Adapted by Lynn Ungar from a story by Jerrilyn Jacobs on the My Hero project website and information on the Free the Children website. You could say it all started with a little thing. Craig Keilburger watched his older brother Marc get excited about a science project when Marc was 12 years old.

Based on a true story which happened at the 1976 Special Olympics in Seattle, Washington.Years ago at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants lined up at the starting line for the 100 yard dash….

We often hear that science and religion are two things that just do not go together. One relies on facts which can be proven. The other relies on faith and intuition. However, science and religion have a lot in common. They both inspire wonder, questioning, and seeking truth. To at least one man…

A wisdom tale from the northern European countries of Lithuania and Latvia.Once upon a time, a farming couple had three sons. As happens in many families, the two older boys often bragged to the youngest about how much stronger and smarter they were….

One of the more important things that Unitarian Universalists try to do is to “seek the truth in love.” This might sound easy to do. “So, what’s so hard about it?” you might ask….

On a cold January day in 1778, more than 200 years ago, while the United States was still fighting its War for Independence against Great Britain, a baby boy was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents named him Joseph. “What will he be when he grows up?” wondered Joseph’s father. “A lawyer? A…

Like most children growing up in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War, young Judith Sargent attended church with her family on Sundays….

By Steven Cooper and Hannah Cooper.My name is Hannah and I’m in the sixth grade. I attend a Unitarian Universalist church in Naperville, Illinois. This past year our church joined many other UU congregations in the Chicago area on a project called No More Turning Away. The purpose of this project…

Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Noah and the flood, from Hebrew scripture, or the Bible. It goes something like this: Did you ever make such a mess of your homework that you just got crazy mad and frustrated and wanted to crumple the whole thing up and throw it away? That’s how God was feeling,…

Marissa’s mom could tell there was something wrong the minute Marissa slunk in the door after school. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing.” “Come on,” her mother coaxed, “I know you better than that. Sometimes it helps to talk about things.” “I’ll tell you what the problem is,” blurted out Marissa.

Adapted from an Aesop’s fable.One summer’s day, a Grasshopper was hopping about in a field, chirping and singing to his heart’s content. Hard-Working Ant passed by, struggling with the weight of a kernel of corn she was taking to the nest. “Why not come and sing with me?” said Grasshopper….

When the Great War, which we now call World War I, started in Europe, many young men were eager to fight. Just out of school, they joined up with their schoolmates to go off on an exciting adventure. War seemed glorious in the fall of 1914 when young men from the British Empire went to France to…

Recently at a multigenerational event at a Unitarian Universalist congregation, everyone was encouraged to create a heart. They were given some construction paper and some glue and some markers to design their heart. Emily worked diligently to create the most perfect, beautiful heart she could….

In the middle of the nineteenth century, a frenzy of support for the Mexican-American War swept across the United States. But a small minority were unhappy. They saw the war as an act of violent aggression against a weak, neighboring country. Who were the people in this minority?…

The treehouse was built on the congregation’s grounds over three Saturdays in September, using donated lumber and the donated labor of the families who attended the church and other adults who wanted to help with the project. Even the kids got involved—especially those age ten and up—by pitching…

This story appears in volume 5 of The Stream of Living Souls, the Rev. Denise Tracy’s self-published anthology of short stories for worship based on the lives of famous historical Unitarian and Universalists. I have a question for you….