3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth)
The third of Our Unitarian Universalist Principles calls us to affirm and promote "acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations."
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Tapestry of Faith: Curricula and Resources for Lifespan Faith Development
Spirit in Practice
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Once upon a time there was a head. Just a head. By sheer force of will—or maybe it was some kind of psychokinetic energy—the head was able...
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After many years of being out of shape, he decided it was time to do something about the state of his body. With great excitement and enthusiasm, he went to the local gym, got a membership, and began a circuit-training routine. He felt good. And he kept at it, going to the gym several times a week. ...
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After many years in a congregation, she’d had enough. Knowing the people as well as she did, she knew that what they said on Sunday and...
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Pablo Casals, born in Vendrell, Spain to a Puerto Rican mother, is thought by many to be the greatest cellist who ever lived. His...
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Once upon a time there was a Teacher who was known far and wide as one who had mastered all the great disciplines of a spiritual seeker. She wandered the country, and whenever people heard she was near, they traveled to seek her wisdom and her guidance. ...
A Chorus of Faiths
Families
Love Surrounds Us
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Odd Velvet by Mary E. Whitcomb, illustrated by Tara Calahan King (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998). Permission pending. On the first...
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"I don't want to go," said six-year-old Ruben, with his hands placed firmly on his hips. "Don't want to go where?" Ruben's dad, Nic, asked...
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By Sarah Conover , Freda CraneA Muslim folk tale from Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs, A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents collected and adapted by Sarah...
Love Will Guide Us
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Session 14 has been removed from the Love Will Guide Us program while UUA staff evaluate it for revision. The session, focused on a Universalist missionary who worked in India, was in conflict with the UUA's commitment to dismantling white supremacy.
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By Rabbi Marc GellmanFrom Does God Have a Big Toe? Stories About Stories in the Bible (HarperTrophy, 1993). Used with permission. Jacob cried a lot. Jacob cried...
Spirit of Life
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By Elie Wiesel, from The Gates of the Forest. When the great Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem-Tov saw misfortune threatening the Jews, it was his...
Faithful Journeys
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By Judith C. CampbellBy Judith C. Campbell. Used with permission. From UU & Me!: Collected Stories, edited by Betsy Hill Williams (Boston: Skinner House,...
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By Janeen K GrohsmeyerOne morning, more than a hundred years ago on the island of Jamaica, a boy named Ethelred Brown went to church. Usually at this church, the...
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From the book Aisha's Moonlit Walk: Stories and Celebrations for the Pagan Year , by Anika Stafford (Boston: Skinner House, 2005). Tell the...
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By Polly Peterson"Mama, Mama, why do we just keep going and going and not going anywhere?" asked little Sophie. Her family was crossing the wide Pacific...
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By Ellen GoldBy Ellen Gold. Based on information in the book, Maglipay Universalist, by Fred Muir (Annapolis, Maryland: Unitarian Universalist Church of...
Moral Tales
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Adapted from a Middle Eastern Islamic folk tale which is attributed to different countries, including Turkey and Syria. Mullah Nasruddin...
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Adapted from a story by Malba Tahan (pen name for Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza, 1895-1975), a mathematician from Brazil who also wrote The...
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A Jewish tale from Afghanistan. Once, on a summer night in the country Afghanistan, the ruler Shah Abbis changed out of his fancy robes and...
Wonderful Welcome
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By Kenneth W. CollierFrom Our Seven Principles in Story and Verse: A Collection for Children and Adults by Kenneth Collier (Boston: Skinner House Books, 1997)...
Amazing Grace
Uplift: Uplifting LGBTQ+ Experience Within and Beyond Unitarian Universalism
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By Michael J. CrumplerA new approach to Welcome Renewal has come! To learn how to begin the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal at your congregation, please attend one (or more) of our monthly orientations.
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By Jade SylvanAs we gather in the darkness and the light let us give thanks and witness to our chosen families who we have traveled a lifetime to find.
UU World
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By Sonja L. CohenImage credit: Pat Sturtzel works the long arm quilting machine for a collaborative quilt.
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Image credit: Part of open door with silver door-handle - Stock image
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