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  • Excerpted and adapted from Scott Russell Sanders' book, A Private History of Awe (New York, North Point Press, 2006).In his book A Private History of Awe, Scott Russell Sanders remembers a spring day when he was a young boy, old enough to run around and small enough to be carried in his father's...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit of Life
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Change, Children, Direct Experience, Ending, Fathers, Fear, Immanence, Nature, Power, Reverence
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | From Spirit of Life
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Awe, Balance, Beauty, Birth, Connections, Contemplation, Death, Earth, Earth-Centered, Food
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  • From The Everything Seed by Carole Martignacco, illustrated by Joy Troyer, (Berkeley, California: Tricycle Press, 2006). Used with permission. Carole Martignacco is a poet, singer, grandmother, and former RE director. A Unitarian Universalist minister, she currently serves as minister to the...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide Us
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Birth, Direct Experience, Earth, Interdependence, Nature, Transcendence, Wonder
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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 Mystery
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Interdependence, Nature, Science
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  • Thanks to the Change the World Kids, Meg Miller and Phyllis Arata-Meyers for information and permission to tell their story. Place a large, shallow dish filled with water in front of you, where children can see it. Place a globe or world map within your reach. Phebe and Nika were two girls, both...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Children, Earth, Interdependence, Nature, Science, Service, Stewardship, Teamwork
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Earth Day, Interdependence, Nature, Science
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  • Beatrix Potter was interested in science, and drew detailed pictures of nature. She couldn't be a scientist, so she became an author!
    Story | October 27, 2011 (reviewed August 2025) | For Children, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Imagination, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarianism, UU History, Women
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarianism, Women
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  • Adapted from "A Week at SOS Children's Village, Tlokweng, Botswana," by Annie Arnzen, on the "A Precious Cause" website. Used with permission. Annie first went to Botswana in 2006, when she was in eighth grade. She and her family attend the North Parish, Unitarian Universalist, in North Andover,...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Faith, History, Interdependence, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Unitarian Universalism
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  • Adapted from an Aesop's fable. Once upon a time, an old woman lived on a beautiful farm in the country. From her window, she could see pasture land, fields of grain, barns filled with animals, orchards and forests beyond. The farm was special to the old woman because it had been in her family for...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Interdependence, Relationships, Teamwork
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Interdependence, Relationships, Teamwork
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  • Adapted from a Thai folk tale. Once upon a time, a queen sat on her balcony eating rice cakes and honey with her chief advisor. As they ate, they gazed down at the busy street below. The Queen pointed to something in the distance, and as she did a drop of honey from her rice cake landed on the...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Ethics, Interdependence, Responsibility, Stewardship
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Ethics, Giving & Generosity, Interdependence, Responsibility, Stewardship
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  • A true story. The mosquitoes in Borneo were terrible. On bad days, the people of Borneo would be covered in mosquito bites. (Leader — Ask, "And what do you suppose would happen?" Wait for someone to suggest that it would itch and people would scratch / make the bites bleed.) That's right — those...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Balance, Brokenness, Earth, Interdependence, Nature
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Balance, Brokenness, Earth, Interdependence, Nature
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  • Adapted from a Scottish folktale in The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley (George Bell & Sons, 1882).Long ago in Scotland there was a small fishing village that stood at the edge of the sea....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Empathy
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Empathy, Listening
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral Tales
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Community, Compassion, Connections, Empathy, Interdependence, Kindness, Nature
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  • This story is inspired by a true story, reported in the New York Times on May 10, 1987, about a Manhattan community that joined together to build a neighborhood playground designed by local schoolchildren. The article,...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Commitment, Community, Direct Experience, Family, Generosity, Gratitude, Interdependence, Poverty, Service, Stewardship
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  • Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Imagination, Inclusion, Interdependence, Playfulness, Purpose, Service, Unitarian Universalism, Wonder
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