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On the threshold of change, we need to learn to let go.By Karen Hering | April 28, 2023 | From SpiritTagged as: Acceptance, Change, Compromise, Conflict, Rites of PassagePage/Article -
What happens when you don’t agree?Story | By Renee Ruchotzke | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Choice, Community, Compromise, Conflict, Relationships, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element
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Preparation: acquire a wooden block tower building game (similar to Jenga ©). If possible, consider getting a jumbo version of game because its size lends itself to more visibility for the congregation and more space for more kids to participate. Other supplies: signs or name tags that state...Time for All Ages | By Karen G. Johnston | October 17, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #8thPrinciple, Compromise, Conflict, Covenant, Relationships, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, WorshipWorship element -
When we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over.Book | By Amanda Ripley | June 9, 2022Tagged as: Compassion, Compromise, Conflict, Connections, Empathy, Relationships, CommunicationProduct -
God of Many Names, Mystery Beyond All Our Naming – Lift us above the divisions, Move us beyond inaction, And heal us that we may know our wholeness, within and together. As we emerge from this week’s election, A time of regrouping, of celebration and despair, let us continue on. May the...Prayer | By Beth Dana | January 16, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Challenge, Commitment, Compromise, Courage, Empathy, Reconciliation, Transcendence, UnityWorship element -
Our souls and minds need sustenance as much as our physical bodies. May we delight in the ways we find to provide this nourishment to our whole selves.Reflection | By Aisha Ansano | July 26, 2017 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Body, Compromise, Direct Experience, Family, Food, Humanism, Peace, Secular, Self-CarePage/Article -
To prepare, you'll need a few inflated balloons -- and to gird yourself for the improvisation required! Let’s play a game! Everyone knows how to play this game. All you have to do is get this balloon to the back of the room as fast as you can! Go!...Time for All Ages | By Laura Bogle | March 8, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Atheism, Community, Compromise, Covenant, Direct Experience, Freedom, Humanism, Interdependence, Limitations, Playfulness, Respect, Secular, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
There are two questions that [a person] must ask [themselves]. The first is "Where am I going?" and the second is "Who will go with me?" If you ever get these questions in the wrong order, you are in trouble. source: Fire in the Belly by Sam Keen, p. 12.Quote | By Howard Thurman | January 3, 2017 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Compromise, Direct Experience, Discernment, Ethics, Humanism, Interdependence, Journey, Leadership, Listening, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Secular, Unity, VisionWorship element -
This reading is an excerpt of the sermon delivered by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd on Sunday morning at General Assembly 2016. For as long as two or more have gathered in the name of the spirit, those two or more have fought some fake fights. You remember, perhaps, the classic wedding reading from...Reading | By Nancy McDonald Ladd | October 19, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anger, Christianity, Community, Compromise, Conflict, Conscience, Purpose, Relationships, Secular, Self-Respect, Seven Principles, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, WholenessWorship element -
Democracy requires disagreement and the skills to manage it. Let’s model the best of that practice.By Kimberly French | August 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Community, Compromise, Conflict, PoliticsPage/Article -
When I was a kid I liked to skip stones on lakes. If I threw a flat stone at the correct angle and with enough speed and energy it would kiss the surface and leap into the air again and again. If we have too much stuff in our lives, our attention skips from one object to another without really...Reading | By Doug Kraft | June 1, 2016 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Balance, Buddhism, Compromise, Direct Experience, Mindfulness, Patience, Playfulness, Self-Care, SimplicityWorship element -
Why is this blank page staring back at me, mocking, like an affliction, and fraught with dread? How can it hold such sway, this simple emptiness? Might it instead be a gift left on my doorstep overnight, waiting to be broken open with the dawn?...Poetry | By Peter Friedrichs | November 17, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Awe, Compromise, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Humility, Imagination, Purpose, WonderWorship element -
True community doesn’t happen unless everyone is willing to give up some of their identity as an individual.By Cheryl M. Walker | November 1, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Community, Compromise, Race/EthnicityPage/Article -
In Jewish tradition, the four chapters of the Book of Jonah are read aloud at Yom Kippur. Jonah is a minor prophet in the Hebrew Bible but he has a big message. Some of you may know his story. Jonah is sent by God to Nineveh to warn the people that if they do not change their ways they will be...Story | By Joanne Giannino | September 22, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anger, Community, Compromise, Forgiveness, God, Good, Judaism, Transformation, Yom KippurWorship element
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January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Community, Compromise, Conflict, Connections, Direct Experience, Friendship, Playfulness, Respect, Teamwork, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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Activity time: 23 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Scenarios for Flexible Solutions Optional: Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Identify the scenario(s) below that you think will be of greatest interest to your group. Be prepared to adjust the number of topics...Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Compromise, CreativityCurriculum page
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Abby always liked school, but she was especially excited about today. Her class had earned a reward: a game day! Their teacher, Dr. Liu, promised they could spend most of the day playing games. Abby's best friend, Kamal, hoped they would play his favorite board game. Abby hoped they would play...Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Authority, Choice, Compromise, Democracy, Identity, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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One of the reasons Muhammad was able to get people to listen to him was because, from a young age, he had proven himself to be wise and just. Here is an example of a problem he was asked to solve. Mecca found the walls of the holy building, the Ka’ba, needed repairing. So they fixed the walls.Story | May 17, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Creating HomeTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Change, Compromise, Conflict, Connections, Democracy, Direct Experience, Empathy, Family, Home, Islam, Prophetic Words & Deeds, RelationshipsCurriculum page
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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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December 9, 2011 | From The New UUTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Balance, Belief, Change, Community, Compromise, Courage, Culture, Discernment, Faith, Growth, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page