Tapestry of Faith: Curricula and Resources for Lifespan Faith Development

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  • Why the Sky Is Far Away
    Adapted from "Why the Sky is Far Away" in The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales by Dawn Casey and Anne Wilson (Cambridge: Barefoot Books, 2009). Used by permission. In the beginning, they sky was close to the earth. So close you could reach up and touch it. And you could eat it! In those days, people...
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Balance, Culture, Earth-Centered, Food Justice, Interdependence, Nature, Simplicity, Vulnerability, Work
    in World of Wonder, Grades K-1
  • The Thief Within
    "The Thief Within" is taken from Kindness, A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom (Spokane, Eastern Washington University Press, 2001). Many centuries ago, a young, novice monk traveled alone in the mountains of Tibet. He wandered about penniless, begging for a meager meal from time to time....
    Tagged as: Conscience, Ethics
    in Riddle and Mystery, 6th Grade
  • A Lamp in Every Corner
    By Janeen K. Grohsmeyer, in her book A Lamp in Every Corner: Our Unitarian Universalist Storybook (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004)....
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Chalica/IllUUmination, Commitment, Community, Faith, Family, Hope, Love, Meaning, Stewardship, Tradition, Unitarianism
    in Miracles, Wide Age Span
  • Story 1 The Wounded Seal A Folk Tale from Scotland
    Adapted from a Scottish folktale in The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley (George Bell & Sons, 1882).Long ago in Scotland there was a small fishing village that stood at the edge of the sea....
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Empathy
    in Moral Tales, Grades 2-3
  • Flame of Learning, Chalice of Love
    (Light a chalice, if there isn't already one lit, and have some matches at hand.) Have you ever watched a candle burn? (Lean forward to impart the secret.) The fire is alive. Watch it! It moves. It flickers. It dances on the wind. It changes with every breath of air. (Demonstrate this.) Fire is...
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Direct Experience, Faith, Religion, Reverence, Unitarian Universalism
    in Creating Home, Kindergarten-1st Grade
  • Sunny Side Mary
    Searle-White, Joshua. "… Side Mary" in M… Wanda's Travel Emporium: Tales of Love, Hate and Things in Between. Boston: Skinner House, 2006. Used with permission. In a medium-sized town not far from here, there was a middle school. It was just like any other middle school, except for two things.
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Anti-Oppression, Authority, Choice, Class, Community, Courage, Creativity, Freedom, Humanism, Interdependence, Justice
    in Gather the Spirit
  • Craig Keilburger and Free the Children
    Adapted by Lynn Ungar from a story by Jerrilyn Jacobs on the My Hero project website and information on the Free the Children website. You could say it all started with a little thing. Craig Keilburger watched his older brother Marc get excited about a science project when Marc was 12 years old.
    Tagged as: Education
    in Love Connects Us, Grades 4-5
  • Moses and the Ten Commandments
    From Hebrew scripture, the Book of Exodus....
    Tagged as: Authority
    in Building Bridges, Grades 8-9: A World Religions Program
  • The Gift Of Giving
    On Steve's sixth birthday, many people gave him gifts. His mother gave him a chess set and promised to teach him how to play after dinner. His grandfather gave him a black rope that was twenty-five feet long and would be good for making forts and building bridges and all kinds of things....
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Animals, Brokenness, Food Justice, Generosity, Human Rights, Interdependence, Kindness, Money, Sacrifice, Unitarian Universalism
    in Wonderful Welcome
  • Songwriting as a Prayer
    Excerpted and adapted from "Carolyn McDade's Spirit of Life" by Kimberly French, UU World magazine, Fall 2007. Used with permission. Carolyn McDade, the author of the song "Spirit of Life", does not identify herself as a songwriter or musician—though she has written hundreds of songs and released...
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Change, Despair, Dissent, Equity, Faith, Immigration, Immigration, Interdependence, Justice, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Peace, Unitarian Universalism, Water Communion
    in Spirit of Life