Tapestry of Faith: Curricula and Resources for Lifespan Faith Development

Search Tapestry of Faith

Search Tapestry of Faith program pages for words or phrases. You can search the title or the page text (main text) of the page.

Displaying 31 - 40 of 102.

  • Noah and the Rainbow Covenant
    Perhaps you've heard the story of Noah and the flood, from Hebrew scripture, or the Bible. It goes something like this: Did you ever make such a mess of your homework that you just got crazy mad and frustrated and wanted to crumple the whole thing up and throw it away? That's how God was feeling,...
    in Love Connects Us, Grades 4-5
  • The Goddess and the God
    The Catanna website published by Catresea Ann Canivan was a source for this story and offers deep information about Paganism. Come with me on a journey—a journey that is as old as time itself. Repeated so often, the earth knows the rhythm and follows it, like a cosmic dance. First steps of the...
    Tagged as: Paganism
    in Building Bridges, Grades 8-9: A World Religions Program
  • A Lamp In Every Corner
    A story from A Lamp in Every Corner: Our Unitarian Universalist Storybook (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004). Read or tell the story....
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, History, Hope, Interdependence, Religion, Teamwork, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism
    in Wonderful Welcome
  • Community Capacity Building in Arkos, Transylvania
    Background Information Since 1993, the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council (UUPCC...
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Connections, Dignity, Discernment, Generosity, Growth, Human Rights, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Unitarian Universalism
    in What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists
  • Amrita's Tree
    Adapted from "Amrita's Tree" in The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales by Dawn Casey and Anne Wilson (Cambridge: Barefoot Books, 2009). Used by permission. Amrita leaned back against her favorite tree and rested. After the glare of the desert sun, it was cool and green in the forest grove. Sometimes,...
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Children, Commitment, Courage, Humanism, Interdependence, Nature, Solidarity, Vulnerability
    in World of Wonder, Grades K-1
  • God Is . .
    Compiled by Tirrell H. Kimball of the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland, Maine.Read — or ask volunteers to read — as many entries from this collection as time and interest allow. Twice upon a time, the religious education leader of a UU church in Portland, Maine, decided to...
    Tagged as: God
    in Riddle and Mystery, 6th Grade
  • The Snake Husband
    This Korean folk tale, translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl, is similar to the European folk tale “The Frog Prince.” Used with the translator’s permission. Once there was a woman who had a son late in life, and much to her surprise, he was born as a snake. She covered him with the bamboo hat she...
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Family, Identity, International, Reconciliation, Transformation, Vulnerability, Worth
    in Miracles, Wide Age Span
  • Story 1 The Sword Of Wood
    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 left his palace dressed as a peasant to enjoy the evening air and to wander through the streets unnoticed. He walked and walked until he reached the poorest...
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Belief, Challenge, Courage, Discernment, Ethics, Faith, Good, Happiness, Hope, Judaism, Justice, Prayer Practices
    in Moral Tales, Grades 2-3
  • The Empty Pot
    Adapted from The Empty Pot by Demi (New York: Henry Holt, 1990); permission pending. Long, long ago, the Emperor of an ancient land was old and dying. He loved children but had none of his own. So the Emperor decided to choose one of the children of his land to be the next Emperor....
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Challenge, Honesty, Humanism, Integrity, Leadership, Patience, Success, Suffering, Trust
    in Creating Home, Kindergarten-1st Grade
  • Mabouya, Chief of the Well
    Adapted from a Haitian tale.To whom does the water belong? There was once a drought in the country. The streams dried up and the wells went dry. God saw there was no place for the animals to drink. God provided a well with the condition that it must be taken care of so all may use it. God said,...
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Anti-Oppression, Authority, Caring, Earth-Centered, Greed, Hope, Interdependence, Nature, Power, Relationships, Universalism
    in Gather the Spirit