Wild Hunt | 9 | 7.20 % |
| The Journey | 8 | 6.40 % |
| arbitrarymarks.com | 8 | 6.40 % |
| Librarian in Tie-Dye | 5 | 4.00 % |
| Adding reason to faith | 5 | 4.00 % |
| Root and Source | 2 | 1.60 % |
| BiddiesInMyBrain | 2 | 1.60 % |
| Renewed Hope | 1 | 0.80 % |
| Total Responses: | 125 | 100% |
| Best UU-Themed Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| PeaceBang | 47 | 30.13 % |
| Philocrites | 41 | 26.28 % |
| Making Chutney | 29 | 18.59 % |
| The ChaliceBlog | 28 | 17.95 % |
| Errant Frogs | 5 | 3.21 % |
| iMinister | 4 | 2.56 % |
| RevThom | 2 | 1.28 % |
| Total Responses: | 156 | 100% |
| Best Minister Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection? | 41 | 24.26 % |
| PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers | 40 | 23.67 % |
| PeaceBang | 38 | 22.49 % |
| Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show | 12 | 7.10 % |
| Yet Another Unitarian Universalist | 9 | 5.33 % |
| Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith | 8 | 4.73 % |
| ministrare | 7 | 4.14 % |
| A People So Bold! | 7 | 4.14 % |
| iMinister | 3 | 1.78 % |
| RevThom | 2 | 1.18 % |
| Psalms for A New World | 2 | 1.18 % |
| Total Responses: | 169 | 100% |
| Best Seminarian Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth's Little Blog | 28 | 27.18 % |
| RadicalHapa is Joseph Santos-Lyons | 25 | 24.27 % |
| The Journey | 16 | 15.53 % |
| Returning . . . | 15 | 14.56 % |
| Reignite | 8 | 7.77 % |
| The Post Modern Preacher | 6 | 5.83 % |
| peregrinato | 5 | 4.85 % |
| Total Responses: | 103 | 100% |
| Best Lay Blog | ||
|---|---|---|
| The ChaliceBlog | 41 | 31.78 % |
| Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self | 24 | 18.60 % |
| Making Chutney | 21 | 16.28 % |
| Spirituality and Sunflowers | 16 | 12.40 % |
| Jess's Journal | 11 | 8.53 % |
| Surviving the Workday | 11 | 8.53 % |
| Root and Source | 3 | 2.33 % |
| The Happy Feminist | 2 | 1.55 % |
| Total Responses: | 129 | 100% |
| Best Writing | ||
|---|---|---|
| PeaceBang's Beauty Tips For Ministers | 47 | 26.55 % |
| Making Chutney | 31 | 17.51 % |
| The ChaliceBlog | 23 | 12.99 % |
| Philocrites | 19 | 10.73 % |
| Never Say Never To Your Traveling Self | 19 | 10.73 % |
| Surviving the Workday | 10 | 5.65 % |
| Yet Another Unitarian Universalist | 8 | 4.52 % |
| Kendall's Quest: | 7 | 3.95 % |
| Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show | 5 | 2.82 % |
| iMinister | 3 | 1.69 % |
| RevThom | 2 | 1.13 % |
| debitage | 1 | 0.56 % |
| it's all one thing | 1 | 0.56 % |
| A People So Bold! | 1 | 0.56 % |
| Total Responses: | 177 | 100% |
