UU World Family Pages

Families: Weave a Tapestry of Faith is the four-page, color insert in UU World magazine with stories, activities, and reflections drawn from Tapestry of Faith religious education programs and resources. Editor: Susan Dana Lawrence.

The Family pages are archived online as PDF files:

• Spring 2013: Sacred Rest: The Beauty and Purpose of the Dark
  Story: God Is Like Darkness, by Mary Ann Moore
  Parent Reflection: Make the Dark Your Friend
   
• Winter 2012: Courage! Look in Your Heart
  Story: The Farmer on the Hill
  Parent Reflection: Find and Share the Courage of Your Convictions
   
• Fall 2012: All God's Crittters... Even the Bat
  Story: Why Bat Has No Friends
  Parent Reflection: Teach Not Revulsion. Instead, Teach Wonder.
   
• Summer 2012: Standing with Families, on the Side of Love
  Story: Separated by a Border
  Parent Reflection: Two Families, One Story
   
• Spring 2012: Animals and Us: Companionship, Caring, and Compassion
  Story: Beatrix Potter
  Parent Reflection: Let Animals Help Us Share Our Parting Gifts, by Pat Kahn
   
• Winter 2011: Resilient Together in Tough Times
  Story: The Fowler and the Quail
  Parent Reflection: Talking about Money Problems
   
• Fall 2011: The Power of Presence
  Story: A Riddle for Ralph Waldo Emerson—Give Love
  Parent Reflection: The Power of Presence
   
• Summer 2011: Ten Years after 9/11, Unitarian Universalists (UUs) and Interfaith Work
  Story: Building Bridges, Breaking Down Walls—First UU of Columbus, Ohio
  Parent Reflection: Ten Years Ago, Before I Was a Mother, by Susan Dana Lawrence
   
• Spring 2011: Living in Good Faith...with Technology
  Story: The Children and the Frogs
  Parent Reflection: Are We the Loneliest Nation on Earth?
   
• Winter 2010: Empowering UU Kids to Understand, Care, and Act
  Story: The Change the World Kids
  Parent Reflection: A Parent's Loving Choices Nurture a Child's Loving Power
   
• Fall 2010: O, Sparkling Web of Difference!
  Story: Indra's Web
  Parent Reflection: Beloved Community, A Dazzling Vision, by Marla Scharf
   
• Summer 2010: Water, Stewardship, and Justice
  Story: Pete Seeger and The Clearwater
  Parent Reflection: Meditation on water
   
• Spring 2010: Recycle and Regenerate
  Story: Clara Barton—Resourceful Faith in Action
  Parent Reflection: Worms and Religious Education, by Gail Forsyth-Vail
   
• Winter 2009: Harvest the Wisdom of Our UU Sources
  Story: Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom
  Parent Reflection: Gandhi's Truth
   
• Fall 2009: Make Room to Be Together in Awe, Wonder and Spirit
  Story: For the Love of Stars: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
  Parent Reflection: A Private History of Awe