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  • Sources used for this story include: “Rai… Heaven: Where Rocks Go Wandering,” by Tim Cahill (National Geographic). The world still holds many wonders that science—so far— cannot explain. As you learn about the three mysteries described, see if you can hypothesize any scientific...
    Story | May 26, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From Miracles
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Awe, Belief, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Earth, Limitations, Meaning, Mystery, Nature, Reason, Science
  • From Christian scripture, John 6:1-19, New Revised Standard Version (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1990). A large crowd kept following [Jesus], because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples....
    Story | May 18, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From Miracles
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Awe, Challenge, Christianity, Community, Creativity, Food, Generosity, Limitations, Mystery, Teamwork, Thanksgiving, Transformation
  • As a child, Joseph Priestley noticed something that would influence the rest of his life: If you keep a bug in a jar for too long, it will die. At the time Joseph Priestley didn’t understand why that was true—nobody did. No one really studied the air; it was something everyone took for granted.
    Story | May 18, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From Miracles
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Earth Day, Interdependence, Mindfulness, Mystery, Nature, Reason, Revelation, Science, Transformation, Unitarianism, Wonder
  • In 1927 a Roman Catholic priest and scientist Georges Lemaitre proposed what later became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, based on work by Edwin Hubble who theorized and then proved that the Universe was getting bigger and bigger. Many scientists have discovered other...
    Story | May 13, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From Miracles
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Birth, Earth, Earth Day, Growth, Humanism, Mystery, Nature, Progress, Reason, Science, Transformation
  • A retelling of a Hawaiian legend. The god Maui was the smallest but smartest of his brothers, who often made fun of him because he couldn’t fish very well. Sometimes Maui would go out on a boat with his brothers, distract them when they had a fish on the line, and steal it from them, claiming it...
    Story | May 13, 2015 | For Multigenerational | From Miracles
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Birth, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Family, God, Goddess, Interdependence, Mystery, Nature, Transformation
  • Adapted from an anecdote told in A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Bantam, 1988), Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein (Penguin Group, 2007) and other sources. What if I ask you where everything comes from? What will you say? Leader: Invite responses.
    Story | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and Mystery
    Tagged as: Belief, Mystery
  • “The Magic Vase” was adapted from "The Magic Vase" as retold by Margaret Silf in One Hundred Wisdom Stories from Around the World, compiled by Margaret Silf (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2003), 41-42. Used by permission, all rights reserved. There was once a poor family who lived in a drab...
    Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating Home
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beauty, Depression, Direct Experience, Family, Home, Mystery, Teamwork
  • Excerpted from Worshipping Together with Questioning Minds, by Sophia Lyon Fahs. Copyright (C) 1965 by Sophia Lyon Fahs. Reprinted by permission of Beacon Press, Boston. Two first-person anecdotes from Fahs' experiences as a religious educator, each followed by her analysis....
    Story | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves Us
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Aging, Awe, Children, Contemplation, Immanence, Mystery, Nature, Playfulness, Science, Unitarianism, Wisdom
  • 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 Adults
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Beauty, Character, Diversity, Earth, Earth-Centered, Growth, Kindness, Multiculturalism, Mystery, Nature, Multiculturalism
  • Once the great Sufi holy man and wise fool Nasreddin Hodja was walking down the street when a group of women came running up to him. Obviously distressed, they cried out to him, “Help us, Hodja! Help us.”...
    Story | October 29, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in Practice
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Family, God, Immanence, Islam, Mindfulness, Mystery, Playfulness, Presence, Spiritual Practice
  • One day a Religious Man approached a Mystic and asked, “Does God exist?” “Allow me to go within for an answer,” the Mystic replied.
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in Practice
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Authority, Awe, Contemplation, Discernment, Freedom, God, Humanism, Immanence, Individualism, Interdependence, Mystery
  • 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. ...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in Practice
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Balance, Caring, Children, Education, God, Growth, Joy, Letting Go, Listening, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds
  • By Daniel Quinn, in Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (New York: Bantam/Turner Books, 1992). Used by permission.This story (Ishmael said) takes place half a billion years ago—an inconceivably long time ago, when this planet would be all but unrecognizable to you. Nothing at all stirred...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of Faiths
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Belief, Multiculturalism, Mystery, Reason, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Multiculturalism
  • "We Got Here Together," by Kim Stafford, is reprinted by permission of the author from We Got Here Together, by Kim Stafford, illustrated by Debra Frasier, published by Harcourt Brace in 1994....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children | From Love Will Guide Us
    Tagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Letting Go, Mystery, Nature, Transcendence, Wonder
  • The date is January 15, 2009. The time is 3:06 p.m. You are on board U. S. Air Flight 1549, still on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. You are excited. This is the first time you have been on a plane without your family. Today is a Thursday....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and Mystery
    Tagged as: Mystery
  • Characters Scenelet One: Narrator, Parent, Little Kid Scenelet Two: Narrator, Pediatrician, Parent, Little Kid Scenelet Three: Narrator, Adult, UU Minister Scenelet Four: Narrator, Old Scientist, Old Scientist's Young Friend SCENELET ONE Narrator: A Parent and a Little Kid were at the beach on a...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and Mystery
    Tagged as: Mystery
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Newsprint, markers, and tape Tool of the Day - a mirror Toolbox of Our Faith poster and clear tape Candles and matches or lighter Mirrors and other reflective items su...
    Activity | October 26, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of Faith
    Tagged as: Meaning, Mystery