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… Interfaith Youth Core, profiling young men and women from around the …Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Leadership, Religion, Religious Pluralism -
… He learned to read and write. At a young age, he began to work on the …Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Christianity, Education, Freedom, History, Identity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Respect, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism -
In February of 1965, the United States was at another turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Act had been passed in 1964, but critical rights were still not legally secured for African Americans. Black men and women routinely faced physical violence, biased "literacy tests,"...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Connections, Equity, Human Rights, Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Religion, Religious Pluralism
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… May Sarton, Kurt Vonnegut, and Whitney Young. None of these ancestors asks …Story | By Greta Anderson | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Place of WholenessTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), History -
One day in Alabama, in 1968, as farmers worked in their fields, a small airplane swooped into view. The farmers looked up wonderingly as papers fluttered out of the plane, into the sky and came swirling down to earth all around them. The papers were flyers about the upcoming elections—flyers with...Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 6th Principle (World Community), America, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Conscience, Democracy, History, Identity, Justice, Politics, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism -
… … Old John Murray (the Narrator) Young John Murray Young Lady Two or three Christian …Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Place of WholenessTagged as: Belief, Salvation
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… Two monks set out on a journey, one young, the other older and wiser. It … their journey, they encountered a young woman standing before a large …Story | By Jessica York | October 26, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Amazing GraceTagged as: Authority -
… When it was time for all of the young mothers in the village to go … quickly, were left to care for the young children of the village. The …Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Animals, Change, Conflict, Earth-Centered, Listening, Nonviolence, Relationships, Responsibility, Sacred -
… By Robert Fulghum We say the young have much to learn, but I find … from them when I can. Example: Two young college men asked me for a …Story | By Robert Fulghum | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Heeding the CallTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Commitment, Creativity, Direct Experience, Food, Imagination, Justice, Limitations, Patience, Transformation, Vision, Youth/Teens -
… Development Associate for Youth and Young Adults of Color. When I was …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 -
… a time, there lived a rich and vain young squire. Servants prepared his … every wish was granted. One of the young man's favorite things to do …Story | By Sophia Lyon Fahs | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful WelcomeTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Letting Go, Money, Nature, Power, Respect, Simplicity, Transformation -
… and cry has arisen over the sixty young men who burned their draft … Street Church. No matter that 280 young men took the more solemn and …Story | By Jack Mendelsohn | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Resistance and Transformation -
… War I, started in Europe, many young men were eager to fight. Just … glorious in the fall of 1914 when young men from the British Empire …Story | By Gail Forsyth-Vail | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us -
… professional teacher. He took his young charges on an overnight field …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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… It happened to John Murray. As a young man, John Murray had excellent … a steady job, a loving wife, and a young son. Life was good. Then, …Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), America, Brokenness, Faith, Hospitality, Immigration, Leadership, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, Universalism, Immigration -
… 2001). Many centuries ago, a young, novice monk traveled alone in … greeted him. They welcomed the young monk into their home, allowing …Story | By Sarah Conover, Valerie Wahl | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Conscience, Ethics -
… information provided by Rev. Mike Young, The First Unitarian Church of … pictures. After some years, Mike Young, minister of First Unitarian … village. The next year, Rev. Young went back to the Philippines …Story | December 10, 2011 | For Multigenerational | From Gather the SpiritTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Generosity, Health, Humanism, Illness, Interdependence, Nature, Partner Church Observation, Privilege, Relationships, Service, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism -
… Old Scientist, Old Scientist's Young Friend … SCENELET ONE … … … I think everything is just fine. Young children ask a lot of … did my friend have to die at such a young age? Why doesn't my UU …Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grade 6, Middle School | From Riddle and MysteryTagged as: Mystery
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… before the Revolutionary War, young Judith Sargent attended church …Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
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… ago, when Lotta Hitschmanova was young, she lived with her sister …Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Virtue EthicsTagged as: History, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Unitarianism