Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo… …but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. — Oprah Winfrey

What you are now is what you have been, what you will be is what you do now. — The Buddha Invite older family members to tell a favorite story about money from their childhood. Reflect with them on the similarities and differences between generations with regard to money....

What is true is that for Unitarian Universalism to move into a vibrant future, we will need to mine our past for stories of resistance to oppression, stories of openness to new ways of being religious, stories of transformation that have built new understandings into our narrative of who we are....

Dogbert (gazing at night sky: No matter how bad the day is, the stars are always there. Dilbert: Actually, many of them burned out years ago, but their light is just now reaching earth. Dogbert: Thank you for shattering my comfortable misconception. Dilbert: It's the miracle of science. — Scott...

Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species—man--acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world. — Rachel Carson

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. — Harriet Tubman (c. 1820-1913), abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor [E]ach of us can work to change a small portion of...

The moment of change is the only poem. — Adrienne Rich, 20th-century American poet If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. — Thomas Edison, American inventor (1847-1931) IN TODAY’S SESSION… we heard a Celtic folk tale in which Brigit tricks a landowner to share...

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. — Rod Serling I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. — Joseph Priestley, chemist,...

Everything in nature contains all the power of nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. — Ralph Waldo Emerson IN TODAY’S SESSION… we conducted experiments to create and observe transformations of state—liquid to gas to solid. We talked about the scientific explanations for the...

I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it. — Shug Avery, in Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon...

To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. — Walt Whitman Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. — Albert Einstein IN TODAY’S SESSION… we talked about miracles: what we...

When our heart is in a holy place, we are blessed with love and amazing grace . . . — from "When Our Heart Is In a Holy Place," Hymn 1008 in Singing the Journey IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was "Saying goodbye to friends." We said goodbye to one another by celebrating this group of friends...

If you will show me compassion, then I may learn to care as you do. —from "When I Am Frightened," Hymn 1012 in Singing the Journey IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was, "Chalice Children are all different, but we care about one another and celebrate together." This session concluded Teddy Bear...

When I am frightened, will you reassure me? — from "When I Am Frightened," Hymn 1012 in Singing the Journey IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . The session theme is "Sharing our fears with friends makes us feel less afraid." Using a third party—teddy bears—helps the children talk about some potentially...

Will you be there for me, comfort me tenderly? — from "When I Am Frightened," Hymn 1012 in Singing the Journey IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was "Caring for one another when we feel sick." Teddy Bear Month uses a third party—teddy bears—to introduce some potentially scary situations in a...

When I am lonely, will you be my friend? — "When I Am Frightened," Hymn 1012 in Singing the Journey IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . The theme of this unit, and this session in particular, is that our congregation is a place for making friends and being a friend, and that being a member of this group...

We are building a new way. — from "Building a New Way," Hymn 1017 in Singing the Journey IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was "We are a community." We built a neighborhood together out of blocks, using our sharing and caring skills and working cooperatively. EXPLORE THE TOPIC TOGETHER . . ....

Gathered here in the mystery of the hour. — from "Gathered Here," Hymn 389 in Singing the Living Tradition IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was "My shadow." Sophia L. Fahs identifies play with one's shadow as one of 12 main types of experiences connected with natural religious development in...

I seek the wonder of a child, a child who sees delightfully, now clowns in cloud, now gold in sun—imaginations true and free. — "I Seek the Spirit of a Child," Hymn 338 in Singing the Living Tradition IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was "imagination." Unitarian artist Arthur Lismer once said,...

Come dream a dream with me, that I might know your mind. — from "Come, Sing a Song with Me," Hymn 346 in Singing the Living Tradition IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . the theme was "We wonder about dreams." Unitarian Universalist religious educator Sophia L. Fahs identified a child's realization that the...