Excerpted and adapted from the article, "Margaret Fuller's 1842 Journal: At Concord with the Emersons" edited with an Introduction by Joel Myerson, Harvard Library Bulletin 21 (October 1979)....

Based on multiple sources, particularly a letter from Margaret Fuller to Caroline Sturgis, October 22, 1840. The letter may be found at Houghton Library, Harvard University (call number MS Am 1221 (242))....

This is a 30-minute activity. Description How does our congregation pay attention to our individual experiences of emotional struggle? Is the congregation a place where people can bring their whole selves, even when they are feeling less-than-perfect? Reflect on your own experiences of emotional...

Selections from Memoir of William Ellery Channing with Extracts from His Correspondence and Manuscripts, In Three Volumes, William Henry Channing, ed. (Boston, 1851). Here are three excerpts from Volume I of Channing's Memoir. I. My whole life has been a struggle with my feelings. Last winter I...

From "Likeness to God," a Discourse at the Ordination of the Rev. F.A. Farley, Providence, Rhode Island, 1828, found in William Ellery Channing: Selected Writings, David Robinson, ed. (New York: Paulist Press, 1985). In proportion as we approach and resemble the mind of God, we are brought into...

Information drawn from sources including: Channing, William Henry, Memoir of William Ellery Channing with Extracts His Correspondents and Manuscripts, In Three Volumes, (Boston, 1851) Wright, Conrad, http://www.uuabookstore.org/Three-Prophets-of-Religious-Liberalism-P175… Prophets of Religious...

Adapted from multiple sources, primarily the Memoir of William Ellery Channing with Extracts from His Correspondents and Manuscripts, in Three Volumes, William Henry Channing, ed. (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, fifth edition, 1851)....

From Hosea Ballou, http://books.google.com/books?vid=HARVARD32044016976474&printsec=ti… Treatise on Atonement in which, The Finite Nature of Sin is Argued, Its Cause and Consequences as such; The Necessity and Nature of Atonement; And its Glorious Consequences in the FINAL RECONCILIATION OF ALL...

Hosea Ballou preached his liberal faith to everyday people, men and women of the laboring classes. He was a self-educated man from rural New Hampshire and Massachusetts who was spurned by the Boston Unitarian elite. But in no small part thanks to Ballou, by the end of the 19th century, one out of...

In 1789, Hosea Ballou attended the Baptist revival held in his hometown of Richmond, New Hampshire. Moved by the preaching during this event, which was touted as "The Great Reformation," Ballou, age 19, stepped forward to be baptized....

Charles Chauncy preached this sermon May 13, 1742, at the First Church of Boston. Printed by T. Fleet, for D. Henchman and S. Eliot in Cornhill, 1742. Excerpts 3 and 5 include paraphrasing as well as direct quotes from the sermon. First Excerpt The Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit, as the word is...

Charles Chauncy was the leading opponent of the Great Awakening, the Protestant evangelical movement that swept through the British North American colonies between 1739 and 1745. Chauncy was born into the elite Puritan merchant class that ruled Boston....

This is a 30-minute activity. You will need copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, one for every two participants; paper and pens/pencils; and newsprint, markers, and tape. Engage participants to consider how contemporary Unitarian Universalism reflects de...

Information drawn from Albert D. Bell, The Life and Times of Dr. George de Benneville (1703-1793) (Boston: The Universalist Church of America, 1953) and David Robinson, “George de Benneville,” The Unitarians and the Universalists (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1985). George de Benneville is the...

Excerpted from Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of Dr. George de Benneville, translated by Rev. Elhanan Winchester (Germantown, PA: Converse Cleaves, Publisher, 1890), with material to explain the context for each.George de Benneville was raised by his godmother, Queen Anne of England....

An adult faith journey for UUs who want to preach and teach what they already experience but want to articulate: the spiritual power of our faith.

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This is an archived resource. Please go to Deeper Joy in the Faith Curricula Library for an updated resource

This is an archived resource. Please go to Deeper Joy in the Faith Curricula Library for an updated resource

This is an archived resource. Please go to Deeper Joy in the Faith Curricula Library for an updated resource