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After many years of being out of shape, he decided it was time to do something about the state of his body. With great excitement and enthusiasm, he went to the local gym, got a membership, and began a circuit-training routine. He felt good. And he kept at it, going to the gym several times a week. ...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in PracticeTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Caring, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Community, Despair, Empathy, Friendship, Health, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page -
After many years in a congregation, she’d had enough. Knowing the people as well as she did, she knew that what they said on Sunday and what they did on Monday did not always equate....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in PracticeTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Balance, Beauty, Belief, Change, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Compromise, Connections, Direct ExperienceCurriculum page
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Pablo Casals, born in Vendrell, Spain to a Puerto Rican mother, is thought by many to be the greatest cellist who ever lived. His recordings of the Bach Cello Suites, made between 1936 and 1939, are considered unsurpassed to this day.Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in PracticeTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Brokenness, Commitment, Creativity, Culture, Death, Direct Experience, Growth, Humility, Mindfulness, Patience, ProgressCurriculum page
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Once upon a time there was a Teacher who was known far and wide as one who had mastered all the great disciplines of a spiritual seeker. She wandered the country, and whenever people heard she was near, they traveled to seek her wisdom and her guidance. ...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in PracticeTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Balance, Caring, Children, Education, God, Growth, Joy, Letting Go, Listening, Mystery, Prophetic Words & DeedsCurriculum page
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NARRATOR: Martin Luther was born in 1483 in what is now Germany. He was christened in the Roman Catholic Church, like everyone else in the Holy Roman Empire, which stretched through most of Europe at the time. He received his doctorate in theology from Wittenberg University in 1512. Five years...Story | By Greta Anderson | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: ChristianityCurriculum page -
Adapted from Christian scripture, New Revised Standard Version.Jesus of Nazareth, baby of a poor Jewish family, was born in a stable in Bethlehem in the region of Galilee. His parents, Mary and Joseph, had traveled there as required by law for the Roman census....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesCurriculum page
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Lydia Maria Child is not as famous now as she was when she lived— famous as a radical and reformer, a brilliant thinker and author, and a tireless advocate for oppressed members of society, specifically Native Americans, children, Africans and African Americans held in slavery, and women. Lydia...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Earth-Centered, Justice, Race/Ethnicity, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Based on a European Jewish folk tale.Once there was a woman who lived in a simple village. She had a simple life, with few needs. One night, she had a dream. She dreamed a treasure was buried under a bridge far away, in the capital city. The dream did not feel like a dream at all....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Faith, Religion, Spirituality, TruthCurriculum page
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A man walking across a field encountered a tiger. The man fled, running as fast as he could go, with the tiger chasing fiercely after him. The man came to the edge of the field. It was a cliff! He leaned over the edge of the cliff, grabbed a vine, and swung down against the cliff face. The tiger...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: BuddhismCurriculum page
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The name "Buddha" means "enlightened one" or "awakened one." However, the founder of the Buddhist religion was not born enlightened. He was born Siddhartha Gautama, son of King Suddodana and Queen Maya, rulers of Kapilavastu, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas in 566 BCE....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: BuddhismCurriculum page
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Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era, welcomed into his home a university professor who had asked to see him. The professor arrived, answered the master's simple, polite greeting with a brusque, arrogant reply, and strode past him into the house....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesCurriculum page
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In the abode of the great god Indra, king of heaven, hangs a wondrous vast net, much like a spider's web in intricacy and loveliness. At each node of the net hangs a single jewel.Story | By Mary K. Isaacs | October 27, 2011 (reviewed August 2025) | For High School, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), InterdependenceCurriculum page -
From The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.Genesis, Chapter 12, Verses 1-9 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred an...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: Covenant, HopeCurriculum page
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Based on a story of indigenous people of Australia/New Zealand.There was a time when everything was still. All the spirits of the Earth were asleep—or almost all. The great Sun Mother was awake, and as she opened her eyes a warm ray of light spread out toward the sleeping Earth. "Ah!" the Sun...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: EarthCurriculum page
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Mother Earth, unable to bear the burden of the sins committed by evil kings and rulers, appealed to Brahma, the Creator, for help. Brahma prayed to Supreme Lord Vishnu, who assured Brahma that Vishnu himself would soon be born on earth to annihilate tyrannical forces....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: HinduismCurriculum page
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Every religion has factions that disagree about "doctrine"—that is, the official beliefs of that religion. Even ours. Even though Unitarian Universalism is a free religion without a set doctrine or creed, there are plenty of ways to disagree about what it means to be a UU. One such disagreement...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Belief, Brokenness, Caring, Community, History, Inclusion, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Unitarian Universalism, UnitarianismCurriculum page -
A retelling of a Sufi wisdom tale. Once there was a woman who prayed to understand what path she should take in life. One night, after praying, she dreamed of walking in the woods. The next day, she journeyed to the woods, searching for the answer to her prayers. It was quiet and peaceful....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Animals, Caring, Compassion, Discernment, Generosity, Islam, Limitations, ServiceCurriculum page
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The Tenderloin district of San Francisco can be intimidating because of its high concentration of homeless people, poverty, prostitution, and drug and alcohol abuse. Tourists are cautioned to avoid the area. But where some people saw danger, two women from different faiths saw an opportunity for...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Compassion, Creativity, Justice, Poverty, Presence, Privilege, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Respect, Youth/TeensCurriculum page -
In the spring of 2008, Aubrey Rose was a 15-year-old high school sophomore attending a Catholic school in Frederick, Maryland. She valued service and had been profoundly affected by an educational visit of an Imam to her youth group, but didn't know how to act on it....Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Leadership, Religion, Religious PluralismCurriculum page
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By Daniel Quinn, in Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (New York: Bantam/Turner Books, 1992). Used by permission.This story (Ishmael said) takes place half a billion years ago—an inconceivably long time ago, when this planet would be all but unrecognizable to you. Nothing at all stirred...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Acceptance, Belief, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Mystery, Reason, Religion, Religious PluralismCurriculum page