This months Faith Development theme is Resilience. Here are some resources for you to explore along with us at home! Recommended Picture Books: The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song by Debbie Levy Media: Five Minute … Continue reading Faith Development: Resilience
Soulful Home: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Spaces. What does it mean to be a family of Resilience? Find your packet here: https://bbuuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SM_2020-02_SH_Resilience-2.pdf “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle.” Have you heard or seen this adage? How do you feel about it? What about this one: “Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you … Continue reading Soulful Home: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Spaces
Faith Development For All Soul Matters: What Does It Mean To Be A People of Resilience? Find Your Packet Here: https://bbuuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SM_2020-02_SG_Resilience.pdf When did we decide that resilience was a solo project? It’s not that we consciously defined it that way. It’s just what we were taught, from the time we were little until, well, today. The … Continue reading Faith Development For All: Soul Matters: What Does It Mean To Be A People of Resilience?
Soul Matters What Does It Mean To Be A People of Integrity? Find Your Packet Here: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/uploads/9/4/5/0/94501751/sm_2020-01_sg_integrity.pdf Wholeness is never lost; it is only forgotten. Integrity rarely means that we need to add something to ourselves: it is more an undoing than a doing, a freeing ourselves from beliefs we have about who we are … Continue reading Soul Matters: What Does It Mean To Be A People of Integrity?
Faith Development through Practice Soulful Home What does it mean to be a family of Integrity? Find your packet here: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/uploads/9/4/5/0/94501751/sm_2019-12_sh_integrity.pdf If you ask any parent what they most want for their child, they will probably say something like, “for them to be a good person.” What does this mean? We have at least a … Continue reading Soulful Home: What does it mean to be a family of Integrity?
Faith Development through Practice Soulful Home What Does it Mean to be a Family of Awe? Find Your Packet here: https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/uploads/9/4/5/0/94501751/sm_2019-12_sh_awe.pdf When was the last time you gasped, wide-eyed, in wonder? Were rendered speechless in the face of glory? Froze in a state of divine inspiration? Laughed and cried at the same time, unable to … Continue reading Faith Development through Practice
What Does It Mean To Be A People of Attention? Alice Walker famously wrote, “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” Walker’s words are a great reminder that attention and gratitude go hand in hand. Indeed, … Continue reading What Does It Mean To Be A People of Attention?
You hardly knew how hungry you were to be gathered in, to receive the welcome that invited you to enter entirely… Tentative steps became settling in… You began to breathe again… You learned to sing. But the deal with this blessing is that it will not leave you alone, will not let you linger… … Continue reading Soul Matters: What Does It Mean To Be A People of Belonging?
This year Lifespan Religious Education will be doing something new. Each month children, youth, adults, and small groups will share a common monthly theme. Theme-based programming helps create multigenerational connections as people of all ages explore common themes in age-appropriate ways, extending faith development beyond Sunday morning. Families can continue the conversation in the car … Continue reading What’s New in Religious Education Programming?
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and professional learning. As part of my professional development, I spent July 6-14 at Religious Educators Week at the Mountain UU Learning and Retreat Center located In Highlands, North Carolina. This retreat is hosted by the UU Southeast Liberal Religious Educators Association. I spent the … Continue reading August Bringing it Home
