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...

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.

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." — Native American Proverb "Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach." — Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author and...

When a congregation wants to add a new program, what are some helpful strategies?

From the Unitarian Universalist Association archives.

From the Unitarian Universalist Association archives.

Adapted from Workshop 12 of the Tapestry of Faith curriculum Building the World We Dream About by Dr. Mark A. Hicks....

By Meg Barnhouse. Used with permission. I dragged myself to the early morning Theme Talk, even though it was the last day of a week at church camp and I was tired from staying up late singing with friends and dancing my fool head off. A panel of old-timers was talking about the early days of...

All people have the right to worship and believe what they choose. People have the right to bear arms. Church and state should always be separate. Social clubs (like the Boy Scouts of America) have the right to limit their memberships however they see fit....

Natural Rights: Natural rights are associated with philosophy and religion. The idea behind natural rights is that our humanity (our unique nature) imbues us with certain inherent rights, including the right to life. Such rights are commonly attributed to scriptural or religious teachings, the...

Part I John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a 19th-century British politician and political philosopher. Born and raised in London, Mill had a brilliant mind: He learned Greek starting at the age of three, and Latin and algebra when he was eight. He went on to serve the University of St. Andrews as...

Remarks by Ralph Waldo Emerson, delivered before the graduating class of Harvard's Divinity School on July 15, 1838. The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson advocated direct experience of religious sentiment, unmediated by clergy, or by tradition or ritual. In describing himself as a "Transcendentalist," Emerson lifted up his belief that it was possible for people to have a direct, transcendent experience of reality, a personal...

Environment Canada's Freshwater Website. Reproduced with the permission of the Department, 2009.

Tomorrow the family will go to the well. Will water be there? x x x Tomorrow is the family reunion. It better not rain. x x x The well was almost dry last week. And still it has not rained. x x x We will play games and maybe swim. And it better not rain. x x x Has it rained at the well? Or is it...

Toilet Tax Please pay what you can before entering the bathroom. This action is to raise awareness about the lack of sanitation and clean water in much of the world and money to help solve the problem....

There's a toilet at the top of the page, surrounded by expanding circles associated with scores. How to play: From outside the board try to flick your turdlywink into the latrine. If you miss you'll make a mess. The circle closest to the toilet is labelled 'WaterAid's vision: 100% sanitation...

These are some responses to the Common Vision Planning Committee survey as reported to the UUA Board of Trustees, January 1989. I try to be to be tolerant of it even though I’m not very comfortable about it. I try to be welcoming. I guess you could say my feelings and thoughts are inconsistent.