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One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night. — Margaret Mead IN TODAY'S SESSION... Today your child(ren) talked about ways family members share kindness, respect and caring with one another. They heard a story about Chang Kung, whose...Taking It Home | November 9, 2014 | For Grades K-1, Families | From Wonderful Welcome -
Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing. — Hebrew scripture (Exodus 15:20) IN TODAY'S SESSION. . . Today, we used a hardhat to symbolize the quality of resiliency. The children talked about how we...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith -
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What are you going to do that is important in your life? — Martha Sharp, Unitarian Universalist heroine IN TODAY'S SESSION... The flashlight symbolizes the light of truth and the light in each of us. The group considered the nobility, as well as the difficulties, of seeking justice, and the...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three. The greatest of these is love. — Christian scripture (1 Corinthians 13:13) My religion is simple, my religion is kindness. — Dalai Lama IN TODAY'S SESSION... The gloves symbolize love. In this session, children explored the strength and...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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IN TODAY'S SESSION... Today's Toolbox of Faith topic is humor and the Tool of the Day is sandpaper. The sandpaper symbolizes humor, a tool which smoothes the rough edges of life. In this session, participants engaged in and reflected on humor and laughter, and examined their place in helping us...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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Nature has given [people] one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus, the Greek Stoic philosopher IN TODAY'S SESSION... A listening tool symbolizes listening. The children explored and practiced their listening skills using games and chants. They...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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From caring comes courage. — Lao Tzu Conscience is the root of all true courage. — James Freeman Clarke, nineteenth-century British abolitionist IN TODAY'S SESSION... Today's session in Toolbox of Faith focused on the qualities of courage and conviction in religious life. The session explored...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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Spirit of Life, come unto me. — Carolyn McDade The spirit is really the bouquet of life. It is not something breathed into life, it comes out of life. — Joseph Campbell in a conversation with Bill Moyers IN TODAY'S SESSION... Water in a water bottle symbolizes the Sprit of Life. In this session,...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress. — Indira Gandhi I became convinced that non-cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been more eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Henry David Thoreau. As a...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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The price of the democratic way of life is a growing appreciation of people's differences, not merely as tolerable, but as the essence of a rich and rewarding human experience. — Jerome Nathanson (1908-1975), a leader of New York Ethical Culture Democracy means not "I am as good as you are," but...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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Beauty without expression is boring. — Ralph Waldo Emerson IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . The paintbrush symbolizes personal expression of our inner life and thoughts....Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sounds of silence. — Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, "Sounds of Silence" IN TODAY'S SESSION . . .Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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The bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you refuse to take the turn. — Anonymous IN TODAY'S SESSION . . . Duct tape was explored as a symbol for flexibility, a tool we find in our Unitarian Universalist faith....Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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What's very important to me is when Dumbledore says that you have to choose between what is right and what is easy. This is the setup for the next three books. All of them are going to have to choose, because what is easy is often not right. -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, in...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success. — George Washington Carver (1864-1943), horticulturist, chemist and educator who started...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 4-5, Families | From Toolbox of Faith
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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. — Edward Everett Hale IN TODAY'S SESSION......Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 2-3, Families | From Moral Tales -
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being. — Mohandas K. Gandhi IN TODAY'S SESSION We talked about the importance of making choices that bring peace and do not harm others. After hearing a story in...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 2-3, Families | From Moral Tales
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Who cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart. — Oliver Sacks In Today's Session... The children heard the story, "A Sword of Wood," about a Jewish man whose faith is tested by a shah....Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 2-3, Families | From Moral Tales
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Why look for truth in distant lands? Seek it in the depths of your own heart. — Buddhist saying, adapted In Today's Session... We heard a Buddhist story about conscience, or inner voice, in which a child recognizes that no matter what he does, or who else is watching, he always sees his own...Taking It Home | November 8, 2014 | For Grades 2-3, Families | From Moral Tales