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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #33: Immediacy
The Chaplain’s Screed Immediacy is, for me, the hardest of the Ten Principles to incorporate into my life. I’m working on it, but to be...
Jul 5, 20236 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #32: Radical Inclusion Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed The Radical Inclusion principle is expressed as: “Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and...
Jun 28, 20236 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #31: Decommodification Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed Ironically for a financial guy with a strong belief in the benefits of market economics, I think...
Jun 22, 20236 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #30: Communal Effort Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed As we get deeper into our Burning Man preparations, let’s reflect on communal effort. Communal effort is,...
Jun 8, 20237 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #29: Gifting Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed I just recently came upon this, BORG’s ‘Statement of Values on Gifting’: “Burning Man exists solely because...
Jun 8, 202310 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #28: Participation Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed I often think of how much our day-to-day life lacks participation. Many people function primarily as cogs...
May 22, 20239 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #27: Ten Principles Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed I figure since we are now truly starting our prep, I’ll dedicate this edition of the newsletter to the Ten...
May 4, 202314 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #26: Starting Line Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed A couple of these newsletters have claimed to be the start of preparations for Burning Man 2023. But this...
Apr 12, 202310 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #25: Regionals Edition
[Most of this Newsletter Unavailable - Sensitive Information] Closing Thoughts Prior to Burning Man there was the Suicide Club and then...
Mar 29, 20232 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #24: Calm Before the Storm Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed I had a great night at the Theme Camp Happy Hour at Burning Man Headquarters this past weekend. First off,...
Mar 23, 20238 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #23: Nagging Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed I remember hearing, a long time ago, that 1996 was the last cool Burning Man. Until 1997, there was no real...
Mar 8, 20238 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #22: New Faces Edition, aka The Big One
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed Welcome everyone to the official(?) start of our group’s preparations for Burning Man 2023. I am, of...
Feb 22, 202310 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #21: Turnin' It Up 2023 Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed Today I’ve got lots of news for you: good news, big news, little news, ticketing news, placement news,...
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #20: The Waiting Period Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed We all know that feeling – the same one we’ve experienced again and again since we were children. That thing...
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #19: Are We Starting this All Over Already?
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed I am yet to get everything cleaned up and packed away – really. But it is time to start thinking – not yet...
Jan 11, 20234 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #18: The New Year Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed Happy new year! Not sure what new things you’re all expecting, but Yosi is expecting a new – his very first...
Jan 4, 20234 min read
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The Assless Chapel #17: Winter Holidays Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed In the United States, a big deal is made of the many winter holidays from various cultures. The reason for...
Dec 6, 20224 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #16: Thanksgiving Edition
The Chaplain’s Weekly Screed In the United States, the holiday of Thanksgiving is on the horizon, just six days away. It’s a holiday...
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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The Assless Chapel Newsletter #15: Theme Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED I’m always torn on whether Burning Man should have themes. On the one hand, it mixes things up, gives us...
Oct 27, 20223 min read
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The Assless Chapel #14: Awards Edition
THE CHAPLAIN'S WEEKLY SCREED This week’s screed is all about giving everyone awards for their contributions to the camp. I was hoping to...
Sep 27, 20223 min read
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