by Lon on August 28, 2008
I’m going to spend the next while writing a series of posts about The Solar Crash Event from conception, to planning, to the night itself, to post-event thoughts.
Being a part of a dozen weddings every year, I kept thinking of what would it look like to put just as much time, energy, and maybe even money, into celebrating something besides the love of two people, as great as that is.
And when you think about weddings, it seems like just about anybody can pull them off. Weddings aren’t limited to a certain personality type, skill set, or demographic. It’s just a couple with some ideas they want badly enough to make into a reality, and it just happens. Of course, weddings come in all forms, flavors, and sizes, but they’re beautiful celebrations nonetheless.
It then dawned on me after all my years of declaring my disgust for details and things that revolve around organization and planning, maybe I could throw a meaningful celebration of wedding-like magnitude, and maybe it could inspire others to do the same across our city? And so it began…
Below is one of the art pieces that were displayed at the solar crash. This one is by Cindy Kwan and friends who sowed together a dress, and then ripped it up, desecrated it with paint, and then covered it with a clean white veil in response to the theme of the night.
Ordination. I can’t say I think much of it. I’m really not sure how biblical it is either. I do however believe in the affirmation of a community in whatever role you’re in. Of course, then we should be ordaining/commissioning our secretaries, engineers, and school teachers too, and not just church leaders.
Most would agree you’re not suppose to be acting any different after being ordained, like in baptism, it’s an extension of what you’re already doing. But at least Baptism’s in the Scriptures.
I established for myself quite a while back that I couldn’t care less for the title. And these days the idea of ordination further solidifies the divide between clergy and laity that I rail against.
But there is this tiny issue of working within the constructs of the culture we’re in and walking through life with people. Being able to marry and bury people (I’m doing my first wedding in september). Being able to affirm their citizenship and sign their passports. Being able to get into restricted areas of hospitals to visit people.
So I got myself ordained online today just for kicks. I doubt this is in anyway legitimate in Canada. I believe laws are looser in the States.
Does anyone know of any quick and legal way of a seminary grad to get ordained in Canada? Specifically in the province of Ontario? The denominations I’m somewhat affiliated with will all take years.
Here’s my hokey ‘universal life church’ certificate’
