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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 UsTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Aging, Awe, Children, Contemplation, Immanence, Mystery, Nature, Playfulness, Science, Unitarianism, WisdomCurriculum page -
Based on multiple sources, particularly a letter from Margaret Fuller to Caroline Sturgis, October 22, 1840. The letter may be found at Houghton Library, Harvard University (call number MS Am 1221 (242))....Story | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves UsTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Anger, Brokenness, Change, Conflict, Death, Gender, Identity, Illness, Integrity, Letting Go, Reproductive Justice, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Adapted from multiple sources, primarily the Memoir of William Ellery Channing with Extracts from His Correspondents and Manuscripts, in Three Volumes, William Henry Channing, ed. (Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, fifth edition, 1851)....Story | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves UsTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Challenge, Conflict, Connections, Conscience, Contemplation, Dignity, Gender, Guilt, Health, Pain, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Charles Chauncy was the leading opponent of the Great Awakening, the Protestant evangelical movement that swept through the British North American colonies between 1739 and 1745. Chauncy was born into the elite Puritan merchant class that ruled Boston....Story | February 7, 2013 | For Adults | From What Moves UsTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), America, Class, Conflict, Culture, Discernment, Dissent, Equity, History, Leadership, Privilege, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Originally published in Stirring the Nation's Heart: Eighteen Stories of Prophetic Unitarians and Universalists of the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2010). In the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the year 1858, a young woman entered a...Story | By Polly Peterson | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Caring, Character, Commitment, Conflict, Courage, Dignity, Equity, Ethics, UnitarianismCurriculum page -
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a leading 19th-century philosopher, father of the Transcendentalist movement. Before he became a philosophical and literary luminary, he was a Unitarian minister and served the Second Church in Boston between 1829 and 1832. In pursuing ministry, Ralph Waldo followed in the...Story | January 19, 2012 | For Adults | From What We ChooseTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Authority, Belief, Challenge, Character, Choice, Conflict, Conscience, Discernment, Ethics, History, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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A covenant is not a contract, but rather a voluntary relationship. The idea of a covenant has biblical origins and traditionally includes the understanding that the relationship is sacred or blessed....Handout | December 9, 2011 | For Adults | From The New UUTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Acceptance, Business Meetings, Community, Connections, Covenant, Democracy, Discernment, Diversity, Faith, Freedom, Governance, Immigration, UnitarianismCurriculum page -
This is the story of Theodore Parker, a Unitarian minister who was determined to do whatever he could to end slavery in the United States. His powerful sermons were legendary. This is also the story of Millard Fillmore, whose actions earned him the contempt of Theodore Parker and abolitionists...Story | By Polly Peterson | December 9, 2011 | For Adults | From The New UUTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, America, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Change, Choice, Compromise, Conflict, Conscience, Courage, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Lydia Maria Child is not as famous now as she was when she lived— famous as a radical and reformer, a brilliant thinker and author, and a tireless advocate for oppressed members of society, specifically Native Americans, children, Africans and African Americans held in slavery, and women. Lydia...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building BridgesTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Earth-Centered, Justice, Race/Ethnicity, UnitarianismCurriculum page -
Every religion has factions that disagree about "doctrine"—that is, the official beliefs of that religion. Even ours. Even though Unitarian Universalism is a free religion without a set doctrine or creed, there are plenty of ways to disagree about what it means to be a UU. One such disagreement...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Belief, Brokenness, Caring, Community, History, Inclusion, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Unitarian Universalism, UnitarianismCurriculum page -
At the opening of Unitarian Universalist worship services, many congregations light a flame inside a chalice. This flaming chalice has become a well-known symbol of our denomination. It unites our members in worship and symbolizes the spirit of our work. The flaming chalice combines two...Handout | By Dan Hotchkiss | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, History, Human Rights, Identity, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian Universalism, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Interfaith cooperation was in evidence over a century ago, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (also known as the World's Fair) in 1893. The Fair was the world's first major theme park, offering the first Ferris wheel rides, and introducing popular treats such as Juicy Fruit(R) gum and...Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of FaithsTagged as: History, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Unitarianism, UnityCurriculum page
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Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, History, Identity, Love, Religion, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, UniversalismCurriculum page -
Session 14 has been removed from the Love Will Guide Us program while UUA staff evaluate it for revision. The session, focused on a Universalist missionary who worked in India, was in conflict with the UUA's commitment to dismantling white supremacy.Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide UsTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Diversity, Education, History, Love, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, WomenCurriculum page -
Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide UsTagged as: Generosity, Love, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Simplicity, Transcendence, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Beatrix Potter was interested in science, and drew detailed pictures of nature. She couldn't be a scientist, so she became an author!Story | October 27, 2011 (reviewed August 2025) | For Children, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Imagination, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarianism, UU History, WomenCurriculum page -
Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Diversity, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Science, Unitarianism, WomenCurriculum page -
By Judith C. Campbell. Used with permission. From UU & Me!: Collected Stories, edited by Betsy Hill Williams (Boston: Skinner House, 2003). Originally published in uu&me, Volume 3, Number 3, December 1999. UU&Me! is published by the Church of the Largeer Fellowship. Hello....Story | By Judith Campbell | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Community, Diversity, Globalism, Hospitality, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Unitarian Universalism, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Diversity, Globalism, Hospitality, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Unitarian Universalism, UnitarianismCurriculum page
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One morning, more than a hundred years ago on the island of Jamaica, a boy named Ethelred Brown went to church. Usually at this church, the people sang their creed, their list of what they believed....Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Christianity, Diversity, Education, Faith, History, Immigration, Immigration, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Sacrifice, UnitarianismCurriculum page