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...

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...

Tragedy calls and challenges us as people of faith. How can we make our children feel safe when we ourselves are deeply shaken? We simply do the best we can. We take small steps.

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

As we head into the holiday season, it's a good time to bring attention to the practice of self-management. Time together with relatives often elicits old memories and deep emotions. The practice begins by first becoming self-aware when ugly emotions start to swell up and our amygdalaevideo by...

"Volunteering to host coffee hour is a great way for newer folks to get involved." "We used to have potluck dinners, but we have so many dinners offered in our service auction that we don't seem to have the interest to plan potlucks anymore." "Attending Leadership School helped me to be an effect...

Read at a measured pace, pausing between sentences. With your eyes closed, relax your body, starting at your head. Relax your face muscles, and then your neck, letting balance keep your head upright, rather than tension in your neck. Pull your shoulders up to your ears, and then let them drop,...

On the top of the pizza box, use a ruler and a marker to draw lines parallel to three sides of the box, 1" in from each edge. Use a box cutter or sharp scissors to cut along the three lines, to make a flap in the lid of a pizza box. Fold this flap up so it stands when the box lid is closed. Cut...

Please close your eyes, and place your hands, palms open, in your lap. Shrug your shoulders up toward your ears. Push them up as high and tight as they will go, and then let your shoulders drop and relax....

Read aloud at a measured pace, pausing between sentences. With your eyes closed, relax your body, starting with your head. Relax your face muscles, and then your neck, letting balance keep your head upright, rather than tension in your neck. Pull your shoulders up to your ears, and then let them...

The authors of these readings have given approval for their use. We gather this hour as people of faith With joys and sorrows, gifts and needs We light this beacon of hope, sign of our quest For truth and meaning, In celebration of the life we share together....

By Pat Schneider, from Another River: New and Selected Poems (Amherst Writers and Artists Press, 2005). Used with permission. The self you leave behind is only a skin you have outgrown. Don't grieve for it. Look to the wet, raw, unfinished self, the one you are becoming. The world, too, sheds its...

"Telling" is used with permission. For more information about Laura's poetry and other writing, go to her website, www.laurahershey.com.

All the world's a game....and we are just players... This paraphrase of the line from Shakespeare's As You Like It comes to mind as I am reading Jane McGonigal's book...

Material excerpted from the book I Will Not Die an Unlived Life copyright (C) 2000 by Dawna Markova Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, Newburyport, MA and San Francisco, CA www.redwheelweiser.com.

Adapted from the work of Peggy McIntosh and Emily Style. "Giving testimony" can mean bearing witness, giving evidence, speaking the truth of one's experience and perspective, and claiming responsibility for one's own truth. The serial testimony protocol is very simple: The facilitator poses a...

This resource includes several first-person narratives from Unitarian Universalists, many of them young adults, describing experiences of being affirmed and experiences of being marginalized. Introduce these voices and experiences using a Theater of Voices technique as described Activity 4....

Dear Thank you for registering for Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults. The (program/conference/first workshop) will take place (day, date, time, and place)....

For your newsletter or website Building the World We Dream About for Young Adults is a Unitarian Universalist program that seeks to interrupt the workings of racism and transform how people from different racial/ethnic groups understand and relate to one another....

This program will: Provide participants with a better understanding of people who are different from them Deepen participants’ ability to communicate openly and clearly with those in their circle of friends and acquaintances Present the idea that racism is a social construct which can be...