UU World Families Pages

Every issue of UU World print magazine includes a pull-out, full color section of timely, fun, and faith-building activities and stories to share at home. Families: Weave a Tapestry of Faith is edited by Susan Dana Lawrence, Managing Editor of the UUA Faith Development Office. 

Below, you can download a Families section (PDF) from our archives or click on the title of a story or parent reflection to read online.

• ​Spring 2018 (PDF, 4 pages): Flower Power
  Story: The Seed (poem), by Aileen Fisher
  Parent Reflection: Our Children Are Like Seeds
• Winter 2017 (PDF, 4 pages): A Sanctuary is More Than a Building
  Story: A Light Across the River
  Parent Reflection: All Beings Need Safety to Thrive, by Mandy Neff
• Fall 2017: Answering the Call of Love
  Story: A Sea of Pink
  Parent Reflection: Bringing Up Solutionaries, by Megan Pincus Kajitani
• Summer 2017: Learning from New Orleans
  Story: Vanessa's Garage
  Parent Reflection: UU Parenting, NOLA Style
• Spring 2017: Sing a Prayerful Song
  Story: The Cellist of Sarajevo
  Parent Reflection: Music in Mind

• Winter 2016: Making a Name for Yourself
  Story: The Red Bud Tree
  Parent Reflection: Ten Thousand Baby Names, by Kathleen McTigue
• Fall 2016: A Vote Is a Way to Have a Say
  Story: Leader of the Birds
  Parent Reflection: Democracy is Messy. Take Your Kids to the Polls.
• Summer 2016: Gender on the Agenda
  Story: What's in a Name?
  Parent Reflection: The Son He Never Had, by Melanie Davis
• Spring 2016: How Humor Helps
  Story: Clowning for Joy in Haiti, by Sarah Liane Foster
  Parent Reflection: Powerful Stuff—Use with Caution! by Erik Wikstrom
• Winter 2015: Money Talks
  Story: Know Yourself
  Parent Reflection: Making Money Choices
• Fall 2015: Partners Reach Out with Respect
  Story: Interfaith 'Ohana: A Hawaiian Story
  Parent Reflection: In Every Season, Partnership, by Eric Cherry
• Summer 2015: The Whole World in Our Hands (Climate Change)
  Story: Green Like the Wind, by Julie Simon
  Parent Reflection: The Web of Life: Helping Children to Know Our Place
• Spring 2015: Selma, 1965
  Story: When We Get Our Freedom
  Parent Reflection: The Williams Family, Then and Now 
• Winter 2014: Stop! In the Name of Love
  Story: Brave Love, by Pam Kennedy
  Parent Reflection: Return to the Source: Our Principles, by Nora Rasman
• Fall 2014: Geology: The Study of Wondrous Transformations
  Story: A Rock Can Tell You a Story
  Parent Reflection: Raised UU... and Geologist, by Charlotte Lehmann
• Summer 2014: Feeling Good in Your Body
  Story: Every Body Is Beautiful, by Melanie J. Davis
  Parent Reflection: A Beautiful Body, from a blog by Kiyah Duffey
• Spring 2014: Travel and Transformation
  Story: An American in Ghana, by Erik Mohn
  Parent Reflection: Mother/Daughter Road Trip, by Rev. Suzelle Lynch and Grace HaeLan Lynch Kim
• Winter 2013: Hope
  Story: Pandora's Jar
  Parent Reflection: Milma Lappala, by Gail Forsyth-Vail
• Fall 2013: Unitarians, Children, and Books
  Story: A Heavenly Place to Read, by Andrea Greenwood
  Parent Reflection: Reading with Children: An Act of Faith, by Pat Kahn
• Summer 2013: Sacred Spaces We Create
  Story: Yoga in the Right Place, by Darcey Laine
  Parent Reflection: Making Our Own Sacred Places, by Jessica York
• Spring 2013: Sacred Rest: The Beauty and Purpose of the Dark
  Story: God Is Like Darkness, by Mary Ann Moore
  Parent Reflection: Make the Dark Your Friend
• Winter 2012: Courage! Look in Your Heart
  Story: The Farmer on the Hill
  Parent Reflection: Find and Share the Courage of Your Convictions
• Fall 2012: All God's Crittters... Even the Bat
  Story: Why Bat Has No Friends
  Parent Reflection: Teach Not Revulsion. Instead, Teach Wonder.
• Summer 2012: Standing with Families, on the Side of Love
  Story: Separated by a Border
  Parent Reflection: Two Families, One Story
• Spring 2012: Animals and Us: Companionship, Caring, and Compassion
  Story: Beatrix Potter
  Parent Reflection: Let Animals Help Us Share Our Parting Gifts, by Pat Kahn
• Winter 2011: Resilient Together in Tough Times
  Story: The Fowler and the Quail
  Parent Reflection: Talking about Money Problems
• Fall 2011: The Power of Presence
  Story: A Riddle for Ralph Waldo Emerson—Give Love
  Parent Reflection: The Power of Presence
• Summer 2011: Ten Years after 9/11, Unitarian Universalists (UUs) and Interfaith Work
  Story: Building Bridges, Breaking Down Walls—First UU of Columbus, Ohio
  Parent Reflection: Ten Years Ago, Before I Was a Mother, by Susan Dana Lawrence
• Spring 2011: Living in Good Faith...with Technology
  Story: The Children and the Frogs
  Parent Reflection: Are We the Loneliest Nation on Earth?
• Winter 2010: Empowering UU Kids to Understand, Care, and Act
  Story: The Change the World Kids
  Parent Reflection: A Parent's Loving Choices Nurture a Child's Loving Power
• Fall 2010: O, Sparkling Web of Difference!
  Story: Indra's Web
  Parent Reflection: Beloved Community, A Dazzling Vision, by Marla Scharf
• Summer 2010: Water, Stewardship, and Justice
  Story: Pete Seeger and The Clearwater
  Parent Reflection: Meditation on Water
• Spring 2010: Recycle and Regenerate
  Story: Clara Barton—Resourceful Faith in Action
  Parent Reflection: Worms and Religious Education, by Gail Forsyth-Vail
• Winter 2009: Harvest the Wisdom of Our UU Sources
  Story: Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom
  Parent Reflection: Gandhi's Truth
• Fall 2009: Make Room to Be Together in Awe, Wonder and Spirit
  Story: For the Love of Stars: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
  Parent Reflection: A Private History of Awe