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"The Thief Within" is taken from Kindness, A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom (Spokane, Eastern Washington University Press, 2001). Many centuries ago, a young, novice monk traveled alone in the mountains of Tibet. He wandered about penniless, begging for a meager meal from time to time....Story | By Sarah Conover, Valerie Wahl | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Conscience, EthicsCurriculum page -
The date is January 15, 2009. The time is 3:06 p.m. You are on board U. S. Air Flight 1549, still on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. You are excited. This is the first time you have been on a plane without your family. Today is a Thursday....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: MysteryCurriculum page
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Characters Scenelet One: Narrator, Parent, Little Kid Scenelet Two: Narrator, Pediatrician, Parent, Little Kid Scenelet Three: Narrator, Adult, UU Minister Scenelet Four: Narrator, Old Scientist, Old Scientist's Young Friend SCENELET ONE Narrator: A Parent and a Little Kid were at the beach on a...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: MysteryCurriculum page
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A speaker in the Bible says to God: "Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God and Savior of Israel." This is verse 15 from Chapter 45 in the Book of Isaiah. But the Bible is not the only place people talk about God hiding. Stories from different times and cultures tell of the same thing....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: GodCurriculum page
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Based on a wisdom tale of Japanese origin. Once upon a time, there was a stonecutter. He spent his life cutting up rocks for use in this and that and the other. He liked his work. He was a happy man. At least he thought he was, until one day he was cutting stone for the house of a rich family.Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Brokenness, HappinessCurriculum page
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Adapted from "The Story of Henry Bergh and the First Humane Society" in the curriculum Holidays and Holy Days by Charlene Brotman and Barbara Marshfield (Brotman Marsh-Field Curriculums). Copyright 1983. Used by permission. Sometimes, anger can be a good thing. Henry Bergh's anger was....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Animals, Compassion, Connections, ResponsibilityCurriculum page
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The First Situation is based on "Taking Justice to the Community" by Kimberly French, in UU World, September/October 2002. The Second Situation is based on "Work Camp" by Heather Robb, in UU World, September/October 2002. The Fourth Situation is based on First Situation: Life is unfair....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: JusticeCurriculum page
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Based on Hebrew scripture. Have you heard about Job? He had quite a story. You can find it in Hebrew scripture—the Book of Job. Job lived in the land of Uz, and at the beginning, he was a happy man—as he should have been. He had ten great kids and a wonderful wife. He was wealthy, and he was a...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Faith, GodCurriculum page
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Based on excerpts, adapted with permission, from Love and Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow by Forrest Church (Beacon Press, 2008). Reverend Forrest Church is a minister of a very large Unitarian Universalist church in New York City. Rev. Church has cancer....Story | By Forrest Church | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryCurriculum page
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Where previously there had been nothing, now there was something. Within a black hole, a "singularity" developed. What's a "singularity?" It's an area in a black hole where the density is so great the pressure squeezes bits of finite matter into a piece of infinite matter. Do you understand that?Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryCurriculum page
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Compiled by Tirrell H. Kimball of the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland, Maine.Read — or ask volunteers to read — as many entries from this collection as time and interest allow. Twice upon a time, the religious education leader of a UU church in Portland, Maine, decided to...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: GodCurriculum page
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"Better Living through Chemistry." This was the motto of one of America's leading corporations in the 1950s. Chemicals could make better clothing. Chemicals could improve food—not to mention food packaging. Chemicals could increase farm yields and improve our environment. Chemicals had helped us...Story | By Greta Anderson | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Interdependence, Nature, ScienceCurriculum page
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"The Big Question" by Betsy Williams is taken from uu&me, Summer, 2006 (Church of the Larger Fellowship). Used by permission of the author. Milo liked numbers....Story | By Betsy Hill Williams | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Belief, Religion, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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Dorothea Dix lived in the 1800s. At a time when women had fewer choices than men did, Dorothea made extraordinary choices for herself. She did not grow up a Unitarian, but she chose to become one as an adult. Another choice she made was to work hard on behalf of other people. Dorothea made one of...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page -
By Mary Ann Moore, in Hide and Seek with God (Boston: Skinner House Books, 1994). Based on tales from Zen Buddhism and Hebrew scripture. Used with permission. Once there was a man who wanted to know what God was truly like....Story | By Mary Ann Moore | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page
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A seven-year-old girl named Nancy asked her minister, "What prayer shall I say when I go to bed?" He wrote her back this answer. Dear Nancy, You may not have realized it, but when you asked me to suggest a bedtime prayer for you, you raised a very important question. It is a question which people...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page
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By Barb Pitman, in uu&me! Collected Stories, edited by Betsy Hill Williams (Boston: Skinner House, 2003). She was bewildered. Bewildered and ashamed. The other hands in the classroom were smooth with nails cleanly cut. Hands raised to answer the teacher's question....Story | By Barb Pitman | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page
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Charles Dickens was born in England in 1812, about 200 years ago. He first earned a living as an assistant in a lawyer's office, then as a newspaper reporter. He was still a young man when he became famous for the funny essays he wrote from his own imagination. At first, no one knew who he was,...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page
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The full text of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel, Oliver Twist, can be obtained online at The Literature Network 's website. The novel is copyright-free and in the public domain.Explain that Oliver Twist is a fictional character Charles Dickens created to tell a story. The story begins, just after...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page
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From Our Seven Principles in Story and Verse: A Collection for Children and Adults by Kenneth W. Collier (Boston: Skinner House, 2007). Used with permission. It was the first day of the Festival of Purification....Story | By Kenneth W. Collier | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsCurriculum page