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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. – Henry David Thoreau IN TODAY’S SESSION… During our discussions of finding home in a particular place, the Creating Home group learned about the homes of other animals and compared some of them to our homes. This session explored what...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page -
Your deepest roots are in nature. No matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of life you lead, you remain irrevocably linked with the rest of creation. — Charles Cook, founder and director of Wild Earth Adventures IN TODAY'S SESSION... we learned about some interesting partnerships in...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page -
We see in the world around us many symbols that teach us the meaning of life. You could notice if you wanted to, but you are usually too busy. We Indians live in a world of symbols and images where the spiritual and the commonplace are one....Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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We did not weave the web of life; We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, We do to ourselves — attributed to Chief Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Nation IN TODAY'S SESSION... we heard the story, "The Grumpy Gecko," which showed that all living beings on the Earth are connected on...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From World of WonderCurriculum page
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I want to remind myself and others that our homes can become sacred places, filled with life and meaning. – Gunilla Norris IN TODAY’S SESSION… We began our exploration of home by talking about thresholds – places of entrance and exit where we begin and end our journeys. We created name...Taking It Home | May 17, 2013 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Creating HomeCurriculum page
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We love beyond belief. — Thandeka Think of something you can do to create more of an ethos of care and compassion within your own congregation or small group ministry program. Explore the possibilities and make a commitment to make it happen. Consider what you have learned in the What Moves Us...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page -
No one knows better than I that the [Spirit] often fails to keep appointments with our congregations on Sunday morning. When that happens, it is often useful to go for a walk in the woods on Sunday afternoon! But even so, what has happened Sunday morning is not without value. For even when the...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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We live by our devotions. — James Luther Adams (1901-1994) Identify a way in which your personal religious behavior displays your religious beliefs. Then, identify a way your congregation's beliefs are displayed in congregational structure, practices, and action. Reflect in your theology journal...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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The emotional impulses that urge [human]kind to be religious are a part of human nature everywhere and apparently always. We truly need to be religious. — Sophia Lyon Fahs What core emotional needs of yours are foundational to your personal Unitarian Universalist faith? Reflect on how these needs...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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What is done here at home in my heart is my religion. — Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) Focus your intention to try and notice yourself or someone else struggling to keep their personal integrity intact—that is, struggling to take heart. What can you do as a practice of your faith to help yourself...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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Nothing is so hard as to root out bad passions, to be upright, at whatever the cost, and to be benevolent and charitable under all provocations and difficulties. — William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) This workshop may have resonated with deep emotions or life-changing moments or experiences too...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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There is an immortal desire in every soul for... happiness. — Hosea Ballou, in A Treatise on Atonement Think of something you might do that could increase the happiness of others or yourself. Then, do it, as a personal faith project to explore your own "theology of happiness." You might pick up a...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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And let me tell you, if you have indeed been renewed in the spirit of your minds, it will [show] it self in your lives. — Charles Chauncy (1705-1787) Think of a practice you might do to help you deepen your spiritual life. Try it and decide if, indeed, you have begun to construct a Unitarian...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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The spirit of Love will be intensified to Godly proportions when reciprocal love exists between the entire human race and each of its individual members. — George de Benneville (1703-1793) Think of an action you might take to offer an unbounded moment of love to someone without expectation of a...Taking It Home | February 7, 2013 | For Families | From What Moves UsCurriculum page
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A family is separated at the border. The 12-year-old girl's understanding of English is needed to navigate the U.S. Immigration system.Story | By Dea Brayden | June 26, 2012 (reviewed June 2025) | For Children, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Human Rights, Immigration, JusticeCurriculum page -
A wisdom tale from Japan. On the top of the hill lived the village curmudgeon. No one knew why the farmer was so ornery, yet he never seemed to have a kind word to say. No one knew why he was so inhospitable, yet he would not even open his door to visitors....Story | March 15, 2012 (reviewed June 2025) | For High School, Families | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Community, Courage, Generosity, Sacrifice, Solidarity, TrustCurriculum page -
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. — Albert Schweitzer Find a family member, a friend, or another trusted conversation partner and share your reflections on what you learned in this program and the evolution of your own moral decision...Taking It Home | January 19, 2012 | For Families | From What We ChooseCurriculum page -
It is possible for there to be a dance with life, a creative response to its intrinsic limits and challenges... — Sharon Welch Contemplate the visual response you made to workshop questions about what it means to be a moral person. Share your thoughts, questions, doubts, and challenges with a...Taking It Home | January 19, 2012 | For Families | From What We ChooseCurriculum page
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No matter how personal we wish to make ethics, it always has a collective dimension. Ignoring or minimizing this dimension is the root of all injustices. — Miguel De La Torre, 21st-century ethicist Reflect on and plan how you will achieve "The Next Thing I Will Do" identified in the workshop.Taking It Home | January 19, 2012 | For Families | From What We ChooseCurriculum page
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Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents a realization of the experiences of other people. — Jane Addams, from Democracy and Social Ethics, 1907 Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round...Taking It Home | January 19, 2012 | For Families | From What We ChooseCurriculum page