Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants' journals, and writing instruments Participants' clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and sciss...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Post two sheets of newsprint, one labeled "Fairness: Up Side," the other labeled "Fairness: Down Side." Post a third sheet, headed "Does fairness mean... " and write: "Treat everyone the same?"...

Description of Activity Youth create a simple forgiveness ritual and share it with others. If you have a group that is creative or has quite a bit of worship experience, they might enjoy the challenge of creating a ritual around forgiveness. The ritual could involve a meditation. Use Activity 3,...

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....

Materials for Activity For gathering interviews: Notepads and pens/pencils, cameras, and/or audio/video recording equipment For presenting interviews: Bulletin board display materials such as writing/drawing paper, construction paper, color markers, and tape/push pins, and/or audio/video playback...

Main Street High School has a dilemma. A student wears a tee shirt that some people think is inappropriate, but some do not. The dilemma will be solved by a tug-of-war. [Bring out the rope.] A youth wears a tee shirt to school that says, "Gay? Fine by me." [Pick a volunteer to be the tee shirt...

Spirit of Life and Love, Bless me with a generous heart A generous heart that knows how to give... When I feel as though I do not have enough to share, When I feel unappreciated, When I believe my gifts will fall short of what is needed, expected or desired, When my enemy is in need of mercy,...

A wisdom tale from many cultures, including Buddhist.A wise woman, a teacher, was passing through a forest. There, among the leaves, was something shiny. She wiped away the leaves and dirt and beheld a beautiful, large gem. "My, this is pretty," the wise woman said. She put the jewel in her pouch...

Hannah Salwen looked left. She saw a man who was homeless, sitting on a fence. She looked right, at the Mercedes beside them at the intersection. "Dad," she said, "if that man"—she pointed to the Mercedes—"had a less nice car, that man there" —she pointed to the man who was homeless—"could...

Materials for Activity Supplies for gleaning work-for example, gardening gloves or latex gloves; bags, baskets, or other approved containers; sturdy shoes Optional: A computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity Does the Society of St. Andrew have a branch in your community? If so,...

1. from The Tao de Ching, Chapter 22, translated by J.H. MacDonald If you want to become whole, first let yourself become broken. If you want to become straight, first let yourself become twisted. If you want to become full, first let yourself become empty. If you want to become new, first let...

In For Praying Out Loud: Interfaith Prayers for Public Occasions (Boston: Skinner House, 2003), used with permission. SPIRIT OF ALL GIFTS AND GRACE We are not ungrateful—not all the time. We know that life is a precious gift. Though we would appear at times to squander it, remember the ways we do...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity 8 1/2 x 11-inch writing paper and construction paper A stapler Pens/pencils/markers Optional: Additional decorating materials, such as stickers, glitter, etc Description of Activity Youth create a booklet on the care and feeding of humility....

Materials for Activity "Bicycle Rack" newsprint sheet from Opening Description of Activity Youth discuss ethical challenges they have faced. If someone shared an experience in check-in or during any workshop activities that the group would like to explore further, do so now. This could be...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Participants' journals, and writing instruments Participants' clipboards with anklets (Workshop 1, Activity 3, Practice) Beads, and waterproof markers and/or other decorations Extra clipboards and string/hemp, and sciss...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Post two sheets of newsprint, one headed "Humility - Up Side", the other headed "Humility - Down Side." Post a third sheet headed "Does Humility mean...?" and write these definitions: "lack of...

Materials for Activity Optional: Computer with Internet access and a digital projector or a large monitor Preparation for Activity Preview the Akshaya...

1. Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/wisdom-compassion-and_courage_are_the_t… (Confucianism) 2. I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself.

Spirit of Life, I give thanks for the opportunities to love that present themselves in the turmoil of life. When the light catches the tears in another's eyes, where hands are held and there are moments without words, let us be present then, and alive to the possibility of changing....