FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MONEY
At the Fall 2016 conference of the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA), UUA staff and LREDA members led workshops on how to engage effectively in a faith community conversation about potentially uncomfortable topics such as money, death, sex, or race. Participants engaged in self-awareness exercises to help ground their approaches to hard or uncomfortable conversations that can occur.
The resources below, from the workshops on Money, may be useful to religious educators who wish to strengthen their ability and increase their comfort in talking about money with congregational leaders and members, including adults, children, and youth.
Books
- Giving: the Sacred Art by Lauren Tyler Wright
- Inspired Philanthropy by Kim Gary
- Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate by J. Clif Christopher. Revised edition 2015
- Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber
- Power of Asset Mapping by Luther Snow
- Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor
Curricula
Tapestry of Faith
- The Wi$dom Path: Money, Spirit and Life, adult curriculum by David H. Messner, Gail Forsyth-Vail, and Patricia Infante
- Signs of Our Faith, Session 12, Stewardship is a Sign
- Wonderful Welcome, Session 11, The Gift of Stewardship
- Moral Tales Session 9, Generosity
- Gather the Spirit, Workshop 7, Gather in Thanks (gratitude and generosity)
- Heeding the Call,Workshop 7, The Call for Abundance
- Resistance and Transformation, Workshop 11 Civil Rights, Activity 3 The Cost (tensions between fiscal responsibility and social justice)
- Virtue Ethics Workshop 9, Generosity
- Sing to the Power, Session 10, The Power of Passion
Search Tapestry of Faith and UUA.Org for Spiritual Themes: Generosity, Stewardship, Gratitude, Abundance
- Stewardship: The Joy of Giving curriculum by Fia B. Scheyer and Ruth Lewellen-Dix
- Let’s Talk about Time/Money Balance