Faith Curricula Library: Tapestry of Faith: Spirit in Practice: An Adult Program for Developing A Regular Practice of the Spirit

Handouts in Spirit in Practice

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Part of Spirit in Practice: Ten Workshops for Unitarian Universalist Adults

  • Handout 1: A Unitarian Universalist Prayer Bead Practice
    From Spirit in Practice

    What follows is not intended to dictate how to pray, but rather is a suggested structure onto which you can hang your own developing prayer practice….

  • Handout 1: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly
    From Spirit in Practice

    During the Next Year I Will … Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Personal Spiritual Practices Communal Worship Practices Spiritual Partnerships Mind Practices Body Practices Soul Practices Life Practices Justice Practices…

  • Handout 1: Identifying a Mind Practice
    From Spirit in Practice

    This exercise is designed to help you develop and nurture spiritual practices of the mind. Respond to the following questions: 1. What fascinates me? 2. What is it about those things I named that fascinates me? 3. What else do I think might fascinate me if I heard more about it? 4. Which of these…

  • Handout 1: Sacred Rest
    From Spirit in Practice

    Nearly every religious tradition encourages taking times of pure rest. In the Jewish tradition this is called “Sabbath,” a complete break from all work. Christians also observe Sabbath, yet differently: one Episcopal priest calls Sabbath a time to do whatever you truly feel called to do and…

  • Handout 1: Spirit in Practice Series Schedule
    From Spirit in Practice

    [Add location of workshops] WORKSHOP 1: Toward a Rich and Meaningful Unitarian Universalist Spirituality [Date and Time] WORKSHOP 2: Personal Spiritual Practices [Date and Time] WORKSHOP 3: Communal Worship Practices [Date and Time] WORKSHOP 4: Spiritual Partnerships [Date and Time] WORKSHOP 5: M…

  • Handout 1: Tips for Making Communal Worship a Part of Your Spiritual Regimen
    From Spirit in Practice

    Try to get to worship services with the least amount of stress possible. If you’re always rushing out the door, fighting with family members and cursing the traffic as you try to get there “on time,” you might arrive in time, but it’s unlikely that you’ll be truly present. Use the prelude.

  • Handout 1: Twenty-one Thoughts on Peace and Justice
    From Spirit in Practice

    Cut each statement into strips. 1. Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. — Jane Addams 2….

  • Eight Spheres of Spiritual Growth
    Handout 2: Eight Spheres of Spiritual Growth
    From Spirit in Practice

    Personal Spiritual Practices: These are practices done alone and, perhaps, daily—such as meditation, dream work, journaling, prayer, and so on. They’re what most people think of when they hear the words “spiritual practice.” Communal Worship Practices: Although Unitarian Universalists affirm…

  • Handout 2: Spirituality and Money
    From Spirit in Practice

    People often think that money and spirituality are unrelated or even contradictory. We recall the sayings “Money is the root of all evil” and “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Yet money is just a means of…

  • Handout 2: Stages of Spiritual Growth
    From Spirit in Practice

    WHAT STAGE ARE YOU IN? A Faith Stage Checklist from Finding Your Religion by Scotty McLennan (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999) Reprinted with permission. Stage One (Magic) Is your world full of spirits and demons? Are fairy tales your favorite kind of literature?…

  • Handout 3: Eating in Community
    From Spirit in Practice

    When people hear the word “communion,” they usually think of the Christian service of sharing bread and wine (or grape juice) in commemoration of Jesus’s last supper with his friends. Yet the first definition of the word in the American Heritage Dictionary is not in the least religious at all:…