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Based on a Santerian story. Special thanks to Lesley Murdoch for her insights to Afro-Caribbean religions. The Orisha are gods that came originally from Nigeria, in West Africa, as part of the Yoruba religion....Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Beauty, Brokenness, Challenge, Commitment, Community, Courage, Diversity, Indigenous American, Justice, Limitations, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism -
By Rev. Elizabeth Buffington Nguyen, Leadership Development Associate for Youth and Young Adults of Color. When I was 24, my father gave me a new name. I was learning Vietnamese in graduate school....Story | October 15, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Brokenness, Character, Community, Connections, Diversity, Faith, Forgiveness, Hope, Kindness, Unitarian Universalism, Multiculturalism -
Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Stickers or adhesive dots Preparation for Activity Research groups in your area that do good work that connects with the theme of "air power." This might include an organization that fosters people listening to one...Activity | August 16, 2012 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Caring, Diversity, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism -
The Highlander Research and Education Center is an 80-year-old popular education center in the mountains of East Tennessee, which serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement-building in Appalachia and the South....Story | By Elandria Williams | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Change, Community, Courage, Direct Experience, Diversity, Growth, Hope, Inclusion, Justice, Multiculturalism
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Russell was an amateur geologist, paleontologist, and professional teacher. He took his young charges on an overnight field trip. While sitting around the campfire, he brought out a bag, took out five rocks, and held up a round, grapefruit-size rock....Story | By Jose Ballester | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Beauty, Character, Diversity, Earth, Earth-Centered, Growth, Kindness, Multiculturalism, Mystery, Nature, Multiculturalism
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Dr. Anthony Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He serves as a trustee of Meadville Lombard Theological School. This article is abridged, with permission, from one published in Religious Humanism (Winter-Spring 1998)....Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Belief, Brokenness, Change, Community, Contemplation, Culture, Diversity, Doubt, Unitarian Universalism, Multiculturalism -
Adapted from "Many Paths to God" in Hide and Seek with God (Skinner House Books, 1994). Used with permission. Narrator: Once upon a time, four travelers from different lands met near a mountain. The travelers had been told that if they climbed the mountain, they would find God at the top....Story | By Mary Ann Moore | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Belief, Challenge, Connections, Credo, Diversity, Individualism, Multiculturalism, Unitarian Universalism, Multiculturalism -
By Judith C. Campbell. Used with permission. From UU & Me!: Collected Stories, edited by Betsy Hill Williams (Boston: Skinner House, 2003). Originally published in uu&me, Volume 3, Number 3, December 1999. UU&Me! is published by the Church of the Largeer Fellowship. Hello....Story | By Judith Campbell | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Community, Diversity, Globalism, Hospitality, Multiculturalism, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, Multiculturalism