Workshop 3: Rising Tides: Reason as a Religious Source Part of Faith like a River In This Section Introduction From Faith Like a River Where our treasure is, there our heart be also. And where our heart is there will be our reason and our premises. — James Luther Adams Throughout... Workshop-at-a-Glance From Faith Like a River Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: For the Love of Stars 25 Activity 2: Time Line of Reason as a Source of Religious Belief... Spiritual Preparation From Faith Like a River Give some thought to these questions so you will arrive at the workshop centered and ready to engage with the material and the group: What level of... Welcoming and Entering From Faith Like a River Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Sign-in sheet and pen/pencil Name tags and markers Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Schedule Template... Opening From Faith Like a River Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Optional: Decorative cloth Preparation for... Activity 1: For the Love of Stars From Faith Like a River Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "For the Love of Stars" Leader Resource 1, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Photograph... Activity 2: Time Line of Reason as a Source of Religious Belief From Faith Like a River Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Time Line of Reason as a Source of Religious Belief Workshop 1, Handout 2, Time Line... Activity 3: Sources of Religious Knowledge From Faith Like a River Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Sources of Religious Knowledge Handout 2, Sources of the Living Tradition Paper and... Activity 4: The Premises of Reason From Faith Like a River Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 3, Scientific Salvation Three small objects for a ritual, perhaps smooth stones, flowers, sea... Closing From Faith Like a River Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Taking It Home Optional: Faith in Action fro... Leader Reflection and Planning From Faith Like a River After the workshop, co-leaders should talk together to evaluate this workshop and plan future workshops. Use these questions to guide your shared... Faith In Action: Sources of Religious Authority in Our Congregation From Faith Like a River Materials for Activity Commissi… on Appraisal, Engaging Our Theological Diversity Description of Activity The 2005 publication by the Commission on... Alternate Activity 1: Cone vs. Abbott - Is Scientific Reason an Adequate Guide for Living? From Faith Like a River Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 4, Reason and Reverence Worship Resources Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian... Alternate Activity 2: Heritage of Heresy - Bisbee and Tuttle on the Universalist Frontier From Faith Like a River Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Heritage of Heresy: Bisbee and Tuttle on the Universalist Frontier video Computer with Internet access,... Alternate Activity 3: Common Unitarian Beliefs - 1887 and 1936 From Faith Like a River Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 5, Things Most Commonly Believed Today Among Us (1887) and Unitarians Face a New Age (1936)... Alternate Activity 4: The Clockwork Universe of Deism From Faith Like a River Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Paper and markers Drawing and collage supplies including fancy papers, and... Taking It Home: Rising Tides: Reason as a Religious Source From Faith Like a River Where our treasure is, there our heart be also. And where our heart is there will be our reason and our premises. — James Luther Adams Writing in their... For the Love of Stars Gail Forsyth-Vail From Faith Like a River From Stories in Faith: Exploring Our Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources Through Wisdom Tales, a Tapestry of Faith Toolkit Book (Boston: Skinn... Handout 1: Humanism and its Aspirations: Humanist Manifesto I From Faith Like a River Copyright 1933 by The New Humanist and 1973 by the American Humanist Association. Used with permission. Please note that this is no longer a current... Handout 2: Sources of the Living Tradition Unitarian Universalist Association From Faith Like a River From Article II, Section C 2.1. Bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association. ... Handout 3: Scientific Salvation Mark W. Harris From Faith Like a River This reading is for multiple voices, a narrator, and several individuals who represent early 20th-century Unitarians and Universalists. Excerpted and... Handout 4: Reason and Reverence Worship Resources From Faith Like a River Hymns In Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook: Hymn 26, "Holy, Holy, Holy" Hymn 30, "Over My Head" Hymn 145, "As Tranquil... Handout 5: Things Most Commonly Believed Today Among Us (1887) and Unitarians Face A New Age (1936) From Faith Like a River Things Most Commonly Believed Today Among Us A Statement of Faith written by William Channing Gannett for the 1887 meeting of the Western Unitarian... Leader Resource 1: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Photograph From Faith Like a River Used by permission of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image SIA2009-1325. Leader Resource 2: Time Line of Reason as a Source of Religious Belief From Faith Like a River Reason can be described as "the mental capacity or power to use the human mind in reaching and establishing truth." Reason has played an important role ... Leader Resource 3: Sources of Religious Knowledge From Faith Like a River Throughout the course of human history, many have attempted to create meaning and search for truths. With this came the need to establish the sources of... Find Out More From Faith Like a River Commissi… on Appraisal, Engaging Our Theological Diversity Unitaria… Face A New Age: The Report of the Commission of Appraisal to the American... PREVIOUS: Find Out More UP: Faith like a River NEXT: Introduction Download all of Faith Like a River (Word) to edit or print.